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| - A combination of pho and macaron ice cream sandwiches? Sounds like a win-win situation. My sweet tooth was ushering me to give this place a try after seeing all the tempting macaron photos. The exterior of the building was on the shabby side, and certainly not located in the best side of town. Once I stepped into the restaurant, I knew they served authentic Vietnamese food. There was the traditional garnish for pho laid out on the tables: chili peppers, bean sprouts, limes, and Thai basils. They even have the little sauce dishes for the hoisin sauce and sriracha conveniently placed at each table.
I had the pho tai chin (#10) regular size, which was the beef noodle soup with steak and brisket. The broth was average, not too salty with adequate flavoring. I wished they trimmed the fat on my meat better as there were pieces of pure fat attached, which I had to literally remove myself. Maybe I have been spoiled by other pho places that have their meats nicely cut.
There is a separate menu for the macarons and macaron ice cream sandwiches. They offer three different macaron flavors for the sandwiches: pandan, taro, or red velvet. The menu had a lot of ice cream flavors crossed off, so we were limited to only three ice cream flavors and 2 added on special flavors (b-day & black cherry). Initially wanting to try the rocky road, I settled for the pandan macaron with thai tea ice cream. The pandan macaron was delicious! I can't say the same for the thai tea ice cream which lacked that wow factor. My boyfriend also had the pandan macaron with strawberry ice cream, and wasn't impressed with his ice cream as well.
The service could use some improvement. While we were dining in, all the workers were busy eating their mid-day meal/late lunch. No one was doing rounds to check up on the customers to see if they needed anything. We had to physically get up and approach them because they were so occupied with their meals; it felt like we were disturbing their mini break. It would be nice to have at least one person be open for full service.
They have affordable pricing, and accept card. The food was on the mediocre side, nothing spectacular that would pull me back. If I was close to this area, I'll probably stick to Pho Thanh on Camelback for my regular dose of pho. I might stop by to try their macarons again.
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