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| - This is one of those places that I desperately want to like, probably because it's so close to me, but they just don't measure up.
The quality of the pho fluctuates, I think based on shipments/supplies/time of day. The last time I went was on a Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 pm and it was a ghost town, so not exactly rush hour. The broth was watery/MSGy and the beef was just inexcusable. When I say inexcusable, I mean giving me cooked beef when I ordered rare beef. Ugh! If I wanted well-done beef I would've ordered the well-done brisket pho!
I also did not appreciate the fact that they charge, I think it was 50c, for condensed milk to add to the Vietnamese iced coffee. I mean come on, a can of Carnation milk costs 99c across the street at Foody Mart and you expect me to pay half that for a shot glass full? Just throw it in and I'll buy more from you. Simple. Plus, what's with this recent trend of standard pho prices skyrocketing? $7 for a S portion? Really? I'm almost immediately turned off by restaurants that sink to this level.
I don't know. I find usually the Chinese-owned pho places to be the worst but this place, though it's Vietnamese-owned, is reaching for that rainbow, lemme tell you.
Only giving 3 stars because they used to be somewhat decent in the past (ie. on weekends).
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