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| - Came to Pho 88 with boyfriend after attending Orfeo ed Euridice @ the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts. I had literally come home, and with 15 minutes to glam up - skipped dinner altogether.
Pho is always one of those things I enjoy - my mom's side of the family are Chinese, but grew up in Vit Nam. So from growing up as a kid when my grandmother used to make it, to going out to eat it - its one of my fave things to eat.
It is located in a plaza that also houses Foody Mart, so, as Jennifer K. stated, depending on what day of the week and time you intend on dining at Pho 88, parking CAN be a nightmare!
It was already about 9:30PM by the time we sat down at Pho 88, so we ordered a large Ph c bit (beef flank, beef tendon, beef tripe) to share. An Avocado Milkshake and Sour Sop (Sinh To Mang Cau) milkshake were also ordered
For me, the measure of a good pho restaurant is its soup base. The soup base at Pho 88 gets 5 stars for intense flavour. The pho noodles weren't the freshest (deduct 1 star), but they were quite tasty. The beef tendons were not overly glutinous and cooked just right. The beef flank was sliced thinly and the tripe had a nice crunch to it. Condiments (hoisin sauce, hot sauce, hot chili oil) are found at the table. All Pho comes with the standard bean sprouts, hot pepper, lime and basil.
Sour Sop is one of those fruits that I would classify as an exotic fruit. Most people haven't even heard of it. Sour Sop? Is that a new flavour of candy or something? It is a white, pulpy fruit, that would be a hybrid of a citrus fruit and coconut... It has the tang of a citrus fruit, but is white and pulp-like as a coconut. That's my best attempt at explaining what sour sop is.
Pho 88 definitely makes it into my books as a good place to get an authentic bowl of Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup!
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