rev:text
| - I came here looking for traditional pho with meat (i did not want anything vegetarian), I specifically wanted chicken pho. upon reading the menu outside the store front it appeared to be a traditional pho restaurant with the typical queen st. marketing. i ordered the classic chicken pho and upon receiving my bowl, i immediately noticed there was only tofu in my pho and NO CHICKEN. I was very disappointed to see no chicken meat in my bowl. I enjoy vegetarian and vegan food so instead of sending it back, i decided to give the tofu a ago. the broth does not have a strong taste and is weak. its not as flavourful as other traditional phos. The restaurants pitch is that it doesnt use MSG. and thats great, but any good chef knows other spices should be used to bring flavour to the broth. shit even a little sprinkle of salt and butter would have helped bring flavour to this dish. i also did not appreciate the noddle, it was a typical rice noodle where I prefer the egg noodle. furthermore, the menu has toppings you can add, including extra "meat". I would suggest paying the extra 2$ and adding the additional portion. I got two thin strips of tofu, this barely seemed like enough. when i order pho, i am typically given a whole chicken breast, which is usually a nice portion size. 2 strips of tofu is hardly comparable. Overall, the soup seemed to lack content. this place has great potential but they need to tweak a few things.
|