Vietnamese week

We decided to sample Tuk Tuk and La Taste at Central back to back. Tuk Tuk was yesterday. This place is off of Graham opposite of Delicieux Bistro. It is also a hole in the wall type of family own restaurant. We were standing outside looking at the menu and this white lady came out and commented us to go in and said the food are great you won't be disappointed. We definitely were not disappointed. We ordered their lunch menu the main course that comes with a bowl of soup and drink for HKD 58.00 and we also ordered a side appitizer of spring rolls. I love the spring rolls and the peanut dipping sauce. My main course was lemongrass pork with rice and my hubby ordered stir fried beef noodle. Those were great for the price. And I like the carrot soup too ... sweet to perfection. The taste is as authentic as you can get for simple Vietnamese dishes.

On the way out I was inspired by the yummy soup that I hopped to the first veggie stall to purchased some carrots to make my own soup.

Earlier today, it was raining elephants. I was literally soaked from top to toes. But we still made it out to La Taste to sample the simple Vietnamese Pho. I was craving for a hot soup so I got the beef noodle soup. The soup was kinda bland, but then I was suppose to add my dose of chill to it which I passed. I added the lime. I wished that they gave me more lime and also add more Thai basil to the savory addition. The beef was still cooking and it was placed in raw which is how it is suppose to be. We also got an order of spring rolls. I liked the spring rolls at Tuk Tuk better and the fried rolls at Delicieux Bistro. But the sweet sauce ... yummy and they give you a jar of sauce unlike the others giving you a little dipping dish worth of sweet sauce.
The staffs were really friendly seeing that we were soaked from the rain, they helped us with our umbrellas.

Both meals come to about the same price and even though they served different style of Vietnamese food, both are worth a try.

On the way back, I had to purchase a new pair of Crocs cause the Teva I purchased at Marathon last week was soaked from walking in pouring rain with couple inches of cascading waterfall. This is probably what I love about Hong Kong, the proximity of shops and you can shop and eat til you drop within one block radius.