Toan Thang

There's always a big queue outside this small eatery and even after you've scored a table you'll be sharing it with complete strangers. Lovers of beef pho travel from far and wide for their sweet and deeply flavoured cinnamon-spiced broth. Then there's crispy chicken, with its wafer-thin skin and juicy flesh. Rice dishes are just as delicious - chicken fried rice has the heady aroma of salted fish contrasted with snowpeas, while Vietnamese pork chop with tomato rice packs a punch with its lemongrass overtones. Sweet longan and barley with crushed ice doubles up as both a dessert and a drink, the perfect end to a meal that really is worth queuing for.