We were sitting in Vices & Versa, peering across the street. Our tummies grumbled. We needed to eat. Cafeden? Cafeden. Done. Jay-walked our way over into an empty resto and quickly realized it was vietnamese. Pho on a -20c Feb day? Sign. Me. Up.
This place is beautiful...definitely a step in the opposite direction from the florescent lighting and cold environs that your go-to pho spot entails. Super cute, really nice barman and bar-bros cooking the night's eats. We were advised that tonight (Mardi...and Mercredi aussi!) they have their speciale: Spicy Beef Pho. Let me tell you, in all my years of inter-provinical pho-eating, no pho holds a candle to this one. Spicy Beef. Oxtail. Shrimp paste. Diakon. These boys don't even let you near the Siracha or that mystery brown sauce, because they know that their spicy beef broth is perfection. They're right. Also - nearly forgot to mention - they use a teeny slender noodle (think vermicelli). A delightful surprise!
We ate. We marvelled and sat in awe at the soup before us. It may be a touch pricey ($12) for pho, but it's a whole different jam and it deserves and demands your attention. Please go pho it up, tell all your friends, lovers, enemies. We all need this little resto in our lives.