buddy families owns that place, very very friendly service and i like their rice dishes

I go to a little place sometimes on Victoria just a little south of 41st ave. Not sure the exact location but its around there. I think its called Kim Phung? Pretty good salad rolls there.

thats the place i go to thats the best/nearest to my house lol

its like half a block down from 41st/42 ish vancouver side on victoria

beside the hair salon or whatev?

Pho@home

Made pho, bone marrrow, star anise and other spices for the broth. Pho noodles from T&T and hot pot steak slices

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Pho dedication ftw

You can't miss it with its huge sign. It's on the south east corner of Vic and 41st. I like the food there but it seems to have a northern Vietnamese touch to it and not many places serve it this way. I personally like it a lot there. :)

You're missing the Siracha sauce! :mad:

holy shit they have squeezeable hoisin sauce bottles now? LOL

I know this isn't local, but it was worth a mention

Pot de Pho in San Francisco. It is not the traditional style pho place as it is quite trendy inside. Mainly caters to gwai los who don't know better...as reflected by the $10 per bowl price.

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Salad Rolls - $6 - The dipping sauce is quite nice. Typical peanut sauce, with a bit of spicyness to it

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Spring Rolls - $6 - The butter lettuce was a nice touch.

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Condiments

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Medium sized pho

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Beef slices were great. Different cut of beef than the usual kind in Vancouver. Very soft, and lots of it.

Meat was good, noodles were thicker than usual, but good as well. However, I've always thought of broth as the most important part of the pho. The broth was quite dissapointing as it was bland. Didn't have a distinct flavour initially, and didn't leave anything on the aftertaste either.

Good experience, but wouldn't go back. I do have to mention that my spring rolls were free tho :)

^ Expensive rolls...

^ The soup base is so damn DARK T_T

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That colour of soup base is typical of most (not all) Vietnamese places in NorCal at least with my findings. :)

if i ever open up my own pho place it be called pho phuc lai, if it was a thai place then it be thai suprise LOL course RS'ers get discounts to.

was always something i thought about in the near future, you know.. grab all the recipes from my mom n stuff ;)

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It's doable. Ha Long Bay in Richmond is owned by a high school friend of mine. I used to always bug him about how great the pho his mother made at home was and finally, they turned a joke into a reality where his family operates the business. :)

oOo... damn I must say, the beef looks fuckin good.

I would go to your restaurant all the time!

Fuck I'm craving for some tasty pho. Maybe I should get some pho for breakfast.

^ Best shit after a night of drinking.

Pho An Nam on Granville in Richmond. Liked them better than Tai Son. Not strictly a Pho joint, and I have had better, but again it's good and better than Tai Son for Pho and very good grill dishes - also better than Tai Son. Have to try their Banh Xeo next.

Can you repeat repeat yourself more more?

just to make sure, its better than tai son?

^had my first bad experience at thai son last week, meat tasted really old like it was frozen and hadnt been touched in a while

made turkey pho on boxing day with the leftover christmas turkey cage


it was out of this world!!!!

im craving bun bo hue at kim phung sooo good lol

I just grabbed some To-Go Pho from my favourite place :D