. "I was pleased with the pho, but other dishes fell short.\n\nI wanted to try a new pho place by Chinatown, and I always passed by this place but never tried it. I finally had the chance to eat here the other day. I ordered the beef pho, shrimp noodle bowl and the spring rolls.\n\nThe spring rolls were OK. It tastes unusually chewy and the texture threw me off. The peanut sauce looks home-made because it is extra chunky, which I enjoyed much more. Other than the uber-great peanut sauce, nothing too special about the spring rolls.\n\nThe shrimp noodle bowl was pretty good, but for some reason the noodles were clumped together and looked unprepared. They give you a huge serving, but when about half of it is clumped noodle, it isn't as appealing. Ugh.\n\nThankfully, I really enjoyed the pho. The broth is on the oily side, but it was overkill. For others it may be too much, but the flavors in the broth was very delicious. I like to load my broth with many scoops of the pepper paste and usually the broth dilutes rather quickly. However, you can still taste the broth beyond the pepper paste. Pleasantly surprised!\n\nThe other dishes are a hit and miss, I definitely won't order the spring rolls again. The spring noodle bowl was decent, but nothing to harp about. The pho on the other hand was very filling. Will probably go here again just for the pho."^^ . . . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . "2012-11-25T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . "3"^^ .