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| - I've been meaning to check this place out for some time now and I finally got the chance to a few nights ago! Woo!
I came here for dinner with a friend of mine just after finishing up some work at the Toronto Reference Library and we were both craving for some good ol' pho.
We were around the area and I figured we'd hit up Ginger, I mean it's next to a strip club, it's bound to be good right?
Jokes aside, we walked in and was astounded by the way it's set-up. It wasn't like your typical vietnamese restaurant, the idea here is that you order your food, pay for it and then eat it. It speed things up and it's a great way to just go in, eat and come out without having to wait for someone to come and give you the bill, etc and etc.
The restaurant was tiny, run-down and sketchy looking but that didn't stop me from going in. The price for the food is absolutely amazing. $6.75 for a large pho? SOLD!
So we both ordered the large pho and it came out to us surprisingly fast. We didn't even have to wait 2 minutes. We were kinda skeptical about that but hey, when we're hungry, waiting for a long time for food is a no-no but this place was hella fast.
So we sat there with our pho, I started eating it and it was a little bit lukewarmish. Not sure why but that was a huge let down. Pho ain't pho without pippin' hot broth! The taste was there for sure but without the heat, a little part of me was sad about that.
Overall, ok food at a great price. Pho, fast, cheap and ok good.
I'll definitely be back another day maybe..just maybe the broth will be warmer than lukewarm!
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