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| - Just came back from a bowl of Pho. And my thoughts on it...
This place is horrible, lots of issues. I haven't been here in many, many, years and they just reaffirms my feelings about this place. 1 star is way too flattering. Stay away, you've been warned. It's Sunday night 8pm, and you would expect it to be packed like other restaurants, but there were only 2 people in there. Bad sign, should have kept walking to Mi Mi.
I ordered my usual Pho Dac Biet to compare, somehow its #101 on everyone's menu. lol. Most of the vietnamese Pho restaurant better get it right. I was born in vietnam and been eating it for years, I should know!
But somehow they seem to want to skimp on it or miss the mark completely. I notice the waitress speaks Mandrin to me. lol Second, while I was eating she was moping the floor!!! Hello?!?
The decor was tacky and had this childish beach scene. Bleh, managment should have figured it out by now. Desperately in need of a good remodeling.
Okay, on to the Pho, I was asked for a choice of fresh or dried noodles. I did ask for fresh, (which they're know for) but the bowl came with the dried noodles instead. Holy! how can you get that wrong!!!, fresh taste springy and looks more bleached like it came out -- well, fresh!!! The Pho came with the usual tripe, flank, beef balls, and rare beef. NO brisket.
They really skimp on the tripe and rare beef. (I'm sure they did this on purpose because they loaded it up with pork - which is a cheap substitute). I counted 2 pieces of beef and 5 pieces of tripe. I was moving the Pho around to see if it was underneath (definitely a WTF momemt). The broth was kinda cloudy and wasn't clear, but was good. Wasn't hot at all, more like warm. So I'm bombarded with all this flank, which is by far the worst part of any Pho, I've never seen any place that does the pork right or to my liking.
Skimping on the beef and fresh noodles and having poor decor, recipe for disaster. Go order the same thing at each restaurant and try Pho Xe Lua and you'll see the difference. Poor management decision to skimp on the beef.
Go across the street to Pho 88 or Mi Mi, you won't be disappointed.
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