Cafe East (Surrey Quays)

• I went here with a group of badminton friends after a 3 hour session
• This restaurant was very busy so we were lucky to get a table without booking
• The only drawback is that they don't take credit cards and only accept payments in cash
• A Vietnamese noodle soup served with razor thin slices of meats (Or chicken
• The prawn) with fresh lemongrass
• One of the best cafe in Canada water area (there isn't many restaurant or cafe)
• Good Vietnamese food with reasonable prices (around 10 quid per person)
• The only downside is they're close on Tuesday and near to holidays like Christmas
• It was busy and there was still more people coming in
• Walls and curtains are plain white
• A large square dining room with four or five rows of tables and chairs
• Very similar to a canteen but with more comfortable chairs and proper tables that easily join together for larger groups
• I give credit to the fact that most diners there were large families or gathering of friends
• Not sure if that was only applicable to takeaways because there were also busy with takeaway orders
• I did not time this but I was already hungry with the waiting for a table
• Our starters and mains were all served up together
• Dressed uniformly in black was merely an indication that they worked there
• No further waitressing service is to be expected
• I am not used to eating beef and having a large soup noodle in beef broth was a little heavy for me
• Sauce on the side is needed otherwise it is quite plain on it's own
• Sauce on the side is important for flavour
• Thin rice noodles with spring rolls and lemongrass pork
• Different levels of flavouring coming through with each mouthful
• Fine vermicelli noodles topped with crispy chicken
• The chicken was slightly salty but apart from that it is a good dish
• Pork belly marinated with spices and herbs
• This time I was left a little disappointed and in the words of many an X Factor judge
• The result is a queue as early as 7pm
• Whose only other draws is the cinema and bowling alley
• Practicality triumphs cosiness and their priority is squeezing as many tables in as possible
• One vegetarian and the other with both prawn and pork (both £
• The peanut sauce was gloopy and lacked the piquancy I usually love about that sauce
• 8) vermicelli noodles topped with crispy chicken and served with cucumber
• The chicken was perfect with deliciously crisp skin that was never soggy
• I always go for the Bun Thit Nuong essentially the same dish only with lemongrass grilled pork rather than the chicken (£
• It also comes with spring rolls) and I didn't regret going astray
• A broth of rare and well done beef with noodles and vegetables and herbs to add separately
• I've had it there before and it was much better
• One unexpected winner was the traditional Chinese herbal tea with fresh longan fruit
• Or rice rolls filled with mince pork
• Bun bo Hue or spicy noodle soup with beef flanks
• The popular Vietnamese dish is pretty good here too
• I don't think spring rolls are authentic here cos of the lack of fillings
• They serve this with spices and without so it depends on what you prefer
• Please bear in mind that the soup is on the side
• Then your pho is ready to go
• This Pho Kho Cay (with spices/spicy) is the one and only food I will miss from London after going back home for good
• It was Friday night and it was my birthday
• My sisters was out sample sale shopping and I joined them
• The previous business was a pub where I used to get 50p shots from
• Cafe east is always busy if you go with more then 4 people in the party you need to wait at least half a hour to get seats
• The interior is very modern with White Walls and beach wood furnishing the restaurant seats around 50 odd people
• These are steamed rolls with mince pork
• What really lets the place down is the environment
• Such that the conversation either side of you is fully audible
• Brick Lane is home to the curry house
• M expecting a fruitful 2016 with many more reviews in London
• M partly based now) and finally get a move on with my abroad reviews
• Having heard much about Cafe East I was dying to try what I&rsquo
• Vietnamese cuisine is becoming more common as the weather is getting colder and Cafe East certainly impresses as a cheap eat for a nice soupy dish
• I declare as the best pho ever in my life
• The ingredients are really fresh
• The broth is rich and so flavourful and the spring rolls are generous and fresh
• Australia and this is the place that reminds me of home
• The ambiance is functional whereas the outdoor seating is pretty
• What I like about here is that their authentic spicy Pho
• The broth is rich and so flavorful and the spring rolls are generous and fresh

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