Lam Hoa Quan Restaurant - Vancouver

Whenever I'm in Vancouver, I always make sure to visit this restaurant for my favorite Pho dish. I usually order the rare beef Pho with a side of yellow chicken. The chicken is always tender and juicy, which leads me to believe they either steam it or have a special cooking technique to keep the flavors locked in. I love dipping the chicken chunks in the salt and pepper lemon sauce, along with the ginger-infused beef broth and noodles. My cravings are always satisfied when I dine here. Can't wait to come back next time!

The pho and bun options at this restaurant are top-notch. The soup had a delicious balance of flavors, especially with the addition of ginger, a unique touch not commonly found at other pho spots. The portions are quite generous, but the flavorful dishes make it easy to finish every last bite. I noticed many diners ordering the free-range chicken plate, which I'll have to come back and try another time. Unfortunately, I forgot to snap a picture of my pho, but I did capture a shot of their spring roll nem nuong on vermicelli.

After going past the restaurant numerous times, we decided to try the food here. First time, I ordered the bun mang ga which is chicken noodle soup with bamboo. My husband ordered the bun bo hue. I like the chicken soup base but didn't like the bamboo. The bamboo tasted sour, seems like they use pickle bamboo or marinated bamboo instead of fresh bamboo so it tasted weird. I wouldn't order this noodle soup again since I didn't like the sour taste of bamboo. My husband loved the bun bo hue taste. He thought it tastes as good as the one in Song Huong. Few days later we ate there again. This time I ordered bun bo hue and my husband ordered pho ga (chicken pho). Their bun bo hue is little spicier than other restaurants but it tasted good though. My husband really likes pho ga, he said the soup has lots of flavour. Overall We both like the food here, the price is cheap and the portion is quite generous. Definitely it is one of the restaurants we will dine regular in our neighbourhood.

This is absolutely the best Vietnamese pho in Vancouver. This pho soup has great depths of flavours and the accompanied meat is more 'unique ' than normal selection. Pho #1 is not a novice pho.

After a few days of food journeying in kensington area, i decided to stop by lam hoa quan, and true enough, the pho is definitely better than a lot of pho places that are in vancouver, but again it's very hard for me to tell whether it's the best or not, because most of the pho that is good is sort of similar, where the broth is aromatic, light, but at the same time have it layered. and at the same time the beef and meat is decent. and the rice noodle doesn't bring/dilute the broth taste.<br/ <br/ overall this is a decent place, will upload the pictures when it's found.