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| - Pho is in the category of "soul" food, where after eating continuous American food during the Las Vegas Fashion Trade shows, I had to have some soup.
This place was actually my third choice from Yelp. I was going to order to go, so I could go back to my hotel room and take my time about savoring it. The first two places were closed, due to Chinese new year.
This restaurant is situated on the second floor of a large shopping center. I entered to order my Pho, the nice gentleman at the counter asked me if I was local. I replied that I was ordering to go, so that I could eat it in my hotel room, and he insisted that I eat there to retain the freshness and the hear. I am glad that I took his advice, because I realized the delicate rice noodles would not have had the same texture by the time I took it back to my room.
The atmosphere was very accommodating and relaxed. I couldn't shake the song that came to my mind as I sat there eating my Pho all alone, observing the other customers. Although it was an authentic Vietnamese restaurant, that night it was full of mixed clients. Oh, what song you ask? Billy Joel's "Piano Man".
Why, you ask? There was a table full of drunk people, an Asian couple and a white couple. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, but from the effects of hard liquor, they were having a "party atmosphere" where it began to spread to other tables.
There was another table, a Hispanic couple who came in as the drunk table of four started a conversation as to spread their intoxicated overflow of cheers. Contrary to my initial perception, the Hispanic couple were not locals at all, and that they were from Arizona. Go figure, it seems that everyone has a story.
Then there was Davy, who's still in the Navy, and probably will be for life. No, the actual guy was not named Davy, and I have no idea if he's in the Navy, but I got the feeling that he was born in Las Vegas, has never been out of Las Vegas, and probably will die in Las Vegas. Such is life. He too, just like me, was eating alone.
Oh, the food? The funny thing is, Vietnamese Pho has caught on as a fad to us Koreans since the mid 80's. In fact, Pho was so popular to Koreans, that Koreans started Pho restaurants themselves, catering to other Koreans. To us non Vietnamese, variations of authentic Pho is acceptable and perhaps at times even preferred. After all, these are the times that we live, and the country we live, where "Fusion" is ever changing things. I would give the Pho, (given my non authentic Vietnamese taste buds) a (3) Star. It satisfied my need for "soul" food that night after a long day at the convention center. Overall, I really enjoyed the atmosphere, thus rating overall a (4) Star.
I would definitely go back again next time I am in Vegas.
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