I found a new hideout in the NW for pho
In harvest hills theres two new pho joints, one is Pho Vam and other is just Vietnamese sub and grill. Both on the west side of harvest hillvs blvd right by that big car wash.
Living in this area, im glad I now have options cause Saigon Pearl has gone downhill the past year. They really skimp out with weak meat portions and their service leaves a lot to be desired. Their prices increased about 20% a few months ago, $6.xx for salad rolls? $10 for vermecelli bowl? No thanks. The quality has dropped lately, its not nearly as good as before so ive been on the lookout for other pho places nearby.
Havent tried pho vam yet but i will be soon.
I tried the viet sub and grill and its really good. I will say that the food here is incredibly fresh! i like it a lot better than saigon pearl. Bit cheaper, more meat and tastes better and most importantly tastes fresher. Had the popular vermecelli bowl with spring rolls and beef, tasted really good for just $9.19 with tax. This same dish is like $10.75 at Saigon with tax, ridiculous.
I like a strong fish sauce, and their fish sauce here is much much better as i find saigons a bit tastless as of late.
Another day had the pho and huge portions with decent amount of meat. Lots of flavour, really liked it. they have two sizes with the large being huge. A lot of people most likely wont even be able to finish it.
The place is tiny but has chairs and few tables to dine in. No servers, its a take out place with the option to eat there.
I havent tried the subs here yet but from what i remember theyre the usual $5.50 price or so.
Should try it out if youre like me and not really a fan of saigon pearl anymore.
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and the super friendly owner with his "excellent fantastic" greets; now probably once or twice a year to reminisce the good ol' days.
pho so is good too.
