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| - I've driven by Vietnam Fortune for years and walked by it on the rare occasion I crave Chicken on the Way.
On the weekend, faced with a war on two fronts, a cold and a hangover, I remembered this bright blue Vietamese eatery and I knew that pho, and not fried chicken (that would have been a good choice the night before) would help us.
Starting with shrimp salad rolls we were impressed. Cool, crisp, crunchy and clean. The sauce on the side was also particularly savoury and the salad rolls were cut into halves so to spare you the usual awkward "No. *You* have a second roll" conversation.
I ordered something I had never, ever, ever seen in a Vietnamese restaurant (and I've eaten in more than a few): tamarind chicken pho. While my girlfriend had a seafood sate pho.
The tamarind chicken soup was nothing short of a miracle. Sweet, sour and a little spicy the broth swam with chunks of chicken, noodles, vegetables and tamarind itself (imagine something a little like pineapple) and while beforehand I'd have never been sold on fruit floating in my soup, I'll always order this every time from now on.
As an added plus, the broth brought me back to life before I was even halfway through the bowl.
The seafood sate lived up to it's name being both full of shrimp, squid and tons of chilis. This one had bite!
Rejuvenated, I was happy to pay the less than $30 it cost for the two of us to win back our health. Not to mention sate our appetite.
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