Milk No Sugar, Brighton, UK

Address:

68 Trafalger Street, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN1 4EB

Opening times:

Monday - Friday: 7.30am to 6.30pm (?)

Saturday: 9am to 6.30pm

Sunday: 10am to 5pm

Website: http://www.cafemilknosugar.com/

Our honest review:

This cafe is located about 3 to 5 minutes walk from Brighton train station. Rather convenient to get to. We had not planned to eat here, but were passing by on-route to the train station. Initially we thought it was just another cafe, until the reading, saying it serves Pho (Vietnamese traditional noodle soup),  caught our attention. I was surprised to see the opening times from their website, as I clearly remembered we were there at about 8pm and there were still 2 group of people in the cafe.

The cafe could approximately seat 40 to 50 people, and they have outside seatings as well. They serve both Vietnamese and Western food (e.g. paninis, salads)

Cafe from the outside

Interior of the cafe

Part of their Vietnamese food menu

Pork Bun (medium)

Pork Bun (medium)

Beef Pho (small)

Beef Pho (small)

Pork Bun (medium) and Beef Pho (small)

The pork was probably what Chinese (not necessarily from China) would call - char siew. Although both meats (pork and beef) tasted alright, the quantity of it was miserably little. There were about 5 pieces of beef in the beef bowl, and about 7 pieces of pork in the other. When both bowls of noodles were served, we initially thought that both noodles are of the same type. However, when we tried each other's bowls, the texture is completely different and unique to its own. Bun noodles was more rounded and chewy, whereas Pho noodles were flatter noodles. The soup was very tasty, especially with the addition of lime (served in self-served bottles). We licked our bowls clean by the end of dinner! We felt that the only missing ingredient in the bowl was sliced onions, and it would have been perfect.

Price: Depending on the size of the bowl, price ranges from £4.50 to £5.50. The medium size bowl had a pretty decent portion of noodles. For the price we paid, it was definitely worth eating it.

Highly recommend as the taste was on point! The shop owners were extremely nice as well. I am still confused with their opening times.