Pho Tien Thanh

A couple of days into our trip and a craving for Asian food struck. So thanks to Google Maps, we found this popular Vietnamese eatery in the older part of Toronto, quite close to “Little Italy” and “Little Portugal”.
I got the Bún Bò Hue, a spicy beef soup noodle. It was a massive serving of rice noodles, beef brisket, ham, pig’s trotter and cubes of pig’s blood. Although the soup was not as spicy as I had anticipated, I liked it a lot for the aromatic lemongrass and herbs used in the cooking. A real belly-warmer that’s just the thing for the cool weather at this time of the year.

Ate all the vegetables and some noodles. Ate half the bean sprouts. Left most of the noodles...