Vietnam Fortune Vietnamese Restaurant

I found the beef ball phở to be bland and boring. The beef tasted like it had freezer burn. Probably the worst bowl of phở I’ve ever had. I won’t be back.

Went here for lunch yesterday with my roommate, as it’s one of the few places that can accommodate her gluten-​free, allergic to almost everything health issues.
Service was prompt and relatively polite; we got tea, water, forks and food in quick succession. Seriously, even with the place being crowded and me being the world’s slowest eater, we were still out the door within 40 minutes of arriving (essential as I had to get back to work and she had a plane to catch).
And the food — oh, the delicious food — was just wonderful. I had the chargrilled beef with spring roll ($ 9.25) and it was GREAT — lots of peanuts and sprouts, carrots and lettuce and TONS of beef which had a wonderful flavour to it. The spring roll was nice and crispy and not at all greasy; the fish sauce to pour over it was light and flavoursome.
I even had enough leftovers for a small dinner so that, between the two meals, I wasn’t hungry again until about 9:45am today!
I’ll be back a LOT I think!

Amaze-​balls! I loved it here! We were driving around as the man wanted to try out Chicken on the Way. Ugh, really? Not I, I decided that I wanted Thai or something similar instead of a box of grease. In that same plaza (yes, free parking!) where that god-​awful chicken sits at 11 feet tall, there is a small hole in the wall Vietnamese place attached to the chicken place to the left. Hmmm, checked out the reviews from the first foodie site that popped up about this place on my cell phone and hey! It seemed alright, people loved it! It was not busy AT ALL there so I sauntered in, was helped right away with a take-​out menu. I asked for the best items on the menu and the vermicelli noodles were pointed out straight-​away. I went for #41 which is vermicelli noodles with prawn and spring roll. I noted that the restaurant was very clean, service friendly and there was a nice comfy bench for us to wait as the food was prepared. The restaurant inside is way larger than it looks from the outside. (Appeared family owned? I did not ask but I got that vibe) It was a quick wait, we may have waited 7 minutes for my food. It was a long drive home so I was hoping that the sauce for the dish was on the side so the noodles would not get soggy. Yay! It was on the side, these people know what they are doing! So, the portion was great but light, I was able to eat it all, 2 spring rolls come cut up in the dish, great size for eating with chopsticks and they were nice and crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside. The plate had a nice fresh salad, lettuce, carrots, lots of perfectly cooked noodles and the nice-​sized prawns were on a skewer and were cooked perfectly. This dish cost $ 10.25 — worth every penny. I would have liked a little more garnish, a few nuts on top, some lime but overall I would get this a million times again and I would like to go back to Vietnam Fortune and try everything else on the menu!
While waiting for my food I asked a young Asian male on the bench waiting for his order who appeared to be a regular, if the food was good here, He replied, «best in town». That says a lot. Right?

We were craving a noodle bowl for lunch and decided to give this place a shot as it was in walking distance. I am not adventurous at all when it comes to my vermicelli noodle bowls, I always choose a spring roll noodle bowl. with that being said, I am picky about my spring rolls and unfortunatly these ones did not hit the mark. They were very skinny and had an unexpected taste to them (cabbage?). The noodle bowl itself was nothing to rave about, no fresh herbs and no cucumber. I did not try their phở, like the other reviewer did, and I would consider going back to try that as I know some places can nail phở but be a miss on the noodle bowl (or the other way around).

I’ve driven by Vietnam Fortune for years and walked by it on the rare occasion I crave Chicken on the Way.
On the weekend, faced with a war on two fronts, a cold and a hangover, I remembered this bright blue Vietamese eatery and I knew that phở, and not fried chicken (that would have been a good choice the night before) would help us.
Starting with shrimp salad rolls we were impressed. Cool, crisp, crunchy and clean. The sauce on the side was also particularly savoury and the salad rolls were cut into halves so to spare you the usual awkward «No. *You* have a second roll» conversation.
I ordered something I had never, ever, ever seen in a Vietnamese restaurant (and I’ve eaten in more than a few): tamarind chicken phở. While my girlfriend had a seafood sate phở.
The tamarind chicken soup was nothing short of a miracle. Sweet, sour and a little spicy the broth swam with chunks of chicken, noodles, vegetables and tamarind itself (imagine something a little like pineapple) and while beforehand I’d have never been sold on fruit floating in my soup, I’ll always order this every time from now on.
As an added plus, the broth brought me back to life before I was even halfway through the bowl.
The seafood sate lived up to it’s name being both full of shrimp, squid and tons of chilis. This one had bite!
Rejuvenated, I was happy to pay the less than $ 30 it cost for the two of us to win back our health. Not to mention sate our appetite.