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| - After reading all of the reviews on here I wanted to try this place for myself. I consider myself pretty adventurous when it comes to food and I'll try just about anything once, so it surprised me when I realized that I had never had Vietnamese cuisine before.
Upon reviewing the menu, I was very thankful that they include descriptions of the dishes under each entrée. I settled on the Bun Cha Thit Nuong which was described as having charbroiled pork with bean sprouts, lettuce, herb, cucumber & peanuts on vermicelli with a crispy spring roll. Grilled Pork and veggies; how could you go wrong? About five minutes later I had my "Bun Cha" in front of me. Here's where I discovered my ignorance.... I swirled my chop stick around the noodles ensuring to include a nice piece of pork and when I tasted it I found, to my surprise, that it was cold. Very tasty mind you but cold. I'm at least proud of the fact that instead of immediately calling the nice lady who waited on me over, I had the good sense to Google what it was that I was eating.
It turns out that Wikipedia described my dish exactly how it was served to me: "Bún tht nng (literally means "rice noodles [with] grilled meat") is a popular Vietnamese cold rice vermicelli noodle dish topped with grilled pork, fresh herbs like basil and mint, fresh salad and bean sprouts, and ch giò (spring rolls)." Yes, the good folks at Vietnam's Pho do indeed serve up authentic dishes. Although it wasn't what I expected at first, I did find the meal very enjoyable and I look forward to coming back and trying other Vietnamese cuisine here.
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