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Nicole FitzGibbon
I believe that this is the best Pho place in the city!
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Best Pho I've ever had, hands down.
SG
Such a bowl can satisfy on a deeper level than just bodily needs. We have entered the realm of spiritual. The finest broth I have yet to find. I go with the 45 large...trust me.
The Cold Spot
This was my first Pho experience and still my favorite. Gets extremely busy during the weekends but is dead on weeknights.
ramonasaur
My first pho and still my favorite. Pho Ha mixes maximal no-nonsense efficiency and magical broth which manages to be simultaneously delicate, brawny, and kind of raunchy (in a really good way). As you take your first step through the double doors, past the shrine and into the big bright cafeteria-like space, a member of the insanely fast waitstaff will, like a triage nurse, briskly indicate a table and wave you over to be pho'd. The moustachiod man behind the cash register (cash only, but there's an ATM) presides over waiters who expertly work the space as if it were a pho e.r., prepping you for your emergency pho infusion with deliveries of platters heaped with purple- stemmed basil, sawtooth leaf herb, lime wedges, a haystack of bean sprouts, and jalapeno slices. each table bears one of these and a pot of tea, along with a brace of utensils and condiments. Every pho (including the meatless version) I've tried features a brain-sized knot of rice noodles barely submerged in a steaming lake of freaking awesome, fragrant, rich, addictive beef broth with a few translucent-thin delicately pickled onion slices and a sprinkling of chopped cilantro floating in it. All the meat choices are good, but the brisket is extra delicious, the slices pull-apartable and a little chewy. If you want your pho even more meltingly fragrant you can order this side dish called fatty scallion head broth which is, basically, a small warm bowl golden meat drippings with thick whole scallion heads submerged in it. spoon a litle of that stuff into your soup and prepare for complete phoctsasy. Pho Ha also doesn't skimp on the summer rolls and their crushed-peanut-strewn dipping sauce. I've actually never had any of Pho Ha's other's non-liquid dishes, which seem to be mostly rice-based, because I can't ever pass up the pho, but other tables seem to enjoy them. Both iced and hot coffee is brewed at the table with condensed milk, and the young coconut drink is good too. The ice tea is crappy canned Nestea, though.
