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| - Review #10 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012
When you're not really all that hungry but you're at least a little bit hungry and should probably put a little something in your belly so you're looking for something that's light on the stomach but filling enough so you won't be hungry twenty later, what do you go for? Vietnamese!
That's exactly how I ended up at Basil Ultimate Pho. We were in the NE, I didn't want to take our new Calgary visitor into Forest Lawn JUST yet... so Yelp reviews let us here. Well, we ran into another friend just outside, and she was all like "Meh, it's ok. I come here because it's close to work. I know the other Yelpers seem to like it a lot but... meh." And on that note, we proceeded inside.
Inside, it's bright and clean and pretty new looking. No dodgy NE stuff happening here. The menu is quite varied with curries and pho and vermicelli dishes and stir fries and other things of typical Vietnamese nature. I ordered Lemongrass chicken with pork spring rolls on vermicelli noodles. It was... ok. The spring rolls were good... hot and nice and crispy. The lemongrass chicken was a solid 3.5 stars I'd say.
We also ordered shrimp salad rolls... but they never showed up to the table. And when we were ready to leave, the staff were enthralled with something on the TV.
At any rate... atmosphere good. Staff is friendly, but sometimes forgetful. Food is decent, though if you're a Vietnamese food fanatic, there are probably other spots you'll want to try first.
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