Similar to my last review, Pho Mi 89 has stared at me many a night over the years. For whatever reason, I never ventured in. I think it had more to do with my need to be somewhere else than my desire for soup but who knows.
Pho Mi 89 is deceptively large. From the outside you would think that it was a decent sized restaurant but then you enter an ice rink sized room with tables and chairs everywhere. I have never had to wait for a seat even when it's packed to the gills because there always seems to be one more table hiding in the back.
They serve a mixture of Vietnamese and Chinese dishes ranging from noodles and pho to tripe to condensed milk shakes. The portions are large and well worth the money. Their large menu has something for everyone as I've taken omnivores, vegans and folks that just won't eat anything that doesn't involve steak in some way.
I would dare say that it was the first "authentic" place of it's kind that I've been too in Mississauga. If I wasn't looking out the large front windows I would swear I was in an out of the way, off a side street place in Toronto. The only "competition" in the area are places that sell french fries as a side to their broccoli and fried rice or General Tao's chicken. Extra MSG.
Pho Mi 89 is one of the few reasons I like eating in Mississauga.