[🍁News from Toronto] Delicious Vietnamese Food 🍜🍜🍜
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Hello.
This is Inu from the Systems Solutions Department.
I was recently on a business trip to Toronto, Canada.
Our company actuallya system that allows employees to go on a three-month training trip to Canada –has
Our Canadian office utilizes the time difference between Japan and Canadato handle server operation and maintenance during Japan's night shift hours (11:00 PM to 8:00 AM the following day).
Despite providing 24/7 service, our Japanese team members can work without night shifts thanks to the wonderful support of our Canadian team members from the other side of the world.
Please also check out our page introducing our Canadian office →→→ Canada Edition - Beyond Recruitment Site ~ Making the world a little "easier" ~
So, I'd like to share some of my memories of the Vietnamese food I ate with these wonderful members
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5 Vietnamese restaurants
Here are five Vietnamese restaurants I visited in Toronto
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We arrived at this store, located on the outskirts of downtown Markham, about a 15-minute drive northwest from Markham, where our Canadian office is located
The menu for three extremely hungry infrastructure engineers is as follows:
- Phở bò tái (beef pho)
- Bun riêu cua (Crab bun)
- Gỏi xoài (mango salad)
- Bánh tráng cuốn tôm thịt (shrimp and meat spring rolls)
- Bánh xèo
Hmm...maybe the amount is a little too much...? ? (^_^;)
The food above is Gỏi xoài (mango salad)
It tastes great with the Bánh phồng tom (white shrimp crackers) placed around the salad
In the foreground is a crab 🦀, in the back left is Phở bò tái (beef pho), in the middle is Bún riêu cua (crab bun), and to the right of that is Bánh tráng cuốn tôm thịt (shrimp and meat spring rolls)
Bún riêu cua (crab bun)
Bun rieu, also known as bun lieu or bun jiu, is a type of Vietnamese noodle dish consisting of rice noodles in a tomato-based soup.
There are several variations depending on the ingredients used, such as bun rieu cua, bun rieu ca, and bun rieu oc.
(Source: Wikipedia)
The typical version is a bowl of crab paste topped with a small amount of crushed crab (source: Inu), but the Bun riêu cua at this restaurant comes with a whole grilled crab, which is eaten with noodles and soup, which was quite a surprise
This super luxurious style of Bun riêu cua was something I'd never seen before in either Vietnam or Japan, and it was delicious
The Bánh xeo was also surprisingly big
The Pho Restaurant
This store is located in downtown Markham, about a 10-minute drive north from Markham, where our Canadian office is located
Believe it or not... ourGTA boss,Saint Ken,loves Vietnamese pho!
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The Vietnamese dishes we had this time are as follows:
- Phở bò (Beef Pho)
- Phở bò Huế (Eat pho with Bun bò Huế soup)
- Papaya salad
This is Gỏi đu đủ (papaya salad). Unlike the previous mango salad, this one is made with papaya
An interesting thing about this restaurant is that you can customize your pho to your liking by scanning the QR code provided on each table to open the menu (above is the actual ordering screen)
Here's what you can customize:
- Size (Regular or Large)
- Noodle type (e.g. Phở or Bún)
- Soup type (beef-based, chicken-based, Huế soup...etc)
- Type of meat (cut, etc.)
- With or without green onions
- Extra meat and noodles
Wow... I've never seen anything like this in Japan or Vietnam, so I was totally surprised when I saw it for the first time Σ(･ω･ﾉ)ﾉ!
↓My order details
- Regular size
- Fresh Noodle
- Beef
- Huế style soup
↓Result
Delicious!
When you think of pho, it's usually a clear beef (or chicken) soup like the one in the top photo, but this time I adapted it to my liking, and was able to enjoy the unusual combination of eating pho in a Bún bò Huế soup called Phở bò Huế
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, do no evil...?
Nang Saigon
We arrived at the shop, located in downtown Toronto, a five-minute walk from the green Bathurst subway station
Here are the dishes we had this time
- Pho with Rare Beef
- Crab Tomato Noodle Soup - Bun Rieu
- Coconut Matcha
It was a shame that there was no Vietnamese menu
The aroma is amazing! The top is pho and the bottom is Bun Rieu. The tofu and tomatoes are large and very filling
Bun riêu cua (crab bun) was also available at the first store, but at this store it is only available to order on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, which was very lucky for us
It was Coconut Matcha. It was the first time I'd seen this combination, but the matcha had a distinctly Japanese matcha flavor and went really well with the coconut
Pho Toronto
The shop is located a little northwest of downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Victoria Park Ave and Lawrence Ave East
Even though it was midday and the restaurant was empty... (^_^;) I was a bit disappointed, but the menu I ordered was as follows
- Phở bò (Beef pho, I forgot which one)
- Bun thịt nướng (mixed noodles with grilled meat and bun)
The top is pho and the bottom is bun thịt nướng (mixed noodles with grilled meat and bun), the meat is huge!
What is Bún thịt nướng?
Bun Thit Nuong, or Bun Thit Nuong, is a popular Vietnamese dish originating in southern Vietnam. It consists of cold rice noodles topped with grilled pork, fresh herbs such as basil and mint, fresh salad, and bean sprouts called ghia. It is often served with spring rolls called cha gio. The dish is dressed with fish sauce called nuoc mam. (
Source: Wikipedia)
This is a dish that you can enjoy when you're not in the mood for hot soup, by mixing the noodles with vegetables, meat, and sauce for a refreshing meal
By the way, the ordering method was to write the number of the dish on a piece of paper, which was very Saizeriya style
Lang Chai
The last one is located southwest from the office, heading west on Steeles Ave East and then south on Midland Ave
The interior design of this shop was really nice, but I forgot to take a photo ☆彡 (See it on Google Maps)
This is what the food we had this time was like
- Phở tái - Small size (beef pho)
- Bún chả cá Hải Phòng (Fish noodle soup from Hai Phong city)
- Gỏi xoài tôm nướng (grilled shrimp and mango salad)
This restaurant specializes in serving cuisine from Hải Phòng City (Vietnam's fourth largest city, located east of the capital, Hanoi City), and Bún chả cá Hải Phòng is one of its dishes
It features a tomato-based soup with fried white fish, Vietnamese fish cakes, tomatoes, and green onions
Other Hải Phòng specialties include Nem cua bể (deep-fried crab spring rolls)
Wonderful Vietnamese goods
A Shinto altar is always found in Vietnamese shops
This shop has nine locations across Canada, which shows how successful it is
summary
At Beyond, you can request a 3-month business trip to Canada for our infrastructure projects!
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in Canada while remaining in Japan, and to take special courses taught by the CEO of our Canadian office.
If you're interested, please apply!
https://recruit.beyondjapan.com/entry
If you have the opportunity to travel to Toronto on a business trip, be sure to try some delicious Vietnamese food
★For more information about food in Canada, please also see this: →→→ How much does food cost in Canada?
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