HoHoMi Rice and Noodle House - CLOSED

Just from the name of this restaurant, you wouldn't be able to figure out what kind of cuisine it could possibly be.  HoHoMi does Vietnamese food.  Usually when I saw I want to eat Vietnamese food, I'm craving pho.  As I usually do with any new restaurant, I do some research in terms of what they're good at, and what they're not so good at.  Turns out they don't do pho very well.  What other people recommended was their lemongrass chicken, so we made sure to order that.  The portion of chicken that was brought to the table surprised me.  It was massive!  From what I remember, the chicken was deboned mostly, and had amazing lemongrass flavour.  I haven't eaten dinner yet and i'm getting hungrier and hungrier thinking about this chicken.

Lemon Grass Chicken

The other dish we ordered was the tomato vermicelli soup noodle.  I've never had this dish before, ever.  It's so good!  Very light, refreshing, and most importantly, FLAVOURFUL.  The broth consists of tomato, pork, egg, and some shrimp paste from the tastes of it.  I think this dish is a must order.  I'm actually thinking that I should try and recreate this dish at home.

Tomato Vermicelli Noodle Soup

HoHoMi, is kind of located in the middle of nowhere, so it's not the kind of restaurant where you will pass by and think, hey lets go and try it.  You will have to plan to make the trip here.  But it's well worth the trip!

HoHoMi
50 Buroak Ave,  Unit 7
Markham, ON
L6C 0A2

905-888-8558

Hours:  Monday - Sunday 10:00am - 9:30pm

https://www.facebook.com/Hohomiriceandnoodlehouse

Nguyen Huong

Short and sweet this post will be.  A friend of mine said Nguyen Huong is the best bahn mi sandwich shop in the GTA.  When someone tells me that a place is the best, I'm compelled to visit.  What makes this place interesting is that rumour (I haven't confirmed what my friend told me) is that the owners of Nguyen Huong are the parents of the Bahn Mi Boys!  The sandwiches are are great!  Simple and delicious.  We ordered a chicken and a pork bahn mi.  The meat had great flavour, put in a crunchy on the outside and super soft on the inside bun and topped with pickled carrots, radish and cilantro.  It's no frills and at the price of these sandwiches, you can probably buy 3 of the ones from Nguyen Huong versus 1 from Bahn Mi Boys.

Bahn Mi

Nguyen Huong
5661 Steeles Ave,
Toronto, ON
M1V 5P6

416-292-8875

http://www.nguyenhuong.ca

Pho Mi 99

It was a cold night after work, and we didn't want to drive home in rush hour traffic.  So might as well  eat somewhere cheap and quick near work.  Upon recommendation from a co-worker, apparently his favourite pho place, we went to Pho Mi 99.  Pricing of the dishes were pretty average for a Vietnamese place.  We ordered shrimp fresh rolls, large 'special' noodle soup and spring rolls.  The fresh rolls weren't that great, I think I make them better myself.  The shrimp were not 'crunchy' either.  The noodle soup was average.  Good portion of meats and toppings.  The spring rolls were average as well.  Nothing really stood out, until we were waiting for our bill.  The waiter was clearing the table next to us.  He spills some soup on the ground.  He takes the same cloth that he wipes the table with, to wipe the floor.  He then wheels everything into the back.  I suspect that cloth that wiped the floor will end up wiping other tables.  So because of that, I will never return again.

Fresh Shrimp Rolls & Spring Rolls

Large Special Noodle Soup

Pho Mi 99

3920 Grand Park Dr.

Mississauga, ON

L5B 0A5

Bahn Mi Boys

I was soooooo super looking forward to coming to try Bahn Mi Boys.  Yes I know, it's been open forever, but it's not in the most convenient locations for me to get to.  So the night before we went to watch Les Miserables, my absolute favourite musical, we stopped off at Bahn Mi Boys for dinner.

I read a bunch of reviews and everyone suggested to order the kimchi fries.  Aside from that I ordered the grilled chicken bahn mi, and the pork belly bao.  In all honesty, I didn't understand the hype.  The bahn mi was and the bao really was nothing that special.  The flavours just didn't wow me.  The kimchi fries were definitely tasty!  Its the Korean take on poutine.  But way too heavy.  I don't think anyone could eat more than a few bites.

Kimchi Fries

Grilled Chicken Bahn Mi

Pork Belly Bao

Overall, I'm not sure if I would go out of my way to try other items on their menu.  Actually I'm not sure if I would go back at all, because the next morning I woke up feeling sick.  There may have been a possibility I got food poisoning....

Bahn Mi Boys
392 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON
M5V 2A9
416-363-0588

Hours:  Monday - Friday 11am - 10pm
             Saturday 11am - 9pm
             Sunday 12pm - 7pm

http://www.banhmiboys.com