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| - I was craving pho while driving on Don Mills in search for a place to eat, and came across this place. I've heard of the franchise before. Since I haven't really had a bad pho from the few other places I've tried (not part of the franchise), I decided to give it a try. Once I entered, I noticed the high ceiling and cool surfboard-like decor on one of the walls. There was another seating area farther away from the entrance but I didn't get to see it. As for the area I was in, it looked quite nice.
It was around 7 PM on a Friday evening and I was by myself. It wasn't empty but it wasn't jam-packed either - so I was assigned a seat fairly quickly. I was given a menu, a funky bottle of water, a cup, a pair of chopsticks, one of those plastic soup spoons, and a paper napkin. There was also a bottle of that sweet brown (hoisin?) sauce and a bottle of the hot (sriracha?) sauce. I didn't really know what to get, since I was only used to this kind of menu: 'beef pho', 'rare beef pho', etc. There was a dish called Pho 88 (or something like that) so I ordered that one in the smaller size (I think the two sizes are called regular and large - with large being the bigger size, of course). It was about $8, I think.
It came at a reasonable time and it tasted pretty good. It also came with some kind of herb, some plants that resemble bean sprouts, and line on a separate plate. Never once did they come to check up on me - if they had, I could've requested more paper napkins that I direly needed, or a small dish for me to put the sauce so that I don't have to put the sauce in my tiny plastic spoon every time I took a bite. Speaking of the spoon, I hope that they would provide something more substantial than the tiny, disposable one. It was difficult to use because the noodles kept slipping out of the spoon (more than usual). They had some free mint candy I could take near the cashier, though.
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