Pho 99 Vietnamese Delights

After coming back from vietnam, my family has been hunting around for good vietnamese food in singapore (: NOT EASY. in the first place, there aren't many vietnamese restaurants in singapore! and after trying the food in vietnam, it is IMPOSSIBLE to find equally good food here xP before going to vietnam, i never liked vietnamese food. the only time i ever tried it was many years ago, in this place at holland V. i found it bland and rather unappetizing. but ever since going to vietnam this april, my opinion of their food has changed completely! xD I LOVE IT! :D especially their rice noodles. i never knew it could actually taste so good :O

Pho 99 is a vietnamese restaurant owned by a vietnamese! (: so the food was pretty authentic i guess?

Vietnamese Spring Roll (Goi Cuon)! 2 pieces for $4. Traditional vietnamese rice paper with shrimp, rice noodles, lettuce and fresh mint. the vietnamese are really big on rice related foods. and they have a good reason to be! because their rice stuff are just so awesomely tasty xD i wonder why our kway teow and bee hoon taste soooo bland, compared to vietnamese food made of rice. hmph. we should honestly learn from them! im so happy ngan just gave me a HUGE packet of vietnamese rice noodles - i can't wait to cook something with it!!! :D the spring roll was refreshing, with the mint leaves in it, and dipped in the homemade chili sauce, it was just heavenly (:

the most famous vietnamese dish ever - beef noodles (pho bo)!!! $8. pho in different parts of vietnam tastes different! i tried the ones in hanoi and ho chi minh city. and i must say i liked the hanoi one a lot LOT more! (: (: i miss it so much!! the version in this restaurant is....the hanoi-singapore version? haha. i guess it tries to exemplify the hanoi version, but it's just not as tasty xP the AUTHENTIC one in hanoi is boiled with beef and chicken bones (if i'm not wrong) overnight and for many hours. so it's SUPER TASTY! :O the one here is pretty decent, but it's only a shadow of the original version :P it was probably tweaked to suit singaporeans' tastes too i suppose >.<

now, the vietnamese coffee is special. it's REALLY REALLY GOOD. there are different grades of vietnamese coffee, mostly from the brand Trung Nguyen. i have no idea what grade of vietnamese coffee was served in the restaurant but it was superb. i'm really not a coffee-person - i don't like it because i'm super sensitive to caffeine. just a few mouthfuls and i can forget about sleeping already. and i'm someone who loves sleep xD so, i don't drink much coffee, or tea. but i prefer tea to coffee. anyway, at this restaurant, my opinion of coffee was totally altered. it was nearly an epiphany! okay, that would be an exaggeration, but the coffee was really good. there wasn't even any sugar in it  but i LOVED it! i only drank a mouthful, but it was really really good. try it and see! it's different from the kopi we drink here x) and it is served in a really cute way.

if you have any vietnamese food places to recommend, please please comment!!! i'm still looking for the best vietnamese food in singapore :D

Pho 99 Vietnamese Delights

57 Amoy Street

Tel.: +65 6410 9600

Mon-Sat: 10am-9pm

Sun & PH: 10am-8pm