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| - It was a brisk December night, and we were in the mood for oxtail soup. We turned to good ol' Yelp for directions and this place had multiple reviews for oxtail pho... and they were also open late, very late.
So after our tour of the Neon Museum, we made our way to this non descript strip mall. Lucky for us, Stephen's mom has a disabled plaque, and we grabbed the last parking spot in the lot.
The restaurant is the first one nearest the street, and it's a fairly large place. We still had to put our name down and wait inside the very cramped lobby. The wait took about 10 minutes and like any other Vietnamese noodle place, the waiter comes by almost immediately to take your order. We ordered 2 oxtail pho, and since Stephen's mom doesn't eat much I got her a tiny side bowl of the pho and I was going to give her 1/2 of my oxtail.
I guess I am spoiled by living in Orange County, the 2nd largest population of Vietnamese outside Saigon. The oxtail pho here was good, but not great. The oxtail was chewy and did not fall off the bone. I actually gnawed on it like a little puppy. Not pretty. The flavor was ok, but what offset that was the super generous portion of noodles they gave.
I also ordered the chicken wings which had a nice kick to it and went great with the pho. Overall its a good place if you want a bowl of pho, and a place that's stays open until 6 am... yes, 6 am (they open at 9 am).
4 generous stars but really its more 3 1/2
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