Vietnamese Pho

One thing I love about living here is getting to try all kinds of food that you don't normally see in Alabama, where I'm from.  My boyfriend has been begging me to try Pho with him at Pho 75 next to Ray's Hell Burger in Clarendon, but I've been a little freaked out by it.  After shopping for bicycles last night, we spotted a Vietnamese Pho restaurant and I finally caved.

He ordered a bowl with steak, flank, and tendons.  I stayed on the safe side and ordered the "seafood noodle," hoping it was just a bowl of soup with a bunch of shrimp in it.  When it was brought to the table, I was surprised by how massive the portions were.  They brought our two bowls of Pho and a small plate with basil, lime, bean sprouts and jalapeño peppers.  His was a darker color broth and mine looked like chicken noodle soup broth.  My bowl ended up containing crab-stick, shrimp, squid and some unidentifiable round, white seafood of sorts, which ended up tasting really good.  We also added bean sprouts and some basil.  He added a touch of lime and hot sauce to his.

He also added a lot of the special brown sauce to his, which reminded me of a sort of sweet barbecue sauce.

I really enjoyed the Pho, which ended up tasting like ultra thin spaghetti in miso soup.  I would recommend it, especially if you are not feeling well or it's cold outside and you need a little pick me up. Next time I'll hit up Pho 75, instead of chickening out and eating a Hell Burger instead.   :)