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| - Update: This was my second visit to Bowl of Pho. I didn't quite enjoy it as much as the first visit. I had a craving for pho, which I normally get from Superior Pho (The Best, hands down!), but didn't want to drive downtown. I ordered spring rolls, the cabbage chicken salad and the deluxe pho. My dining companion ordered the meat skewer trio and grilled chicken over noodles. The spring rolls were just ok, a little bit mushy and not a lot of flavor. The salad was pretty good, but kinda skimpy for the $9.95 price and the pho was a let-down. The meatballs didn't have much texture, the beef wasn't appetizing, there were pieces of tendon (I think) in the soup, which was off-putting and finally the soup wasn't served steaming hot, therefore, by the time I finished the contents of the soup, the broth was lukewarm, murky and not very good. The accompaniments (basil, bean sprouts, lime & jalapenos), were fresh, but I agree with other Yelp reviews that the small dish of siracha and hoisin, was insufficient, I would have expected a bottle of each on the table.
Maybe if I had not been to Superior Pho, this pho would have been ok, but once you've had the best, it's hard to settle.
I would go back, but definitely wouldn't get the pho.
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