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| - This place has not only destroyed my favorite dish but has also offended a national cuisine. Pho is the national Vietnamese dish. If it wasn't, there wouldn't be so many restaurants with it in the name like this place. Any place worth its salt has a go-to recipe that satisfies anyone craving the soup.
So who can mess up something as important as Pho? This place. They have done it in a manner that offends Vietnamese cuisine in no other way I have ever before experienced. This national cuisine is considered one of, if not THE, freshest food on the planet.
Who ruins Pho Ga? This place. Unfortunately, this place has no idea about freshness. Pho is a healthy, nutritious, and savory soup. Simple, yet elegant. The atrocity they served me was not only bland, but so oily that I couldn't get rid of the clammy sensation from my mouth for hours. The meager chicken pieces floating in it were not only bland, but exceedingly DRY. So dry that I had to drink the bland iced tea they served so as to swallow, because the broth was so oily and revolting. Unfortunately, I was so hungry I forced myself to gnaw on the the chicken and the hard noodles.
My partner's hot and spicy soup with shrimp was as greasy or more. In fact, the oil beaded up on our spoons repelling the water-based soup. She said the shrimp had freezer burn in its taste. She also tried to salvage something edible from her horror.
The sad thing is that we spent over 30 minutes trying to find the place as a result of Yelp when we looked for a place in Mesa. So I had to warn people about this joint. Unfortunately, we weren't aware that there were 2 different places right down the road in Chandler.
So for Vietnamese cuisine's sake - Do NOT eat here. I wish we could get away with not having to give one star. It was so bad. The sad thing is that the appetizer of Spring Rolls was actually decent, then the crap hit the fan. Or in this case, the Pho.
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