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| - Wandered into Number One Pho on a Monday afternoon after finding out that Superior Pho was closed on Mondays (bummer!) and decided to finally give it a shot. Let the battle of the pho restaurants begin!
Sure, the location and ambience of Number One Pho is better than my go-to pho restaurant, Superior Pho. But when it comes to casual ethnic restaurants, I'm all about the authenticity, quality, and taste of the food. We ordered the crispy spring rolls and phos. The crispy spring rolls were alright, but pricey (2 for $5). Nothing to rave about, but nothing to complain about either. Upon tasting the broth of my pho tai (with rare beef), I felt that something about the seasoning was off. The broth tasted bland and had a much sweeter taste than what I typically expect from pho. It also seemed like the broth was not filtered enough as there were tons of mini floating pieces of fat from the beef bones. I had no problems with the consistency of the noodles, but the rare beef was not thinly sliced and was very leathery and hard to chew. I could not take another bite of the beef afterwards. I usually take my leftover pho broth home to make noodle soup with later, but the taste of the broth was so off-putting that I didn't.
I will definitely be sticking to Superior Pho for pho (and bahn mi, which Number One Pho didn't seem to have), as long as my memory can serve me correctly that they're not open on Mondays.
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