Vietnamese Restaurants

YEG Heritage Festival 2020

@yegheritagefest⁣📍@xobistrobar⁣10235 – 103 St, Edmonton⁣⁣For the month of August, #YEG ‘s Heritage Festival has gone online! If you check out their website below, you’ll see all the restaurants participating and the pavilions they represent (listed in chronological order). ⁣⁣https://www.mcmonth.ca/order-food⁣ XO Bistro is one of my favourite Vietnamese restaurants in the city. I love that they offer actual oxtail in their noodle soup (let a girl know if there are others!), and it’s even in their poutine!⁣ [$13.75] Oxtail Fries – This order alone wins me over. Not only is it a poutine, but it also has oxtail, a sunny side up egg, and fries. The oxtail gravy is given in a separate container so the fries don’t get soggy on the commute back home – fries were still very crispy!😍😍⁣⁣[$3/ea.] Skewers – You have the choice of chicken, beef, shrimp, or pork neck skewers; we ordered beef. These skewers are extremely meaty and flavourful. It comes with peanut sauce on the side as well.⁣ [$13.75] Pho with rare beef – A good classic. I like how the noodles are perfectly cooked. Like most noodle soups, the soup is in a plastic bag, and stored in a container to ensure nothing spills. The raw beef is also wrapped in plastic so the blood doesn’t You have the choice of adding more protein – oxtail costs extra. ⁣⁣[$13.75] Bun Bo Hue – Another popular one. Wasn’t too spicy at all, and the texture of the noodles were also perfectly cooked. If you order online, you can also choose what meats to add.⁣⁣For more info, visit:⁣https://xobistrobar.com⁣⁣#helencaneat#gifted Originally published on Instagram August 25, 2020

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Miss Saigon

@miss.saigonyeg⁣10355 – 78 Ave, Edmonton⁣⁣Everyday can be a noodle soup day for me. Was craving some Vietnamese noodles, and even though they’ve reduced hours, you can still enjoy late night pho cravings from them.⁣⁣Middle: [$15] Bun Bo Hue – I ordered this one in particular just because often for take out, these noodles are less likely to clump up together when cooled down opposed to the noodles used in pho. Noodles still had a nice texture to it and the soup wasn’t too spicy (I’m sure you could probably ask for spicier). Cooled down a bit by the time I ate it, but still tasted pretty good. ⁣⁣Far right: [$14] Pho Tai (Large) – If you do order this for take out, I would highly recommend re-boiling the soup to 1) cook the rare beef slices and 2) help loosen the noodles. Super tasty, and even better with some sriracha and lime 👌 For this order, it is only available in large and extra large for take out.⁣⁣They’ve reduced their restaurant hours on Friday and Saturday to 2:30am.⁣⁣For more info and other items on their menu:⁣⁣www.misssaigonyeg.com⁣⁣#helencaneat Originally published on Instagram on April 24, 2020

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