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| - There are certain food habits I will not abandon, and will compulsively fulfill at the expense of my health or sanity. One important food habit I have is to seek out Pho when I don't feel well. This was very easy to manage when I lived in Hawaii; the relative rarity of being actually sick combined with the relative abundance of places to get Pho made my compulsion easy to manage. Fast forward to 2017 and here I am, back under iron-gray skies, damp cold and at the mercy of cold-and-flu season once again. Luckily there are quite a few places to get the best Eastern medicine Western dollars can buy: Pho with rare beef, tendon and tripe.
Pho and Rice is a bright, unassuming storefront in Coventry road in Cleveland Heights, one block from the fabulous Big Fun which is right across from a municipal parking garage. Pho and Rice has a decent menu of Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese soups and other dishes. Service was quick and friendly. A smaller order of Pho was $7.95, the Soba noodle soup was $9.95. Both were quite good; I would have to say the Soba Noodle Soup was more of a standout, the broth was remarkably good. That is not to say the Pho wasn't also good; it was delicious, but the Soba noodles were so, so good.
I recommend this as a great lunch date. Fun neighborhood to explore, good food, interesting people to meet or just watch, ample inexpensive city meter parking in a garage. And, for the record, my cold cleared up the next day. Because Pho.
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