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| - For the Pho-friendly, new-to-Pho, and old-Pho folks, this Cen-Pho girl is all about Viet Kitchen's Oh So Fabulous Pho!!
Ok, enough Pho-isms... :-) on to the review:
A friend pointed this place out en route to a hockey game one time, so we decided to check it out a few weeks later. Of course, I looked up the Yelp reviews before going and honestly, was pretty leary- for a totally ridiculous reason that so many reviews said the chairs are really uncomfortable. What?!?! My partner convinced me that was not reason enough to forego checking this place out, so reluctantly I went...
Happily, the chairs are FINE, people! I don't know what all the fuss is about. I surely preferred their nice, beautifully lacquered low armless chairs to crappy uncomfortable white plastic armchair patio furniture that is found at a lot of restaurants. Bizarre that so many have commented (and yes, I realize I'm also commenting on the chairs rather than the food, but I want people to know the chairs are just fine!!) My only thought is that they have updated the chairs since those reviews, but based on the review dates it seems not? Clearly a difference in opinion here, but the chairs are seriously FINE!
Now that nonsense is out of the way, let's talk food. Pho, to be exact. Yum, yum, yummy!! That Pho is pho' real, pho' sho'! :-) I tried the chicken pho and my partner had the house and we both were happy campers. My family has Pho for Christmas every year, and restaurant pho usually doesn't compare to the homemade stuff in my book. But...I'd say Viet Kitchen does a great job! The flavors are complex and savory, the meat was tender, and the smells intoxicating. So, in summary... chairs are fine, pho is fab and I'm not phoking around!! hehe Can't wait to return!
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