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2011-10-15
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I've been searching for good Pho in Tsuen Wan, and walking by this place in the past, it had looked pretty interesting, so I decided to give it a go. There was only one option for Pho on the lunch menu: raw beef. That's fine, it's probably what I would've gotten anyway, but still, only one option? At a Vietnamese restaurant?I also got two add-ons, a lime-soda for $10 and a spring roll for $15 (or maybe the prices were the other way around). Let's talk Pho:The broth: Upsides: nice and meaty, not
There was only one option for Pho on the lunch menu: raw beef. That's fine, it's probably what I would've gotten anyway, but still, only one option? At a Vietnamese restaurant?
I also got two add-ons, a lime-soda for $10 and a spring roll for $15 (or maybe the prices were the other way around).
Let's talk Pho:
The broth: Upsides: nice and meaty, not greasy. Definite notes of anise and maybe cloves as well. Maybe not quite as salty as I like it, but still salted pretty well. It comes with a lime so you can get your citrus going on. Downsides: the broth was cloudy and not clear. I'm not complaining that I couldn't see through it: it's difficult to see through rich and meaty broth. It's just that if you let the broth sit, little dark clouds of tiny particulates would form. I don't know what causes this. Finally, the broth should've been sweeter. 7/10
The beef: it was quite tender, but it was a very fatty cut. Not really to my liking. 6/10
The noodles: I haven't been to a Pho restaurant in HK that doesn't use these really thin flat rice noodles. They are simply not suited for soup: the hot broth cooks them to a mush. 4/10
The extras: It came with a lime, so that was good. It also came with some chopped chilis, and ample amounts of green onion. I'd have preferred they not put the bean sprouts directly in the bowl, because I prefer my soup without them. The photo on the wall showed basil in the soup bowl, but I didn't get any basil. I wouldn't have minded some cilantro either. 5/10
Also, and this kills me, THERE WAS NO SRIRACHA. I don't know how you can call yourself a Vietnamese restaurant and not have any chili sauce anywhere. 0/10
Overall Pho score: 6/10. Better than Viet's Choice, but not really worth having again.
The spring roll was different from any I'd had before. Much closer in its wrapper to what you find in American Chinese restaurants as "egg rolls". Still, it was pretty tasty and even better with the homemade fish sauce. 7/10
Overall score: 6/10.
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