Húóng PHú Quán
3/22 Hanson Road
Woodville Gardens South Australia 5012
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T +61 8 8345 3335
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OPEN 7 days 9.00 am till 8.00 pm
FOOD Having lived through the insanity of working seven days a week for almost two years to become a nasty grumpy sub–human thing the gorgeous Húóng Lúóng who never stops smiling is the epitome of Buddhist serenity. The golden pig, the altar all the lucky symbols are just part of this tiny simple restaurant. Busy all day Húóng’s day starts with the breakfast congee and continues through the day with a steady stream of diners. Congee is an anathema to anyone who hates milky creamy savoury things but a recent chicken congee (on Qantas out of Shanghai) believe it or not, unraveled its mysteries. Duck congee $10 is one of the most expensive things on her menu and clearly relished by her clientele. The Pho, special beef noodle soup $9 is the traditional Vietnamese hot and sour beef soup but special favourites are the Broken rice special $9.50 and the typical Vietnamese Vermicelli shredded pork salad $9. Both come with the sweet hot vinegary chilli sauce and the broken rice is smothered with shredded pork, pork escalope and roast pork belly, vegetable, a fried egg and a bowl of clear meat broth. The shredded pork salad is a mixture of crunchy and soft and once the chilli sauce has been poured over and mixed in has just the right bite of chilli. Portions are enormous.
There is a mad selection of drinks that to a Westerner always seem strange, are strange. Drinks like Salted prune or Aloe Vera juice $2.50, Egg and milk soda $3 and milkshakes for $3.50. The milkshakes are particularly bizarre with flavours such as Avocado and sour sop, Mung bean and Pennywort. Over the years we have tried lots of these drinks, but none that we would order twice.
Húóng Phú Quán is modest and the food is cheap generous
and tasty and their take–way is a healthy option lifesaver!
