This has been one of my bookmarks since I first drove by and saw the restaurant and I finally went to try it. I generally get one of two dishes when I go out for pho and this time I stayed with the Bun Bo Hue. I did not read the menu to see the pork hock on request and I had forgotten Paolo's review.
The menu states bun bo hue as follows: Hu's signature spicy beef noodle soup served in a slowly simmered lemongrass beef broth, with thick rice noodle, marinated beef shank, pork roll, beef tendon, pork hock (on request), and garnished with onion, cilantro, scallion.
The broth was very rich but there's no way it should have a red pepper by it on the menu. It is not spicy. I put all four jalapeño slices in the soup and a fair amount of Sriracha and it still wasn't spicy, but the flavor was good in spite of that. I sure wish there had been more jalapeño slices.
Service was quick--I was the only person in the restaurant on an early Saturday evening--and the price was average for the size serving. There was soft guitar (Vietnamese?) music playing and the name of the artist and album were on the screen. It made a pleasant experience. It's a place to which I'll return to try some other things.