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| - So we tried Saigon Pearl in Nov, 2016, did not enjoy, and said so on Yelp. In July, the new manager reached out to me on Yelp and said we are new and improved, please try us again. So we were driving back from up North and decided to pick-up take-out. Since we were driving past Saigon Pearl, I thought: what the heck! DH excused himself and said after the last time, he'd have pizza.
First of all,I pulled the menu up on my phone, and it brought up something called 24houreats and I was able to order directly from the site, rather than memorize my order and call. I also had the option to pre-pay via cc or PP as well as cash, which was nice.
Saigon Pearl has moved a couple of doors down from where it used to be, and rather than looking like an Asian take-out, it has a nice dining room atmosphere now. I was greeted pleasantly as soon as I walked in the door.
My food was ready. Because it was just me, I had ordered the Saigon Special Pho and the vegetarian Summer rolls.
Took it home and unpacked it. The Pho broth comes in a separate container, and another box contains the accouterments; rice noodles, cilantro, basil, lime, etc. as well as the meat. Everything was fresh, but I'd have liked more cilantro. I LOVE cilantro. But I had some in the fridge I added. The Summer rolls are 4 to an order and wrapped tightly two and two to keep fresh.
Imho, the Pho is levels above it's previous incarnation. The broth was rich and satisfying, the meat was pink and lean and the other additions very fresh. The Summer rolls were so good. DH took a bite of one and then ate two! He said they were great (and added some "veggie" to his pizza). He then tasted my Pho and thought that was delish too. I think he was sorry he'd gotten pizza. I kept having to fend his spoon away from my bowl!
Based on this visit, we will definitely be visiting Saigon Pearl in the near future. Congratulation to the new manager for turning it around.
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