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| - I love that this location had opened up in this neck of the woods. Pho places around the area tend to lean toward the utilitarian esthetic, leaving you with a general desire to wash all your clothes after a visit, even as you go to them for their addictive soup and slurpy noodles.
Unlike other pho restaurants, this place feels much cleaner. The high ceilings and new decor actually make this place feel more like a restaurant than a cafeteria.
I had a large order of fresh rolls (rice wrapper, vermicelli, mint, shrimp, pork) which came in at a somewhat pricy $10.50 for 4 pieces. They were as expected and got the spot for a light lunch. I sampled my Hubby's pho. While the tendon was super soft and delicious, the soup felt a little light in flavour. Impossible as it seems, the pho orders at the table actually came last, a significant amount of time after the other, seemingly more complicated orders had already arrived. Really not sure what happened here as the noodle soups are always the first to be served.
We came on a Sunday afternoon and were seated right away, which is somewhat unusual for restaurants in the address that normally have line ups during the lunch hour. It's probably because this place is still relatively new in comparison to the other entrenched pho places in the area. Plus, it's a bit hidden in the back of the plaza, though the restaurant itself is a good size.
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