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| - With another Pho place in the same strip mall, and another just up the road (Pho Ah Sen), there is a lot of competition for Pho Van to deal with.
This was my second visit to Pho Van. The first was my wife's first Pho experience, and it went well. Although the place is clean, I always find it funny how these little asian places are designed with furniture and whatnot.
This time I got Pho with brisket and beef, vegetarian spring rolls, and Thai iced tea, all to go. It took them about 10 minutes to get everything done and wrapped up, and off to home I went.
The set up for to-go orders are just fine. The meat, which is rare (wife thought it was raw) was in the same box as the vegies and noodles, which would be fine, but wife was scared because it was so rare. I assured her it was fine.
The soup needed to be heated in the microwave because it wasn't warm enough, even though I only had a 5 minute ride home. The noodles were correctly undercooked so that they wouldn't be too soft when added to the soup.
The broth is quite excellent and I loved the brisket. Pho Ah Sen gets the thumbs up for the atmosphere, but I'd got to Pho Van any day of the week.
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