Banawe's best kept secret Vietnamese restaurant; TRA VIHN!

How to describe my experience at Tra Vihn? FOOD COMA

Last Saturday, I had the chance to visit Tra Vihn on a sponsored invite. Honestly, when I first received the invite I got excited just when I check the photos of Tra Vihn shared on Zomato PH and all the good reviews. I haven't been to Vietnam, but because of Tra Vihn, it gave me a much stronger urge to visit the country since I did enjoy the authentic dishes that was served to us.
TRA VIHN; is a coastal province in Southern Vietnam and that's where one of the owners' wife is from and that's why they decided to use it as their restaurants' name. Another branch of Tra Vihn is in Perth, Australia, so if you're visiting Australia, make sure to drop by their branch there! :)
Together with other food bloggers, we met one of the owners who had oriented us their dishes. He even asked us to get ready since they'll be serving A LOT. And what he means by A LOT is almost everything on the menu!!!
If you're wondering what has been served have a quick look of the photos below. I'll let the photos speak for itself too:

Vietnamese Iced Coffee 100php 

This one's my favorite! I never thought Iced Coffee can taste this good! This was first served to me when I arrived.  I always knew that coffee is one of the reasons to visit Vietnam and with this, I couldn't agree more. :)

Vietnamese Hot Coffee 100php

Prawn Pomelo Salad and Prawn Mango Salad 250php/each

Freshly chopped vegetables with fresh prawns, fresh locally sourced green mango and/or pomelo, peanuts, herbs and spices. Served with Tra Vihn's special dressing. We we're thought on how to eat this one, it was said that at first it doesn't include the chips/chicharon on the side but a customer (correct me if I'm wrong) suggested that it's best eaten with the chips.

Prawn Pomelo Salad (Goi Buoi Tom) 

Prawn Mango Salad (Goi Xoai Tom)

Fried Spring Rolls 175php

Prawn (Cha Gio Tom) Pork (Cha Gio Thit) Vegetarian (Cha Giio Rau Cal)

Fresh Spring Roll (Goi Cuon) - price varies on choice of stuffing

Who wouldn't be familiar with this Fresh Spring Roll? Tra Vihn serves this with peanut sauce together with your choice of stuffing inside; Special (Prawn and Pork) for 190php, Prawn for 180php, Pork for 180php and Vegetarian for 180php.

Phoritto - A Vietnamese Pho in a Buritto

Vietnamese Pancake (Banh Xeo) 290php

The size was just right for the price. I never thought that from the usual pancake I like eating, there's a different version of it in Vietnam. At first I thought I didn't want to try it because of all these "leaves", but when I had my first bite, I just can't stop. You wouldn't even taste all the "leaves" because the pancake has a more powerful taste and I loved it!

L - R: Tra Vihn's Vietnamese Pomelo Citrus Drink, Soda Water with Lemon Juice and Tra Vihn's Home Brew Vietnamese Iced Tea

These drinks were just perfect after eating all those appetizers/entrees! They can be ordered with glass for 75php and pitcher as showing on the photo above for 150php.
After everything was served for the "Entree's/Starters", I was seriously full. Never thought will be moving to the next batch, which was the noodles:

Braised Beef Noodle Soup (Hu Tieu Mi Hoac Bun Bo Kho) 230php

Braised Duck Noodle Soup (Mi vit Tiem) 240php

Tra Vihn Special Noodle Soup (Hu Tieu Tra Vihn Dac Biet) - (R) 230php / (L) 299php

Crab & Seafood Drop Rice Noodle Soup - (S) 198php / (R) 248php / (L) 328php

Banh Tam Bi 225php

This one's a Southern Vietnamese dish of thick rice noodles, tossed with herbs and porks, drenched in thick coconut cream dressing and Tra Vihn sauce.

Spicy Combination Noodle Soup (Bun Bo Hue) - (R) 230php / (L) 299php 

Combination Beef Noodle Soup (Pho Dac Biet) - (S) 180php / (R) 230php / (L) 299php

Special Vietnamese Fish Soup (Canh Chua Ca) 999php 

This one's good up to 3 to 4 person

Ala Carte's, Rice Dish & Extras:

Grilled Porkchop Rice (Com Tam Bi Suon Cha Trung) 180php

Tra Vihn Special Fried Rice - (S) 70php / (Ala Carte) 240php

Vietnamese Steamed Fish (Ca Hap) - (R) 899php / (L) 1,099php / (XL) 1,299php

Crispy Salt and Pepper Fish (Ca Chien) 599phpCrispy Soft Shelled Crabs (Cua Lot Chien Bot) 799php

Vietnamese Salt and Pepper Prawn (Tom Chien) 699php

Lemongrass Pork (sa Thit Lon) 349php

Desserts: 

Special Mix Beans 120php

Vietnamese Coffee Jelly 120php

Dried Longgan with Lotus Seeds 120php

Homemade Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream 120php

Iced Chendol 120php

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream 120php

Jelly Longgan 120php

Now you get why I described my experience with Tra Vihn as "FOOD COMA?" Everything just tastes good. Prices are super reasonable too, given the quality of food.
I enjoyed everything about Tra Vihn, the food, ambiance and even the staff are all friendly and attentive to our needs. This gave me more reason to want to visit Vietnam soon!

Curious on what else they offer? Check them here: Tra Vihn

TRA VIHN
Address: Unit 3, 109 NS Amoranto Corner Cordillera Street, Maharlika, Quezon City
Contact Number: 742-1718
Open Hours: 11:00am to 10:00pm Monday to Friday

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