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| - Grant that I am even less expert in Viet cuisine than many others, but I know what I like and what's good to me. Based on the limited universe of Vietnamese restaurants I've tried, Pho Avina is the best, and has been so consistently.
Despite an enviably consistent business, the dining area is always clean but for any tables just vacated. The food has been consistently excellent, the portions adequate or better, the presentation/appearance appealing, the service always decent or better and the prices remarkable in a totally positive way. An added bonus is the extensive boba drink menu, and the addition of a remarkable variety of Taiwanese shaved ice dessert combinations, always artfully presented. These aren't the snow-cones most of us grew up with, and at about $4 and up, they should be something special, and though they may be old news to Taiwanese and west coast Asian folk, it's a new-to-me delight in beautiful, ultra-light, cold dessert that I highly recommend. If it's a little less appealing as AZ veers in and out of what passes for cold weather, have a hot pho first, and enjoy. I don't think you can go wrong with either.
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