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| - Every culture has their comfort soup. American's have chicken noodle, Mexican's have menudo and Vietnamese have pho. I must have been Vietnamese in a past life.
Pho is the national dish of Vietnam and a staple at any Vietnamese restaurant and Pho Avina has some of the best pho around. Let me warn you - this isn't an appetizer, this is a meal. A big, steaming bowl of soup served with your choice of meat and noodles in a savory, almost sweet, broth. The pho is served with a large plate of fresh basil, cilantro and bean sprouts; the cilantro complimented the soup nicely. I chose the chicken and shrimp and was pleasantly surprised with large shrimp and big chunks of all white chicken.
My eyes were bigger than my stomach, so I also ordered the deluxe vermicelli salad. A salad of noodles, veggies, beef, chicken, shrimp, eggroll, sweet potato cake and fish sauce - toss together and enjoy. I had it boxed up, but did nibble on a few items and the sweet potato cake is out of this world good.
I had come for the banh mi at the recommendation of a previous yelper. They only serve the sandwiches Monday-Friday from 11-3; I had just missed them. Darn. I will definitely be back to try the banh mi and a boba, there were soooo many delicious flavors to choose from except for the fresh durian - icky, icky, icky.
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