Gold Standard Phở

This Vietnamese newbie in Bangsar receives high praise from the community for their delicious grub. The kitchen focuses on hearty, comforting pho and crowd-pleasing sides like spring rolls and salads. Burppler Serena Ho recommends the GS Pho Beef Special (RM27) chock-full with beef slices, tendon and more. Expect a darker and more robust broth than the usual. Ps. They also do a veggie-only pho, so bring your vegetarian friends along! Order for the table the sweet, spicy and sour Mango Salad (RM14) that sees shredded green mangos and fresh herbs.
Photo by Burppler Serena Ho

My pick is always the 'Special' with everything; beef slices, tendon & beef ball. What's unique here are the beef balls are pure meat ball and the beef slices are fresh. The pho "fur" is great but the pho broth isn't the 'clear' version. There was herbs after taste but am not convince it is an intense and concentrated broth made out of meats' bones boiling for hours.

This is RM27.

My first time coming across vegetable pho. Vegans and vegetarians, rejoice!

The broth is vegetable-based. There is a slight herb smell to it. There is so much vegetables it looked like a little hotpot! There are Bunashimeji mushrooms, lightly browned tofu, carrot, broccoli, pak choy, and cauliflower. Adding a little fish oil goes a long way too.

This is RM20.

Not your usual Vietnamese rice paper rolls. The shrimp was wrapped in lettuce with some egg and shredded carrots. As a person who dislike coriander, I welcome it. The Vietnamese peanut dipping sauce is sweet, a bit like the chee cheong fun sweet sauce to me.

This is RM15.

This is their signature appetiser. So had to try it. Pretty similar to the Thai mango salad I’d say.

It was pretty sour on its own but if you have it with the dried shrimp, it’s good. They were quite generous with the shrimp and nuts.

This is RM14.