The
Bahnhofsviertel in Frankfurt is the place to discover interesting exotic
cuisine. For example, there is no shortage of Asian restaurants in this part of
the city. In fact, basically all of Asia is covered, from Persian to Indian and
Chinese and Japanese. In this environment it is not surprising to also find
plenty of good South-East Asian food places around. Very popular is usually
Vienamese cuisine with its stingy flavors. I here present you three of my favorites,
which I find all equally good. However, the list is not exhaustive. I am sure
there are even more and possibly better Vietnamese restaurants all over the city.
The first is
called Petits Lam Frères (link). It does sound French, but it is a really
great Vietnamese restaurant. I visited already quite a while ago, but I am
thinking of going again, because I had great memories about the food. I had a Vietnamese
noodle soup Pho, which is a classic choice. It came with extremely fresh and
tasty vegetables and spices on the side. The side vegetables were placed a
separate plate, which added a little extra fun in that I could choose which
vegetables and how much of it I want to through in my soup. My wife went for
the spring rolls. This came also with a fun twist. She had to roll the spring
rolls herself. She received the necessary equipment and the ingredients. Without
prior knowledge of how to do it, it looked a bit tricky. But after some explanations
from the waiter, she managed, more or less, to roll some rolls. It was definitely
fun and tasty.
Another interesting
place is Sapores (link). It wants to offer Saigon street food
variations. It is a trendy small shop right at Kaiserstraße, very close to
Frankfurt’s central station. The menu is intriguing, offering a large variety
of spring rolls and snacks, Pho and other noodle soups as well as rice based
dishes. I tried a rice-noodle soup and it was good. I think, the spring rolls
looked a bit better though. In my opinion, Sapores is aiming very high in
serving traditional Vietnamese flavors to their customers, yet they seem to
have little confidence in the German taste buds. I would not have minded if the
taste is stronger, stingier, spicier.
Finally,
another Vietnamese I recently visited is Pho Ngon Noodle Bar (link) on
Moselstraße. It is a tiny trendy-looking place just off Kaiserstraße. The menu
offers more than Pho, but I advise to stick to either the noodle soup or the
spring rolls in this restaurant. I visited the place a few times now and
usually had good, tasty, fresh food. Last time though, I chose to try the
curry. It was not very flavorful and mostly filled with potatoes. This was a
bit boring and again, I think, they make the mistake of not having the
confidence in offering more spicy dishes to the German costumers. Anyway, this
restaurant has two big plus factors. One, the presentation of food is great and
two, the home-made lemonade is fantastic.
Style: Casual
eatery/Dinner
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Location: Bahnhofsviertel
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