Attendees: Beata, Emma, Sarah
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The laughing cow is back. But this time it is joined by a boorish rooster. This is another specialist pho restaurant with a short menu displayed on the wall. It is in the shape of a rice bowl, as Emma observantly points out. There is also a limited list of specials tacked on the wall. .jpg)
The menu does not extend to 27 and unfortunately unlucky number 13 is coagulated ox blood pho. With one bubble girl and Em flatly saying no to the addition of ox blood to her soup (coagulated or otherwise), it is rare beef pho all around.
The pho is fairly standard, nothing to write home about. Sarah is quite happy with her pho and when asked to give a rating, comments “it was overly spicy but that was my own doing”. A bit over-enthusiastic on chilli jam?
I enjoy the delicate spring rolls between mouthfuls of soup and noodles. They are thin cylinders which can be devoured in two bites.
From the specials we also get the Vietnamese broken rice. It is simply chopped up rice with a fried egg on top and pork chop and shredded pork on the side. There are few discs of cucumber around the edge of the plate. It seems to be accompanied by a small bowl of cold broth. As Sarah said, "it did its purpose"...being rice and broken...
On the night we were there Pho Dzing seemed to be attracting older white couples and families with BYO bottles of wine. Emma questions why there is pornography playing on the plasma screen. Sarah quickly corrects her that it is Michael Jackson’s Heal the World. I note that this is the second restaurant in the strip that is playing MJ video clips. Some vintage Jason Donovan follows on its heels.
Maybe next time we will try the beef pizzle pho...
Ratings
Beef pho 7.2/10
Spring rolls 7.3/10
Special (Vietnamese broken rice) 5.8/10
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The laughing cow is back. But this time it is joined by a boorish rooster. This is another specialist pho restaurant with a short menu displayed on the wall. It is in the shape of a rice bowl, as Emma observantly points out. There is also a limited list of specials tacked on the wall. .jpg)
The menu does not extend to 27 and unfortunately unlucky number 13 is coagulated ox blood pho. With one bubble girl and Em flatly saying no to the addition of ox blood to her soup (coagulated or otherwise), it is rare beef pho all around.
The pho is fairly standard, nothing to write home about. Sarah is quite happy with her pho and when asked to give a rating, comments “it was overly spicy but that was my own doing”. A bit over-enthusiastic on chilli jam?
I enjoy the delicate spring rolls between mouthfuls of soup and noodles. They are thin cylinders which can be devoured in two bites.
From the specials we also get the Vietnamese broken rice. It is simply chopped up rice with a fried egg on top and pork chop and shredded pork on the side. There are few discs of cucumber around the edge of the plate. It seems to be accompanied by a small bowl of cold broth. As Sarah said, "it did its purpose"...being rice and broken...
On the night we were there Pho Dzing seemed to be attracting older white couples and families with BYO bottles of wine. Emma questions why there is pornography playing on the plasma screen. Sarah quickly corrects her that it is Michael Jackson’s Heal the World. I note that this is the second restaurant in the strip that is playing MJ video clips. Some vintage Jason Donovan follows on its heels.
Maybe next time we will try the beef pizzle pho...
Ratings
Beef pho 7.2/10
Spring rolls 7.3/10
Special (Vietnamese broken rice) 5.8/10
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