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| - I ordered a large bowl pho ($6.25) and an order of vermicelli w/ grilled beef, pork and spring rolls ($6.50) take-out today. I have read many good reviews about this place, but the pho turned out was not that good. They added too much herbs in pho broth with too little of meat and overwhelming noodles. The fish sauce that came with vermicelli was completely tasteless, I even had to put my home-made fish sauce for some flavour. This place is cheap but I rather spend $1 or so more to get better food at pho Linh or pho Tien Thanh.
Furthermore, they did not follow my orders at all. I told them not to put veggies in pho, but they put it in anw. I spent like a good 10 minutes of my life to take them onions and what not out of my broth. Additionally, I order grill pork + beef on vermicelli, they only put grill pork, I could not even find any pieces of beef. They also OVERCHARGED me. I have calculated a lot of times, 6.25 + 6.50 + tax = $14.41. However, they made me pay almost $17. I'm like wtf was that like 20% of tax or something. They thought I never came here so did not know the pricing and overcharged me. I have been to many asian restaurants but never met this situation. Many people gave good reviews about this restaurant, which I don't understand why. You could totally go to other better vietnamese restaurant in the west; I feel like the all restaurant in the east chinatown did not sell cheaper food compared to west chinatown due to the food quality and portion size.
p/s: I have tried bun bo hue here last time, the soup was full of fats and spicy. I could not taste anything but spiciness. I felt like the main ingredients in their broth was lemon grass, beef fats and chilli, which was not healthy at all for bun bo hue.
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