Comments on: Madam Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant Singapore

By: Maurizio2

Maurizio2 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:22:55 +0000

I’ve just come back from “Madam Saigon”; a good restaurant, one of the best lunch you can find around Liang seah Street or Bugis Station.

Among Singapore’s Vietnamese restaurants or “eateries”, my favourite is Long Phung, at 159 Joo Chiat Road; I LOVE the coconut zuzu, the soups, the rolls and the excellent Vietnamese coffee….
Forget the “brown water” that Starbucks use to serve…
In our opinion (we are a team of Italian technicians working here) this is the only coffee, in Singapore, which could be sold also in Italy!

By: Tinny

Tinny — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:48:58 +0000

i recommend Pho Hoa (lor mambong in HollandV, or Suntec) if you want to try real Pho the place is specialized to serve the dish. So far i think that’s the best one. cheers.

By: deniol

deniol — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:34:57 +0000

try “tiet canh”? bet you will love it

By: ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog

ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:44:23 +0000

lovelyloey: thanks for the recommendation! I am craving for Vietnamese Pho as I type this! heh

ries: Have you been there already? the pho is cheaper? how much is it

esther: OH WOW! I wanna go I wanna go! Ah okie Pho Hoa at Holland village, roger

quynh: Hello! thanks for sharing all the information! Oh the North Vietnam version doesn’t come with beansprout? I remember reading somewhere that usually pho comes with lots of beansprout, so that’s for the Southern version only? yeah i doubt they boil that long here. I suppose it’s just a fanciful name that they come up for the calamari! Other than Pho, what’s the must-try Vietnamese dish?

By: quynh

quynh — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:54:01 +0000

Vietnamese Fried Calamari?
Im Vietnamese and have never eat something like this ha ha
I think they make the new style so it will be more famaliar with Singaporean’ taste

By: quynh

quynh — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:42:43 +0000

Im Vietnamese and i must say Pho in Madam Saigon is 1 of the worst in Singapore
Pho Hoa or pho at Yummy Viet – China town or in Geylan ( i dont remember the exactly address) is better
Although for me, all of them are still not good, cuz they cook as South Vietnam style that sweeter and eat together with onion, bean sprout, peppermint , etc so the taste is more familiar with Singaporean
Real Pho is from North Vietnam, we only use high quality beef , we dont use beefball, but in S they used beefball so it’s cheaper and we only use lemon, dont eat with bean sprout, onion or peppermint
The soup must be the beef bone that was boiled for more than 10 hours, but I dont think any Vietnamese restaurant here do , I think they used the artificial flavors instead, so it will be save money and time
Vietnamese Fried Calamari

By: Esther

Esther — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:10:15 +0000

I just got back from Vietnam. Hanoi to be precise, so the pho there is lighter with less condiments. The ones we have in Singapore are frequently the Southern version, with more herbs and condiments.

I liked Madam Saigon’s version – had it a few years ago. But my favourite one in Singapore is the Pho Hoa one at Holland Village.

By: ries

ries — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:41:49 +0000

my vietnamese friend recommend to try the one at Seah Street, not bad and cheaper too

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/va_va_voom/

By: lovelyloey

lovelyloey — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:18:50 +0000

If you find that you like Vietnamese food, you should try this other place:

Yummy Viet
http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/yummy_viet/

at Smith Street. They have a very good beef pho! The soup is light but very flavorful.