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| - From the moment we were seated to the moment we got the bill, the service was quick. So quick that I constantly felt rushed to complete our order, to finish eating, and to pay the bill. It felt like we were ordering from a fast food restaurant and eating inside a very loud food court.
Whenever I visit a pho restaurant for the first time, I order a bowl of rare beef pho -- plain and simple. We also tried the satay beef pho and spicy peanut and coconut pho with beef.
First came the raw beansprouts, which were brown and far from fresh. It was not appetizing at all. Then came the rare beef pho, which was even more disappointing because the beef was the total opposite of rare! If I wanted overcooked beef, I would've ordered well-done flank... As another Yelper mentioned, the satay beef pho soup was pretty much their beef broth with chili oil and nothing else = nothing special. To top it all off, the spicy peanut and coconut soup was so thick, it was more like a sauce in which you would cook meat or use as a dip. It did not pair well with the pho.
I don't mean to sound like a pho snob, but coming from Mississauga, we have visited many pho restaurants. To charge $7 for a small bowl of overcooked beef pho, we were not impressed.
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