Pho Kim Long

Was very disappointed with the Phở. The broth was very oily and while it had some ok flavour it was well off key. Had some pork spring rolls as well, they were doing the best impression of vego spring rolls I’ve ever seen. In fact I think the only pork they came near was being on the bench next to a chop.

I don’t usually hang around out in this part of Melbourne, and I know it gets a pretty bad wrap sometimes, but I would come here more often just for the phở! Stopped by here on a tip from an old Vietnamese colleague of mine.
The bottom part of Alfrieda St in St Albans is the main food part of the suburb — there are a tonne of restaurants to choose from, a large portion of them specializing in phở. This place is now one of my favourites. Big servings with a great tasting soup, which is noticeably different (darker flavours is the only way I can really describe it) to some of my other favourites in Footscray or Richmond. Plenty of parking in the same street.
If you’re ever on the way to Sunbury/​Bendigo etc and need lunch, stop by St Albans!