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| - Good stuff. We went around 7pm Friday night; a 3-5 minute wait for a table.
We ordered pho, a banh mi with pork roll and pate, spring rolls, a lime soda, and a vanilla boba tea.
The pho was the lighter style; less salty, but also less rich. (I compare it to the Southern style you find in San Francisco.) The tripe was fresh and bouncy, the tendon a little soft, and the beef a little less flavorful than I like, but the noodles were excellent. The broth could be due to the fact we went late. (If they run out of broth during the day, they have to make more, and it can be a little thin.)
The banh mi was great - the baguette was very fresh and light. Excellent balance of meat and carrot. The Mrs. thought the meat was too meaty, but this often happens - I tend to prefer my meat a little... gamier. I'm not the biggest fan of daikon, but this worked out. I would ask to hold the cilantro next time, but that's me, not them.
The spring rolls - excellent. They include a small strip of what seems like either deep fried tofu skin or rice paper, and a strip of some kind of pork (it reminded me of the kind of maling meat-food-product that you get in spam musubi, but fried). Truly excellent balance of flavors.
On a sad note, we never got our drinks (and on top of that, when we went to pay, they explained were out of boba (!), but the service was otherwise full of smiles, polite, reasonably fast (although not fast enough for a working lunch), while leaving us in peace to eat.
The owner was ringing us up immediately recognized that we didn't get our drinks and apologized, explaining that they're still working out the kinks. I have no problem with that. They seem understaffed; it's always difficult running a new restaurant and the little extra effort makes me forgive forgetting the drinks.
Verdict: Would pay about 2x as much.
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