Cabramatta - Thanh Binh

Vietnamese food is one of my all time favourite food. Ranging from rice paper rolls to spring rolls to Vietnamese style salads to pork chop with rice to noodle soups and much much more.  Of course when mentioning about Vietnamese food, Cabramatta would be the best place for it as it has many and also different Vietnamese restaurants that we can choose from.

One of the most-well known dish would be Pho, Vietnamese rice noodle soup, commonly served with chicken or beef. Many different varieties are also available. Although many restaurants in Cabramatta have Pho, my favourite one would be from Thanh Binh.

Today i will introduce you to the Special Beef rice noodle soup.

The  special beef rice noodle soup contains a variety of  meat than the other rice noodle soups  (and thus it costs a little bit more) is served with cooked beef, beef meatballs and beef tripes and also onions, coriander and spring onions. Also served with the rice noodle soup is semi cooked beef (usually placed on the top) which is cooked by the hot boiling soup.

Along with the noodle soup, cooked or uncooked bean sprouts (depending on request), chilli, asian basil, lemon and lime is served to enrich the flavouring of the soup. Hoisin sauce or Seafood sauce and fish sauce is also add for more flavouring.

A tip to eating this would be to push to the semi cooked beef to the bottom of the bowl and separate it so it can be 'cooked' properly by the boiling soup, add the bean sprouts, chilli, asian basil, squeeze a bit of lemon and lime juice, mix and ENJOY!!!!  (Add as much or little as you wish!)

Although there are a great variety of drinks to choose from, my favourite would be coconut juice. It is the best to eat the hot rice noodle soup and drink something cold to cool down from it.

Price range - $9-$11 (depending on the type of Pho you choose)

Photos and Post by: Catherine

http://thanhbinh.com.au/
Check out the homepage of Thanh Binh to look at their yummy menu!!

Address: 52 John Street, Cabramatta 2166
Phone: (02) 9727 9729