After seeing so many of my friends posting pics of yummy looking pho to their facebook pages, I finally convinced my boyfriend to be adventurous and try it out with me since a new Pho restaurant opened up near us.
This used to be EVOS, a place I was sad to see go. But, they retained the clean, fresh ambience. It looked nice, maybe a bit too bright for my liking. I am sure I would have enjoyed my experience more in the dark as a matter of fact because my dish looked less than appealing.
About that dish, I told the nice waiter that we were very excited that this was our first experience with pho and asked if he could point us in the right direction for ordering. He picked something for us on the first page of the menu and said it's what everyone orders and we are sure to love it. I am going to attach an image of what he brought out. It was not what I expected at all, especially after seeing others images of pho that had more veggies and lighter looking noodles. I certainly didn't expect a hoof looking thing (others have commented that it looks more like a cervix) along with lots of grissle to arrive in my bowl of faux pho.
Because the service was so good, we decided not to say anything. And decided to pretend we were in Vietnam and that this must be traditional pho, whereas what other have been eating elsewhere must be the modernized version. I have since learned from someone who has eaten pho in Vietnam that what I ate didn't look like the pho she had in her travels. Oh well.
I really did love the service at this restaurant though. They were very attentive and nice. I'm thinking I just ordered the wrong thing? Will try out Lemongrass Cafe once I recover from this experience.
***Update*** We should have expressed our disappointment to the staff while we were there but they were so nice that I didn't want to make them feel bad! Lesson learned. My apologies to the staff for not saying anything while we were there. I am sure they would have made good on the situation.