I’ve been able to try a decent amount of Vietnamese restaurants recently. Love how they all specialize in a specific dish. My Chau’s claim to fame is their pho ga. Cash only as per usual. I dropped in for lunch both visits. It was reasonably busy and didn’t even realize they have more tables than when you first walk in. Staff is friendly and the food comes out quickly. They drop off a pot of jasmine tea when you sit down.
Maybe it's unfiar to post a review based on one dish, but since it seems to be their signature, I'll just write down a quick thought. The Deep Fried Chicken with Rice Noodle in Soup is what people come here for, and is basically a bowl of noodles in a chicken broth with a side of a deep fried chicken leg. The chicken leg has no batter or breading, but is crispy and tasty nonetheless. However, the soup seems to be a bit on the light side. I prefer the deep flavor of beef pho, so I kind of missed that. Good news is that you can also order the chicken leg seperately, so next time I'll likely order beef pho and add on a chicken leg to get the best of both worlds.
*Note - The prices have gone up since the menu was posted on Zomato.
Video review on youtube: vancity food crew my chau
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I heard about this lesser known Vietnamese place from an online article about hole in the wall places. It put a lot of spotlight on their fried chicken leg and pho combo. The chicken leg is not battered before frying, but its still crunchy and then sliced. I had this with a nice hot bowl of delicious chicken broth pho. Its a weird combination, but the chicken was delicious. I would definitely come back and try the chicken on vermicelli or rice.
One of the few Vietnamese restaurants that make authentic Vietnamese duck noodle soup. Although the duck noodles is not as good as my mother's cooking but is one not bad and they make it authentic style unlike other Vietnamese restaurants. I haven't try any other dishes but my mother recommends this restaurant so it has to be good :)
Go for the deep fried chicken. The hours is pretty limited and closes on Sundays. The restaurant opens only from breakfast around 9am to 5pm Monday through Saturday. the place is very clean there is limited parking in the back. I tried their Pho Ga (chicken pho) special and found that it tasted very similar to Vietnam street food. the broth is very plain and somewhat bland. (maybe no MSG?) It not the typical overpowering broth that you tend to get at all other Pho restaurant. So if you like the really flavourful broth, this may not be the place for you. The one thing on the menu I really like was the Deep Fried Chicken. The skin is so crispy and the meat was juicy. Definitely something that I've ordered several times and keep going back to.
Overall experience: thumb's up.
Finally, the broth...wow, it's delicious! We didn't expect this clear light broth to be remarkably flavorful. I think both chicken and pork stocks were used in the broth.
As you may have noticed, I'm on a permanent hunt for all varieties of Asian soup. One version I had yet to try is Phở Gà (Vietnamese chicken noodle soup). Most versions of Phở gà incorporate pieces of cooked chicken right into the soup. At Mỹ Châu
My Chau is known from their Pho ga (chicken pho). It looked amazing but I had to stick to the beef pho for ratings. I will have to come back for the other Gotta stay focused! The restaurant was small; they couldn’t accommodate all of us in one table so we split up. We were there for a Sunday lunch and it was very busy. That’s always a good sign Because they were so busy, the service was slow. We waited a while for them to take our orders and had to remind them to give us more teacups.
When I walk into an ethnic restaurant for the first time, I make an attempt to determine if they have a specialty – a particular house dish for which they are “famous” within their community. I look for clues in the menu or on chalkboards and also I look
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