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| - This is one of those authentic grocery stores with a small restaurant in back that I absolutely love finding, they can rival a dedicated restaurant. The place is in a small strip mall with plenty of off street parking. The place is one of the bigger Asian stores with a lot of variety from can, jar, fresh, frozen, boxed, bagged along with non food items. I found a bunch of new items to take home with me and try but I'm really here for the restaurant.
The restaurant is tiny with just two small tables and chairs with a similar menu as other Hmong grocery store restaurants. I dragged some friends here who have never had authentic Pho or anything on the menu except egg rolls so I ordered Pho, egg rolls, stuffed chicken wings and some sausage for a nice starter sampling.
The Pho was was very clean with just thin steak and sliced meatballs, no tripe or other meats/bones/cartilage that might weird out a first timer. The broth was tasty with no pools of oil like others, flavorful but not huge/over powering flavor. The garnish plate was fresh, it's all in the produce section on site and when you mix it all together its was very good. The sausage was very flavorful with that cup of green sauce. The stuffed chicken wings were very good also so try them at least once, I just wish I bought an extra cup of the green sauce because it's good on everything we had. This is really the perfect place for the first time Pho person vs head first into one of the crazy Pho places where you get a bowl with bones, skin, cartilage, tripe etc because you need to progress into that so your not turned off to Pho because it's a wonderful bright bowl of great flavors.
This was a great find with the authentic food which I would rather go to than a hipster Maddison Pho place. Overall the store in general is a great place to shop and grab some food. If you want to expand your authentic Asian food experience and try Pho, this is the place to start and see my pictures. A side note, it was very good but it didn't topple my go to place which has topped every place so far and I'm so glad it's in my city because I have been to so many good places that don't compare to places where I live. Good job.
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