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Looks like a new Vietnamese restaurant – Pho Sure - is going in next to Tokyo House at Six Forks and Sawmill. Glad to see one opening west of the Capital strip!
Maybe they'll have a good Banh Mi! I was talking with my coworker the other day and we couldn't think of a spot that had a good Banh Mi sandwich other than KoKyu Na'Mean which is not the real thing and an American Fusion kind of deal.
I had a Banh Mi from Linus & Peppers that was really good, I just don't know how authentic it was.
Dalat does not have bahn mi (and personally, any Asian restaurant that tries to do FOUR different cuisines makes me suspect that they do none of them well).
When we lived in Phoenix, I ate bahn mi 3-4 times a month with about 3 choices of good places to get them. Since we've lived here, none of the places did them quite right. And ALL were more expensive than they ought to be.
The best I've had was at Mekong in Durham/Brier Creek. Not great, but at least it was large and the grilled pork was excellent.
Worst one was Taste in Morrisville, with the added fun of a surly server. After several disappointing meals, we don't go back there anymore.
Looks like a new Vietnamese restaurant – Pho Sure - is going in next to Tokyo House at Six Forks and Sawmill. Glad to see one opening west of the Capital strip!
Glad to see a newcomer after the early demise of the less popular Pho-Q.
I am all too often disappointed at the bland offerings of many Vietnamese restaurants. It's not that the food is bad, per se, it's just that the tame menus appeal to the folks (either Vietnamese in nationality, or just fans of Vietnamese food) that prefer things on the bland side. Many Pho dishes are this way to my tastebuds, just a bit too diluted and "meh" when compared to Thai or Indian food. There are plenty of exciting, spicy or flavorful Vietnamese recipes, many dishes I don't even know the name of, but I can typically spot them either through descriptions or photos on the typical menu. These dishes seem to be found on the menu at Vietnamese restaurants I've visited in many other US cities, not sure what's going on locally.
I personally don't understand the whole Pho craze, it's easy enough to make restaurant-quality Pho at home. I don't even see crepes offered at many of these places other than Dalat, and even Dalat doesn't seem to have any tempting spicy dishes on their menu for me.
Now, if drawing Pho lovers leaves me with some of the tasty alternatives as options, then I'm all in favor of another Vietnamese restaurant in the area.
Glad to see a newcomer after the early demise of the less popular Pho-Q.
I am all too often disappointed at the bland offerings of many Vietnamese restaurants. It's not that the food is bad, per se, it's just that the tame menus appeal to the folks (either Vietnamese in nationality, or just fans of Vietnamese food) that prefer things on the bland side. Many Pho dishes are this way to my tastebuds, just a bit too diluted and "meh" when compared to Thai or Indian food. There are plenty of exciting, spicy or flavorful Vietnamese recipes, many dishes I don't even know the name of, but I can typically spot them either through descriptions or photos on the typical menu. These dishes seem to be found on the menu at Vietnamese restaurants I've visited in many other US cities, not sure what's going on locally.
I personally don't understand the whole Pho craze, it's easy enough to make restaurant-quality Pho at home. I don't even see crepes offered at many of these places other than Dalat, and even Dalat doesn't seem to have any tempting spicy dishes on their menu for me.
Now, if drawing Pho lovers leaves me with some of the tasty alternatives as options, then I'm all in favor of another Vietnamese restaurant in the area.
I'll agree with everything you've said except what I highlighted in red. For restaurant-quality pho, the time required to simmer the broth can take up to 12 hours or more. Source: Pho Broth: The Soul of Vietnamese Pho - LovingPho.com and many, many others.
You can make a decent pho at home with about 4 hours of simmering, and I'm betting that's the stuff we're getting in most of our local restaurants (Pho Far East is, I think, is doing the 'real thing').
Tried it. Once. 'nuf said. (I did, however, like some of their other stuff.)
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