Big Pho

Big Pho is never busy when I go, but the food is as consistent as I am at getting things I like... which is, very. I always get a My Pho without tripe and tendon, extra meatballs. Seriously - I'm so completely sold on those meatballs that I will willingly pay for more than the single one that comes standard. When you bite into one halfway, dunk it back in the broth and eat the rest... mmm... it's just bursting with flavor! It's not like that standard processed "mystery meat" meatball with MSG like in Argyle and Chinatown, it's just *tasty.*

Anyway, no complaints about the pho itself as a whole. What I love about the serving that impressed me the very first time, was how each bite had a great ratio of noodles to meat. Meat in every bite?! I'm the kind of person who hunts out the meat and tries not to consume all the carbs, so if I run out of meat, I'll most likely stop and leave noodles. Not here. I'm not big on drinking all the broth, but it does have that distinct pho taste to me, definitely beefy. My b/f gets the chicken pho and it's definitely bland compared to mine (what do you expect), tastes almost healthy, haha. One thing they do not serve is cilantro or Thai basil; instead, they serve mint on the side along with the bean sprouts, lime and jalapeno.

Smoothie tastes pretty good, like real strawberries are used. Barley tea is served, apparently it's only seasonal though. Vietnamese coffee, is ok.. eh, I think I order this one forgetting that it's not what I think it is. I love coffee, but maybe they're not making it right, here...

Chicken wings tasted like bigger wingdings to me (like from Jewel?) Sort of. Not bad, but no sauce or anything. Fried rice was like a Chinese fried rice. Lots of options here.

The Korean lady who is usually running the place is super nice and always on top of my order. I always greet her in Korean, maybe that helps? Haha. I believe there is a guy that works on the weekends in particular; he's nice but a little quieter on his service.

This was our first time given "Pho" is in the business name we were expecting it to be awesome. At first glance it appeared to be nothing more than watered down beef broth. No seasonings floating on top and rather clear compared to other places on Argyle. But the flavor was surprising pretty good especially for the chicken terriyaki that we also ordered. The gentlemen was friendly at this location!

The Pho here is not good at all. Their Pho tastes pretty bad and far from what one would consider real Vietnamese Pho.  I am Vietnamese and I eat Pho all my life. The place was dead when I was there, I was their only customer. Maybe they didnt' want to prepare the Pho properly for their only customer?