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| - One stop that needed to be made on my trip to the province of Alberta Canada was the necessity of Pho. Thankful as always for Yelp to help me find pho while on vacation!
Since I am doing the 50 U.S. states challenge for Pho, I might as well conquer Canada too! Alberta is my 2nd Canadian province and found an excellent Vietnamese restaurant here in Calgary: Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant. One of my friends, who's a yelp Elite recommended this one to me, since he is from Calgary. After 3 hours of driving from Edmonton to Calgary, I was in mood for Pho pronto. I headed here for an early dinner, since I knew I was going to be up at 4am for my flight home the next morning. Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant is situated off Alberta highway 2 on 64th Avenue, in a shopping strip mall. I arrived here around 4:45pm on a late Monday afternoon and the traffic was getting a little bit crazy. The overall experience at Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant was overall good, positive, and well spent $$$.
Not sure what the other reviews are saying about the shouting and yelling, but in my experience here, there was nothing like that. Although they were busy serving the entire restaurant, there was some waiting involved, but no shouting was necessary. I got a table on the right side of the restaurant, closest to the kitchen. The restaurant itself is pretty clean and organized, with waitstaff walking around, taking and filling patron's orders. Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant is located at 6630 4th Street NE in Calgary - off 64th Avenue. They accept credit cards, ONLY with a minimum $20 purchase. Since a XL bowl of Pho and an order of shrimp rolls was around $16, I had to order up more shrimp rolls to go to bump my order total past $20 for the credit card order. I was glad that they were not busy and that I didn't have to wait long to get my Pho. Driving 3 hours from Edmonton to Calgary made hungry and tired at the same time. The ambiance of Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant was casual and somewhat loud, as the waitstaff was shouting instructions to each other, but not to the customers.
And so, I did just that. XL Pho bac diet with shrimp rolls to eat in the restaurant. Then I ordered shrimp rolls to go to bump the total past $20 minimum. The wait time wasn't horrible, maybe 5-10 minutes to get waited on and 5-7 minutes after ordering to get your order, depending on what you get. The XL Pho was pretty good actually. More soup than noodles, so I should have ordered extra noodles. The broth was lighter than I thought, but it was a nice touch, although it felt like it was a little watered down. I feel like, the darker the broth, the more enriching it is to enhance the flavors. For what it was worth, the smoothness of the broth, the existing noodles, and the vegetables melted in my mouth for a reward that can't be beat. The marathon in Edmonton was kilometers far behind me in thought and I was just enjoying the last bits of my vacation in Canada before I had to head home the next morning. Thanks Pho Thanh Vietnamese restaurant for a nice experience - delicious food in a wholesome atmosphere.
I would recommend this restaurant if you are in the Calgary area and love Vietnamese food - or just a lover of Pho. 4 stars, although the shrimp rolls could have been better, but I'd digress. Pho's good here. ;)
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