Mums Table

Late lunch today, and I decided to have a rare beef, brisket and meatball pho. Filling was generous, plenty of thinly sliced beef, some delicious meatballs, and sliced brisket too. Honestly it’s not rare beef, because it’s so thinly slice and cooked quickly over serving of pho broth on the bowl. It’s still good dish though, and when you squeeze those wedges of lime, ( usually served with lemon ) broth become more alive! I disagree with price of those Vietnamese iced coffee, I’m paying $5 for ¾ full of coffee over plenty of ice cubes. Not happy!

My first time at Mum's Table Vietnamese Street Food. I enjoyed the phở (pronounced: 'furh', with high pitch emphasis on the vowel), however the phở is only plain beef noodles, not phở đặc biệt as listed on the menu. I was disappointed when I received the noodles because I was looking forward to eating the 'special'. The noodles was average (compared to Bankstown and Cabramatta), the spring rolls (pictured) was good. Services was quick and efficient: customer order at the serving counter, and they bring the food to your table. Nice place for a quick meal if you don't know a better Vietnamese place in the CBD (Chinatown offers better Vietnamese options), or can't make the trek out to Cabramatta (it's literally 'Little Vietnam'). If Mum's Table is afraid of putting Caucasians off the 'đặc biệt' (the special with beef tendon, tripe and beef meat balls), then they should only list it as phở, because it is misleading to customers that dine often on Vietnamese food. Overall, I did like the food, but would I go back? Probably not because I know I can get proper and better phở đặc biệt elsewhere. Would I recommend Mum's Table? Yes, for inner-city first-timers to Vietnamese food because it is not too confusing with too many choices (but I would still take you out to Cabramatta for better Vietnamese).