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| - The people who opened this restaurant used to work at the Thai restaurant across the street, back when it was called Mint Cafe and tasted a lot better. So, of course, we had to try both their Vietnamese food and their Thai food before we could properly review this. Yes, they definitely have Thai food, listed under their specials.
Vietnamese food:
We tried a rare steak pho and a combo (pork+shrimp) vermicelli. I liked the pho broth - a bit sweet but a good mix of spices. I'd give it a five if I was judging them solely on their broth. The noodles were undercooked - they improved over time as they simmered in the broth. The meat was overcooked and tasted a bit tough. The vermicelli was done well but lacked flavor and needed a lot of the sauce (even more than they provided us).
Thai food:
This was, unfortunately, kind of disappointing. We had a pad thai and a pad see ew. The pad thai was on the sweet side and the noodles were kind of sticky. They did, however, give us some extra shrimp, which we liked. The pad see ew noodles (the flat rice noodles) tasted almost... cakey. We didn't finish this one.
The service was great and lived up to the Mint Cafe standard. It's a small restaurant so it isn't difficult to get people's attention. The prices are pretty comparable for the pho but the vermicelli is more expensive.
The hours here are better than a certain other local pho business, so all in all, this is a decent alternative to satisfy a Vietnamese food craving. But most of the time, I'll still be heading over there.
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