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Address: 1110 Washington Ave #2b, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: (215) 390-2857
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Reviews
TDLR: It feels like your Asian mom or dad made you a delicious home cooked meal. Would recommend.
The banh mi preparation area was for some reason right by the cashier/chairs where people wait, right out in the open? There was no separation from people talking and waving cash right next to it. I was watching my food being prepared and I saw one person wearing one glove, playing with their phone and talking on it and then proceed to use the phone after wearing both glove and then handling the food. I even saw a piece of meat being dropped onto the prep surface (mind that it is probably not sanitary like a typical kitchen) and put right back into the food.
The banh mi bread was dry and hard after being toasted too long and there was too much sauce being unevenly spread.
Service: Very good. It is a typical Vietnamese restaurant that ran by elderly folks. You come in, state how many people, you either be seated or get told to sit anywhere you want, the waiter or waitress will bring you the menu and drinks, call the waitress or waiter when you’re ready to order, you get your food, and you pay at the counter. They care about the taste of the food and expediency. If you expect the service to be a five-star restaurant, temper your expectations.
Food: I order two items: The BBQ pork roll for an appetizer and the Broken Rice Special.
The BBQ pork: 4.5/5 stars. You MUST try this item. How is it different from other restaurants? When you bite into the roll, you get hit with flavorful sweet pork with bitterness from the char of the grill and balanced flavor with the rice noodle and lettuce. Now dip the roll into the peanut sauce; you get hit with an umami flavor bomb. The smoke and char flavor gives an outstanding balance to the sauce and separates this dish from other places.
The Broken Rice Special: 5/5 stars. You MUST try this dish. There are so many parts to this dish, and if one were off, the flavor profile would not be correct. Every element works for me. You get sweet and salty from the fish sauce, the bitter and smoke flavor from the pork chop’s char, the egg meatloaf provides a different flavor texture, the shredded pork skin adds another level of texture without breaking the balance, the pickled carrot and daikon give sour elements to break the fattiness of the pork, the egg provides silky flavor to the mouth, and the vegetable freshness gives you a break from the flavors bomb. Other places would have one or two pieces under-seasoned, but everything works here.
This is my opinion, please come and give them a try. I will update my review each time I come back.
First problem to begin with, they have two versions of their menu which have different numbers. Our table had a mix of the menu so when we ordered by the number, some of our food came out wrong! The guy pointed out they have new menu and “number different”. If that was the case, then get rid of the old one!
The pho wasn’t too bad, but along with the fact that the wrong kind was brought out, the soup was barely hot!! The rice with the pork chop was also so hard my son had to spit it out. The spring roll wasn’t that great either as it was stuffed and overpowered by mint and the sauce was too liquid, which I’m pretty sure was supposed to be some kind of peanut sauce.
The place was also super hot inside, it seemed as if there was no air circulating and the music they were playing was so loud that we could barely hear each other among our table.
This place is only getting business by luck and convenience that the restaurant next door is closed. We’ll definitely not be coming back nor do we recommend the place. If you want pho, find somewhere else to go.