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| - After seeing countless good reviews of the place, I finally decided to give it a try.
Let me just premise that my family LOVES Pho. Coming from Vietnamese/Filipino background (weird , I know) we've made it our mission to try pretty much every major pho location out there (my top places so far are the pho dao bo on dundas and stanfield, as well as the Pho Hung, just down the street).
I must say that my expectations were rather high. Being a non-franchised Pho shops, I immediately assumed the worse and had written it off. It actually wasn't until I saw the constant raving reviews on yelp that it popped up on my radar, and a random hungry stomach pushed me over the edge.
Coming into the store I immediately noticed 2 things: 1. The establishment was small and a little messy (waiters and customers were constantly bumping into each-other trying to move around), and 2. The small little messy place was full. That being said my partner and I found an empty table and quickly snatched it before anyone else had the chance.
I ordered a Large sized Pho with the fixings:rare beef with tendon(would've liked if they would throw in a meatball for an additional charge), with Ashley sharing with me. We also ordered a mango shake for her(I think they were out of avocado...huh) and a vietnamese coffee for myself.
The food was surprisingly good. It was on the salty side - which I liked, the soup was flavourful and they provided a good amount of meat. (Not tendon, meat. I'll talk about the tendon in just a bit). The food (just the food) came quite quickly given how busy the place was. The shake was par and the coffee was strong (as expected!) Also the prices were pretty moderate. Much better than what I had originally expected. I will definitely need to come back to try my favourite vietnamese dish, vermicelli .
As good as the food was, there were a few downsides:
- the large sized bowl (if I remember correctly) was not as big as the large size bowl is not the same size as the other places.
- I feel like they kind of skimped on the tendon. I usually expect a little slab, which is then melted and stirred into the soup. The one I received was already stirred in, and seemed to be lacking.
- The noodles were slightly undercooked, in that they had a some chew when I bit down.
- The vietnamese coffee I ordered took nearly the entire meal to arrive.
Overall it was a good experience. I'm conflicted as it's super busy, but super convenient.
Maybe I'll take the rest of the family to see what they think before giving a full review.
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