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| - I had dinner here with my mom. My mom loves pho and she was really looking forward to having some pho in Montreal. Unfortunately, this place did not live up to her expectations. I had a non-pho dish, and it was just ok, in my opinion.
My mom had the Special Pho (size small) $7.50. It had tripe, beef meatballs, rare beef and cooked beef. She said the beef was sliced really thin and there wasn't much of it, and the broth was too sweet. They were also stingy with the beef balls. They cut them up and she got 2 pieces that didn't even add up to one meatball. She said she felt that it wasn't even as good as pho in Orleans, ON (the sleepy suburb of Ottawa where she now lives). Ouch!
I got the chicken in peanut butter sauce with crispy spinach, which comes with rice ($10.50). I liked that this dish came with vegetables. It had cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, bell peppers, carrots, onions and bok choy. The peanut sauce was thick and rich. The chicken was tender and flavourful. The veggies were fresh and tasty. Unfortunately, the fried spinach was so oily/greasy and tasted of old oil. I had one leaf and left the rest. The rice was good.
Service was friendly and attentive. The restaurant is in the basement and decor is minimal.
The people running the place seem nice. Maybe other dishes are better.
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