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| - While the service isn't horrible, there are many things that brought down my impression of this restaurant.
Service: while quite friendly and tonnes of smiles to go about, I lost a bit of interest in the food after the girl leaned over my side of the table to put down a dish on the other side. This was also bad because I had a scare each time the girl shuffled towards our table like she was about to trip, like some service act at a niche cafe. The service was also necessarily quick, since there aren't utensils, napkins, or tea placed on the table. One of two reasons why it gets a star. But they could have used bigger tables.
Food: portion sizes are large, if not out of ratio. Too much noodles, not enough soup. Also, using skin tripe instead of organ tripe is a big let down. Same with the vermicelli noodle dish. Not enough room to maneuver through the dish, and too much carb. Lastly, the only other redeeming point: the Malaysian curry. While not the real thing, the curry tastes more of peanut paste and wasn't spicy in the least, they do use the actual "roti". It's like the real Indian paratha, though not the kind that you see in Indian and Chinese grocery stores. Very flakey and soft yet crunchy. Only reason to come here, if not to see everyone else spill their food inevitably onto the table.
Don't know why or how they got the good reviews, but they didn't reflect the experience I've had. They must be bogus reviews, because the only thing they got right about the pho was the noodles.
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