Muney Pho Banh Mi

Learnt about the fairly new Muney Pho Banh Mi that is located at the foot of Blk 927 Yishun Central 1 whilst scrolling around social media one day; this is exactly the same neighbourhood that is located behind Northpoint City / Yishun Bus Interchange. For those whom are familiar with Yishun, Muney Pho Banh Mi is located in a hole-in-the-wall shop space that is right across the coffeeshop that houses the original branch of 925 Yishun Hainanese Chicken Rice. Muney Pho Banh Mi takes up a shop unit that is half the size of a typical HDB shop unit; they are also related to Muney Mix Juice which is located just a shop unit away from Muney Pho Banh Mi. Muney Pho Banh Mi itself occupies the same space that used to be tenanted by the now-defunct Yu Lok Fan Hin 1 — another Vietnamese dining establishment that also specialised in serving up Vietnamese cuisine and fruit juices. Considering the tight space within the establishment, one can find only two counter seats situated within the space — otherwise, most of the dining space can be found outside of the store with nine seats spread across four tables that one can use if intending to dine-in. The items offered on the menu at Muney Pho Banh Mi includes Pho, Banh Mi, Bun (Vermicelli) and Rice dishes, while the only side dish available would be the Fresh Spring Roll Pork & Prawn.

Craving for a Banh Mi, we found ourselves opting for the Baguette Minced Grilled Pork & Skin Pork; this is a Banh Mi that comes with all the standard elements that one would typically expect in a Banh Mi — whilst Muney Pho Banh Mi does not describe on the elements that come with their various dishes that they have to offer in its menu, it can be observed from our order of the Baguette Minced Grilled Pork & Skin Pork that it does come with pickled vegetables, pate, coriander, chilies, cucumbers, pork rind and grilled pork sausage all coming in between the baguette. Sinking our teeth into the baguette, the baguette at Muney Pho Banh Mi does seem to come with a slightly softer consistency that is slightly less crisp than what one would expect from most other establishments — that being said, the baguette does retain a bit of a bite with a tension to pull apart nonetheless. We liked how the pate isn’t particularly heavy-tasting here as it does not overwhelm most of the other elements that comes with the Banh Mi; the grilled sausage coming in chunky, rectangular strips that gives a good bite with a slight sweetness — something that can be described as a in between of Taiwanese Sausage and ham. The skin pikt comes in the form of Bi Heo (i.e. shredded pork skin) that hints of a slight savouriness — an element not commonly found in Banh Mi here. The cucumbers and pickled vegetables do carry a good crunch and a slight tang, while the bird’s eye chilies do add quite a bit of kick of spiciness that tickles the tastebuds even for those whom are tolerable to high levels of spiciness.