Comments on: Thien Kim Vietnamese Restaurant on Nanaimo and East Broadway, Vancouver

By: Chow Times » Spices Vietnamese Cuisine on Cambie and W 17th, Vancouver

Chow Times » Spices Vietnamese Cuisine on Cambie and W 17th, Vancouver — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:50:15 +0000

[...] cross checking our to-try list, we decided to go to Spices on Cambie. Ever since Thien Kim (where we tried 4 different soup noodles and none of them are phos) and Song Huong (7 courses of [...]

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:17:09 +0000

Cool, so Ben and Suanne are now known celebrities.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:36:55 +0000

Hi JoanneA:
*Gasp* We did not even tell Thien Kim our names or even directly that we are bloggers. I guess they figured that out by now. Oh about the question on 12B, we are finalizing the arrangements already. Give me a couple of days to get the final confirmations and if there is a space, I will let you know.
Ben

By: JoanneA

JoanneA — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:44 +0000

my partner and i have been a big fan of your blog. so we normally check your page first before deciding on where to dine next. we visited Thien Kim not to long ago and tried two of the soups you had. the waitress asked us if we have tried the soups before and we replied that we were first timers and that a friend had told us about it. she came back with our soup and asked if the friends we know are named Ben and Suanne LOL LOL.. and we said YEAH!! that’s them! hahahahha!

By: Chow Times » Suhang Restaurant on Ackroyd Road, Richmond

Chow Times » Suhang Restaurant on Ackroyd Road, Richmond — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:14:24 +0000

[...] We would not have known about it until Steven told us about it. Remember Steven? He was the foodie reader who wrote us a 4-page recommendation of Vietnamese Cuisine. He was the one who led us to discover Thien Kim, the pho place where we had “4 types of Vietnamese Noodle Soup, none of which is Pho“. [...]

By: kiki

kiki — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:58:12 +0000

Yea I think Lam Hoa Quan does serve horse meat but I’ve never seen anyone order that so I was kinda curious,too.
I would recommend you try their chicken pho next time you come by..thou it cant be compared with chicken pho in Vietnam but in my opinion, it tastes better and is more authentic than any chicken pho served here in Vancouver. My favourite is still their beef pho. Yummm…

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:55:46 +0000

Hi Monkeysmile: We certainly like the anchovies noodle soup better than pho in particular.
Ben

By: fmed

fmed — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:21:55 +0000

Lam Hoa Quan does have good beef pho – I haven’t tried their chicken pho (my fave in town is My Chau on Kingsway). That place also serves horse, right?

By: kiki

kiki — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:28:43 +0000

I know you foodies have tried many Pho place in town but as a Vietnamese who grew up in Vietnam and someone always on the lookout for the best “real” pho place everywhere I go, I must say pho Lam Hoa Quan (I know! the name is kinda odd) on Victoria (between 34thth and 35th)is by far the best. Not only that most of the Pho we find outside of Vietnam is mostly cooked in the somewhat more Southern way (which isnt where Pho was originated from), Vietnamese restaurants here usually skip out on quite a few of ingredients, though small but does make a big difference if you’re as crazy about authenticity as much as I am.
Maybe you should give that place a try some day and tell me what you think. Their chicken pho is worth a try, too though I gotta say they have one of the best beef pho in Vancouver.

By: Monkeysmile

Monkeysmile — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:46:06 +0000

The food looks so scrumptious. So in your (Suanne and the gang) opinion, do you like these noodles better than pho noodles? What is the difference between the two? It seems like these noodles come with a lot more garnishing than do pho noodles.