BUBI LOVES TO EAT: Long Phung Vietnamese Restaurant

A year ago Bubi introduced to me this little vietnamese restaurant in the east. Now the only vietnamese food I have eaten up till then was Pho Hoa at Holland Village because I used to work around the vicinity. So when Bubi raved and ranted about this restaurant I brushed it off as one of his "The restaurant is so good so good" talk because every other cafe/zhi char/restaurant was so good and famous to him.

One will be able to find the shop immediately when driving through Joo Chiat as there is usually a queue of 5-10 people outside the shop that spills onto the pavement. Do not worry as the turnover is very fast. We never had to queue more than 10 minutes.

Once inside, you will feel like you are in Vietnam because the patrons themselves are mostly vietnamese. The wait staff are ALL vietnamese and immediately you will feel a sense of authenticity in the food that you are about to have soon. Apparently Long Phung is where the local vietnamese endorse.

I went on a weekday and on after a long day at work I wanted some comfort food. I ordered my usual dry noodles with fried pork and fried spring roll with their special sauce. It is my favourite of all the pho as it has a bit of everything. Bubi had his usual pho soup with beef meat and beef balls. We tried something new we well! Steam prawns in coconut water which I thought was quite good but Bubi commented that the prawns were too bland. I quite like it actually. The prawns were fresh and the coconut water was light.

The other must haves are member chicken (haha) which are deep fried bit sized chicken and also their steam clams. Thumbs up!

Will update with more pictures when I go again.

Steamed prawns in coconut water