Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. Today Thai food is its own, with a special unique blend of the 5 tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy.
Searched for restaurants in nth hobart, most were full of customers. Found this small unassuming diner"Saigon express" three of them in the main drag. Chose the unlicenced middle one . On first appearance it looked quite drab, noticed a seafood sizzling hot plate advertised without noodle or rice for $27.
WELL , did I get MORE than I had expected...
Prawns ,squid seared with fresh red capsicum ,ginger, spring onion shallots, brocolli, cauliflower,carrot along with the most delicious stock/ sauce. All cooked too an absolute perfect level still alldente and juicy.
I asked about byo and was told yes and not even charged corkage!.
Sometimes, looks can be deceiving, I would recommend this authentic Vietnamese diner for any person looking for a fresh / healthy dinner without the pomp and ceremony that most upmarket restaurants base their menu prices on. I will return too try out many of my other Viet dishes featured on the expansive menu...
Staff are all friendly Darlings xx
Saigon Express Restaurant - 335 Elizabeth St
Patrick Kissling - 2 months ago
Visited twice while on holiday. Food was very good both times. Staff were friendly and even remembered us from our previous visit.
Bento on George - 68 George St
Navin Chandra - 2 weeks ago
The food is excellent, the portions are generous, and the flavor is incredible. Prices are very reasonable. Service was also great — the guy who helped us at the counter was super friendly and attentive.
We decided to eat there, but we noticed they also get a lot of takeaway orders, which speaks well of the place.
We'd definitely come back!
Noodle House - 350-352 Elizabeth St
Ayelen Desiderio - 7 months ago
Like the valentine waffle. Nice presentation. Love the snowman. Amazing service. Good place for coffee lovers. Highly recommended.
And glad to hear that they are open for dinner. We will come back for dinner.
Sault Cafe - 110 Main Rd
Iffat Jahan Borna - 2 months ago
Our first visit to this Vietnamese restaurant, the staff was friendly and with warm smile, our food was served very quickly. It was delicious, crispy rice paper was yummilicous, chicken soup my husband loved it. My vegetarian noodles was cooked to perfection. We enjoyed our meal here. Highly recommended. Thank you chef.
UnPhogettable Restaurant - 147 Collins St
yuvika pai - a year ago
My go to Takeaway Joint. So good, Jill always chefs up an awesome Burger. The chips are always crispy as too.