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| - Ok, so The Wife and I were pretty pumped about checking out this place since all the Yelp reviews have been really positive. We like Superior Pho and all, but it's definitely not the best we've had, compared to other places in the country. We had high hopes that this place would offer a better bowl of pho than SP. I fear we'll have to keep looking.
First of all, I know I'm a suburanite and everything but finding this place wasn't easy. Google maps takes you to a place right off Superior but it's better to go to the 777 Rosalyn parking garage because parking around there sucks and it's right across the street from the garage.
The restaurant itself is relatively large for an Asian restaurant and a little classier looking than Superior Pho. We order 2 bowls of beef pho, one bowl of spicy beef noodle soup, one Chinese sausage roll and one ham sandwich banh mi.
The pho was OK. It tasted home made, not an MSG bomb, which I appreciate. But it didn't have the depth of flavor that the best pho places I've tasted have. They didn't have tendon, which kinda stinks and we both noted that it wasn't hot hot when we got it. The quality of the vegetation was quite good however.
Banh mi wise, we liked the nicely toasted bread but our order didn't come with the BBQ pork that was listed on the menu. When we asked out it, our waiter stammered something about it behind optional but there was literally nothing on the menu about optional BBQ pork- it was listed as an item in the sandwich- just say there was a mistake and fix it, son! He offered to bring it so we accepted. It was thin shaved BBQ pork- looked better than it tasted. Chinese char siu is better, by a fair amt. Also, banh mi would have been better with some sort of pate- many of the others that I have had this in it.
The spicy beef soup was disappointing. One of my favorite Vietnamese dishes. Siam Cafés rendition is much better. This one tasted flat. Not a ton of beef flavor and not that spicy.
Overall, honestly, especially with having to pay $6 for parking for an hour across the street and being able to get individual dishes that are better elsewhere, I don't know if I'll be coming back to this place. If I lived downtown, I'd probably still consider it, but there are still better places in Asia town. Honestly, this is a generous 4 star review- my sister would probably have given this place a 3.
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