I'm a very picky with Pho. The soup must come steaming hot, has to taste authentic/homemade, the meats fresh (raw or cooked) and noodles must be the thin kind. Vic Hong does most of it well, except the soup part. I'm not a fan of their soup. It taste all right and looks homemade, but just doesn't knock the ball out the park. There's something missing in their soup, something I haven't experienced since I visited a west end Vietnamese restaurant. The noodles are always super soft, which is another thing I don't like. The meat, however, is always fresh.. Especially the raw beef. Unfortunately, the soup is never hot enough and it takes forever for it to cook in the soup.
First world food problems... Lol