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| - After clubbing, most of my friend disperse to either Pho 88 or this place, which is actually called "train head" in Chinese. For some reason, I always end up at Pho 88 instead.
I visited here for the first time this weekend and was a bit surprised as to why this is one of the go-to places for pho. It isn't bad, but isn't the greatest. They do, however, provide plenty of noodles and beef in your bowl.
Now, about their bowl, it's not your typical large bowl opening, but their small bowl is pretty narrow and, you know when you add all the basil in your food but you don't eat basil?, you have a hard time actually getting noodle without the basil because of the tiny circumference.
I was also irritated by the fact that when I ordered a small iced coffee with milk, they didn't give me a plate to place the filter when i had to take it off the mug and pour the coffee into the glass of ice. Needless to say, the area in front of me became a caffeinated mess.
All of this sort of points to the overall experience of the restaurant. It's not so bad that you'd vow never to come back, but there's just something askew.
A few notes:
- by default their noodles are wider than normal pho noodles, if you want normal size noodles, you have to ask for "thin noodles"
- they do serve cold tea now...according to Vivek S. in one of the June 2011 reviews, it wasnt available, but when I went this weekend, it now is.
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