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| - My schedule changed at bit, and I needed some dinner before the Official So You Think You Can Curl event. Randomly drove by Pho My Duyen and thought it was a sign. It was either this, or the House of Lancaster a block away, and I figured, broth was better. And the honestly the thought of order food in a house of sin, albeit intriguing, I didn't want to risk it as my tetanus shots are probably not quite up to date.
What Pho My Duyen (no go Pho Your Duyen) provides is a classic family run Pho Join minus the dank. Especially compared to the Pho places along St. Clair West, this is a place I'd bring the uninitiated to. It was clean and it won't scare off the rookies. The décor was a little odd as it had a feel of some rich uncle's basement (which I have none of). A couple of big screen TVs and lots of faux marble around. But what I really loved were the details. The spoons had little ends that prevents it from falling into the soup bowl, which happens at least once per session. The sauce bottles that they brought over were obviously cleaned and lack the sauce crustation that builds up at the dank places that obviously tells you it's never been cleaned. The chopsticks weren't your typical low-end pieces of toothpicks, but decent dollar store versions. And most importantly, the bathroom was clean. For an Asian place, that's a miracle.
I had the only dish I'm allowed to have when I first enter a Pho place, the Large Pho Special for under $8, meaning throw in all the meaty goodness that you can. The broth was nice, but maybe slightly under seasoned, but that was easily made up with plenty of meet!! Large chunks of tendon and tripe was swimming around in my super sized bowl. The only thing that bugged me a little was the lack of brisket. I love me my brisket long time. I had to make do with a few extra meat balls than most other places.
If this place was out in the east, I'd probably make it a regular stop for the Pho. Not because it's the most mind blowing Pho I've ever had, but from the looks of it, it's seems unlikely I'm going to suffer a bathroom run in the middle of night because of it.
I'm going to have to go back and try out the other stuff.
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