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| - This was the first place I ever tried pho, around 6 years ago. So I had nothing to compare it to. To this day, despite trying numerous vietnamese restaurants, this place is yet my brothers favourite, which I feel is because it was where he first experienced pho too, and so it holds a special place for him.
Currently my favourite thing to order whenever I go to a vietnamese restaurant is the grilled lemongrass chicken on vermicelli. I love it!
I finally decided to re-visit Pho Do Thi after 6 years and was shocked at how much they have expanded and redecorated, from a whole in a wall to an actual decent sit-down restaurant.
I ordered the grilled chicken on vermicelli and the rice paper rolls. The server did not know English very well, but that wasn't a big deal, since everything we wanted we had to write down. The rice paper rolls were good. Then came my 'grilled' chicken. Immediately I could tell that the chicken was deep fried. It was extremely oily, to the point where my finger was drenched in oil with one touch. I called the server to clarify that I had ordered the GRILLED chicken. Apparently they grill the chicken and then deep fry it!??!! I returned it and asked for just plain grilled chicken. He came back 5 minutes later with a plate that looked exactly the same as the one I returned! I sat there not knowing what to do, and starving at the same time. Reluctantly I called him again trying to explain to him that it's still fried. His explanation was that the chicken is drenched in oil before grilling, so no matter what it will be oily. I gave up and decided to go to the vietnamese restaurant down the road, which made amazing grilled chicken the last time I went. My brother happily took my meal from Pho Do Thi to-go as a late night splurge.
So basically I did not enjoy my experience here and have tried much better places in the GTA.
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