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| - What I love about smaller family-run restaurants is the portion to price ratio. You often receive a larger than life portion size for your cheap eats. That pretty sums up Pho Vietnamese Delight. I could definitely stop this review here after having said that, but there would be no fun in that, would there?
I came here twice with friends. Its location is very convenient, with it being next to Finch Station as well as H-Mart. What characterizes this pho place from others are the massive bowls used for the large size at a very reasonable $1 increase in price. When I say they are massive, I really mean that! It could feed two-three hungry hippos! Of course, knowing me and my frugal ways, I opted to eat the large size by myself because of the short change I was giving for the size up. We ordered the House Pho (number 121) and the House Pho in Thai Style (number 132), as they were claimed to be the most popular item by the lady running the shop. They were both under 10 dollars after tax. The dishes arrived almost instantly, and what was noticeable was that number 132 was almost identical to number 121, except that they stirred in a sour, tomato sauce (think of Tom Yum sauce). I would have appreciated some more creativity with the broth for the Thai style dish. However, if the broth of 121 is their main specialty, then it's all fair game, right? No. For 121, the broth was nothing more than what I would consider a salty, watered down soup. It was a disappointment compared to the broth I had received the first time I visited to order 121. The memory of me happily slurping up my noodles then has been torn apart, replaced by my currently low regard for their quality. Frankly, the caveat of going here is that you may receive a broth without depth that even the noodles can't absorb for flavour.
With so many noodle restaurants competing with this one in the same neighbourhood, I would write this one off. Try Big Beef Bowl instead. At least you'll get decent to good quality food there for the same level of service, sanitary practices, and speed of service.
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