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| - At one point I thought I was gonna be like so many of my friends "all pho taste the same", ugh. It was becoming true with the lackluster bowls of noodles at most joints. Then District One came along, a spot that adds some love with each bowl, a smile on my face and a satisfied belly, but the service was pretty terrible so it became hard to go back often. Fast forward a year and Viet Noodle Bar opens up from the same family that runs District One. Focused on more traditional styles of Vietnamese cuisine, but with the same amount of love as D1.
Like ramen, pho is made from bones, so if your lips aren't glistening with deconstructed bone marrow, then you might be slurping on soup blocks. Using soup blocks makes it pretty easy for some places to offer that $5.95 price point. Although its a bit pricey at VNB, they're not shorting you with portion size, especially if you're a meat lover, they load the bowl up (maybe too much)! Bun thit nuong is a great alternative when you're not feeling soup, pretty much a Vietnamese pasta salad with grilled pork and the best fish sauce.
VNB definitely isn't messing around with its food, or the SNHD, it wins the cleanest Vietnamese restaurant award. Can't give the same award for service though, lunch service is fairly disconnected from its dinner service. Regardless its me and bo approved, so I'll be back all winter long.
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