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| - Phuong Dong is not the place it used to be. I will say all the nice things first.
1. Super clean. Even the tray of condiments on the table were absolutely spotless like human hands have never touched them. I like clean.
2. Attentive Service: Menus brought promptly and water glasses filled--with lime yet.
3. I enjoyed the tofu rice paper rolls so much so that we brought home an extra order. Large, fresh, crisp with a nice peanuty sauce.
Here's what's no so good:
1. The fried tofu with vegetables & fried noodles did not have enough tofu. Would paying extra gotten me extra tofu? I would have rolled with that.
2. The beef with vegetables and noodles only had shavings of beef and not enough of them to boot. It was more like having a vegetarian dish-- which is not a bad thing in itself but I ordered a beef dish.... Where's the beef??? (remember that TV commercial?) When I order a beef dish I want at least pieces of beef to sate my appetite. Not so here. And BTW, I wouldn't call it a tasty dish either.
3. The chicken pho did not have a flavorful broth as in the past. It did indeed have enough chicken and to their credit the chicken was not overcooked. But it was not an enjoyable pho.
4. We were overcharged on one menu item because they had not updated their menu. And is that my fault? The price is the price on the menu even though we did pay the higher price only because this seems to be a family run place and I didn't want to shortchange them. But, if it had been in a chain restaurant, I would have insisted on paying the price indicated in the menu.
So there you have it, too little beef, too little tofu, unflavorful dishes & pho broth, incorrect prices on the menu. This does not warrant the 5 and 4 stars that many yelpers have given this place including myself one year ago. But a year ago is a year ago and this is now. When I go out to eat I want DELICIOUS food not EH food. I am not an asian cook but a good cook I am and I have made many fantastic asian dishes on my own. The only problem with that is that if I keep making great dishes at home, hubby will NEVER take me out to dinner!!! I'll never see the light of day! As it is, he prefers my food to restaurant food and that is not a good thing (ladies, you know what i'm talking about). We do Saturday nights out and sometimes we do one more night out. Besides being a cheap-o, hubby adores my food but as I said before, that is not necessarily a good thing. So as my review comes to an end (finally, right?) I can only give Phuong Dong two stars: cleanliness, service and the tofu rolls---Nope, can't do three or I would be misleading my fellow Yelpers.
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