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| - The only reason this place is getting a 3-star review is because my boyfriend and I frequent this place decently often; he loves the beef combination Pho and I get the wonton soup with egg noodles. But this time, I decided to try something different.. :(
When we went for dinner last night, service was especially slow, but the live music made up for it.. somewhat. Jason went for his usual- beef combination Pho and a Mountain Dew, I ordered chicken Tom Kha with chicken, a side of rice, and the charbroiled pork sandwich.
Maybe I'm just picky, but I'm not a fan of restaurants serving soda from a can- a glass of ice wasn't offered, but he was okay with that. The sandwich came first, and was delicious. No other food came, so Jason and I treated it as if it was an appetizer- which was fine with us. At the tail end of finishing the sandwich, my soup came, kind of. I had ordered Tom Kha and was served Tom Yum. Since I had trouble deciding between the two soups in the first place, I told the server that I would keep the soup. It took another 5-10 minutes for Jason's food to hit the table, ehhhh..
Beef Combination Pho: delicious, as usual.
Charbroiled Pork Sandwich: AWESOME! I'm in love with this sandwich- great call by my server.
Chicken Tom Yum: The flavor of the soup was good- but a little bland. The big problem I had with the dish was the chicken; the flavor made it taste like some weird seafood, the texture was chewy (comparable to beef that is gristle-y), and the chicken was extremely dry. Also, I've never seen large chunks of raw tomato served in Tom Yum before and thought it was weird. I wouldn't order it again, but am still Tom Kha curious (with shrimp, of course).
White Chocolate Mocha Blast with Boba: delicious, as always.
The big problem I had was with the service, which could have made this particular experience much better, but I've never experienced especially good service here. They're hiring servers now, and I even thought of applying just so I could make this place a 5-star place. ;P
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