Off Topic

This is totally random and off topic but I'd like to share a discovery with you guys! Do you ever get those annoying canker sores in your mouth? Well, I know I do, and I hate them! Well I got one the size of a peanut inside the top of my mouth the other day and it hurt to eat, drink, etc. :( I don't know a lot of remedies or medication for it other than going to the doctor or buying Oragel . (Which by the way, SUCKS!) It does not work at all, your saliva just washes the oragel away and it hurts again.

So anyway, if you are asian like me, you probably have this laying around in your house:

Eagle brand Green medicated oil.

So the canker sore in my mouth was hurting like a biznatch and I just couldn't stand it anymore. Before I went to sleep the other night, I put some of this green medicated oil, outside my mouth, on the outer cheek part of my sore. It got minty and the sore started to get numb. I thought to myself,"I've made a discovery!". It made the sore hot and numb! which means it must be healing it? Since hot means it kills bacteria? (I'm not a scientist, sorry).. So anyways, to make the story short when I woke up in the morning, my canker sore didn't hurt anymore. It was still white but it didn't hurt. Within a couple of days, it disappeared. (If you could see my face right now I have two bulgy eyes and nodding, and not stopping until you nod as well.) Ya! It works! The nice thing is, you can use this eagle brand green medicated oil for almost anything; mosquito bites, sore muscles, tummy aches. It works. I use it all the time. You can buy it at just about any of the asian supermarkets for about $5 dollars. Yes ANY. We all use it. And you should too. If you have tried this and agree it works, please follow the blog! Have a great rainy Tuesday.

Pho Hoa

Hi guys. I'm back. Just thought I would wite an article on Pho Hoa, The "Health Conscious Choice".

Pho Hoa is very popular because it has built a name for itself over the years and has many locations in Canada, the US, and Asia. It is super convenient as it is open 24/7. It is also a franchise. Every Pho Hoa is owned by a different person.(Some might own 2, but you get what I mean) They are franchised. Just like Professionails Nail Salon. Same idea.

So let's get down to the down and dirty. If you're Vietnamese (like me) Pho Hoa is the last place you would go for lunch. In the Vietnamese community we don't like Pho Hoa's. They mostly cater to non-Vietnamese. We only come when nothing else is open and when we're super hungry.

There is one Pho Hoa in Surrey on 104 Avenue and 144th St next to Henlong supermarket. They actually had an article written about them in the Vietnamese newspaper a couple years because their restaurant was unsanitary/ dirty etc. I avoid going there as much as possible because of this. Another reason why I avoid going there is because of their price. It's usually $2-$3 more for a bowl of Pho than your family run businesses & it doesn't taste as good. To me it actually doesn't taste good at all. Rice here is okay though. When it's 2am and you just came back from partying and you're hungry Pho Hoa is okay to eat and better than Mc Donald's. I would say avoid the Surrey Pho Hoa if you can, and the one on Nanaimo and Kingsway. The Pho Hoa's on Kingsway & near royal oak, and the location in Richmond on Alderbridge & kwantlen are okay. Go there if you most utterly HAVE to.

Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars

The reason I give them 2 stars is because they're not ALL bad. The one in Richmond does look better (decor & cleanliness), and also taste a teeny weeny bit better.

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Song Huong, Surrey

Song Huong Vietnamese Restaurant
14667 108 Avenue
Surrey, BC (604) 581-4710



This place is another one of my favorites. If you ever tried "Bun Bo Hue" and liked it, then you'll love this place. Their main dish and specialty is "Bun Bo Hue". Their name "Song Huong" is a river in "Hue" (a city in central Vietnam), and "Bun Bo Hue" is a special noodle soup that orginated from there so that's why they have this name and this dish as a specialty.

Their special spicy Bun Bo Hue is to die for (you can say not spicy if you don't eat spicy, but it ISN'T that spicy, really). I usually order my bun bo hue without the beef flank, I substitute it with beef eye round steak -> totally the way to go since the beef flank is just too chewy, and really tiresome to eat. They also put some nice thin cabbage on the top to garnish it which is my favorite part.

They also have Pho on the menu, but to be totally honest with you, I've never tried it. When going here, I have always eaten the Bun Bo Hue, and the Banh Bot lot. The Bun Bo Hue, always tastes excellent(no hit and misses). The decor is pretty lame though, like most Vietnamese places. Coming from an authentic Vietnamese, I do totally suggest this restaurant. Me and my boyfriend T always eat the same thing, his large and mine small. Oh I almost forgot, it's 6.75 for the large, 6.25 for the small. And NO TAX... That's crazy!

3 Stars out of 5 stars just because I only eat 2 dishes here. And only come here for this bowl of bun bo hue. (Sorry about the picture, I was so hungry I ate it first before taking it)

Pho HOT

Pho Hot
9544 120th Street
Surrey, BC V3V
(604) 581-0122
This restaurant recently changed owners, used to be Pho Dat Phu but now the new owners changed it around and call it Pho "Hot". It seems like they try to advertise a lot and try very hard (one time I was in Vancouver and saw a van with the words PHO HOT on it with the address and everything). I received a flyer at my house, so I decided to try their chicken bread, my boyfriend T had the bread with meat balls. The chicken bread was excellent, they used the chicken that they usually use in other dishes so it had a lemon grass taste/scent. I really liked it and the chicken was HUGE, and I actually finished it. Yep. T had the meatball sandwich and enjoyed it as well. They were very generous on the meatballs. It might be because I called in and ordered in Vietnamese and they were trying to impress us so we would come back, but no one is complaining so we're good. We were both full for $10-ish, so with the economy the way it is, that's a good lunch for 2.

We ordered to-go, but I was impressed by the decor in the restaurant. It was very nice and clean, and another thing is they also DELIVER! So call them up when you're having a party or w.e, because I don't think there are much Vietnamese restaurants that deliver. I really hope they do well and don't go out of business because the last couple of owners disappeared... (food was no good). I try to eat at businesses like this because I don't want them to go out of business when they're doing something right. I mean it's not kuz their food stinks, it's just because people don't know about them. For sure check them out ^_^
3.5 out of 5 Stars