Going down the Mekong
February 24th, 2007
Mekong - (03) 9663 3288 - 241 Swanston St Melbourne 3000
For a while now I’ve been visiting Pho Bo Ga Mekong Vietnam on Swanston Street. It is always completely packed, which is a good sign I suppose. The pho is great. It comes in three sizes and many incarnations. The stock is extremely tasty and the ingredients are served generously.
I’ve been working my way through the different combinations. It’s like traversing the great river itself. A stand out was the Pho with beef and sausage. Which was completely unexpected. The sausage was more like a spiced rissole. I really enjoyed it and have never had anything like it before.
Soon I shall reach the end of the Mekong menu, which culminates in a soup called Ta Pin Lu, this consists of a combination of all the previous soups in one grand uber-soup. It includes bone marrow and tendon. I can’t wait.
March 18th, 2007 at 9:27 am
[…] … and they were all in my soup, and then some. A few chicken parts were chucked in as well! I had the Ta Pin Lu – combination uber soup at Mekong, the medium size bowl was $8. […]