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| - 1. I'm a Pho & Bun Fiend.
2. I have practically had a bowl of Pho in every city I've been to across North America & parts of the UK.
3. I love Pho, BUT I only categorize Pho in 3 categories. Awesome, Okay, Bleh.
4. I only have the fully loaded special.
So to qualify for the Awesome Category, the special really has to be FULLY loaded. Tendons, tripe, the works! Next is the broth. You've got to taste the meaty marrowy goodness in the Broth. 3rd is the Noodles. I'm not so picky, it just has to be the thick kind and not the thin round ones. Lastly, the service has to be okay. You don't have to treat me like a prince, but you do have to come serve me in a reasonable amount of time, and be reasonably clean. Reasonably. This is Pho after all. I expect a certain level of dive in my Pho.
With all this in hand, Rua Vang is... well okay. It's nothing special, but I'm a quasi regular there whenever I'm in the neighbourhood. What's missing is Tendons in the special, and the broth is missing a bit of something something. It's all good, and I'll gladly eat there, but it's not something my Vietnamese pals would go ga-ga over.
Oh.. and the worst Pho I've ever had? $15 Pho at Treasure Island in Las Vegas, even though I know there's a Pho 88 just off the strip near the airport, I couldn't leave my poker game. :P
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