On a recent trip to Phoenix, my girlfriend and I were staying at the Aloft hotel and I was craving some Pho. Decided to get delivery ordered from here using GrubHub.
Ordered the fresh spring rolls as an app. The peanut sauce was delicious with the roll. This was the highlight of the meal. You may ask yourself, "how was this the highlight?". Well, I ordered pho and the broth just wasn't right. Something was definitely missing. Also, the broth was on the sweet side, a little too sweet. Maybe not enough star anise. Maybe not enough cloves? Didn't grill the onions first? I don't know. But it just didn't taste authentic; tasted like they altered the flavor for more of an American palette.
My girlfriend ordered the BBQ pork rice plate. Again, the marinade for the pork was overly sweet and didn't taste how it should. I've been to some other places in NYC and LA and they had some authentic tasting dishes. Maybe it was an off night for the cook. Or maybe I can just order a ton of those spring rolls.....