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Man, I was just DREAMING about the Bun Rieu Cua dish I had next to Great Mall in Milpitas, California and this week, my cravings were insupressable. I searched around and found Pho Pad Thai as the closest resto to my house that served this exact dish. Unfortunately, the dish failed to live up to the AMAZINGness I had experienced in California.
I'm giving Pho Pad Thai 3 just because I enjoyed the dining experience. The seating area is pretty spacious, the menu is extensive, and the servers were really really nice. They brought all the necessary utensils specific to the order we placed, and were pretty attentive while we were there.
The food however, wasn't the greatest (or maybe it's because the only viet places I've been to this year have received at least 4.5 stars on Yelp).
House special Pho 3/5
- It tasted VERY standard. I'm starting to think there is some soup blend that average viet restaurants use because it tasted exactly the same as food court pho / xue lua. It didn't have the homey-ness that is captured by Pho Tai Bac or Little Saigon pho. They also give you braised bean sprouts as opposed to raw - I actually prefer it this way, but it definitely takes away the authenticity
Beef Pad Thai 3.5/5
Also very standard. Resembles the pad thai you get in the fast food chains that serve pad thai cafeteria style. It was very sweet and ketchupy. Good for kids.
Bun Rieu Cua (Tomato soup with crab paste rice noodles) 2/5
The soup was just really bland, and I could hardly taste the crab, let alone, see any ground crab meat.
BBQ Pork with steamed egg/grilled shrimp
Like the other dishes, the pork has the right flavour but very mild doses of it.
The steamed egg is NOT a sunny side up egg you would kind of expect. Instead, it's like a savoury steamed omlette with minced veggies that tastes REALLY good. Sad I couldn't get a runny yolk, but still an interesting spinoff.
Food-wise, you will finish it, but you are not going to crave seconds.
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