More on Pho in Boston

[jbsegal]

In the DC area, there are many of a type of Pho restaurant that I've yet to find around here...

The places I'm thinking of are ONLY Pho places. They are typically cafeteria-ish seating, with a menu composed ONLY of Pho, with some beverages and maybe deserts.
2-3 sizes, around a dozen combinations of meat, and that's IT.

You come in, and the time between when you sit and when you're served is (yes, with ordering in the middle) about 6 minutes.

They serve only Pho and, because of that, the pho they serve is exemplary.

Around here, the pho places have full menus of Vietnamese food and thus they don't have the, well, Zen of pho inherent in them that the DC places do... when you make one dish, you have to make it well (or be serving a market that doesn't care, but I've yet to see that). When you make many, unless you are working at a level well above your typical inexpensive ethnic food place, you're probably not doing any of them as well as you could.

Is there this sort of Pho place here? Please?

(There's a tonkatsu place in NYC I've been meaning to go to, too.)

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

This place has gotten a really good rep. Makes me think of the places in DC I've been too, it's even in a strip mall. Large Vietnamese clientele

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Really? They're promoting themselves on that site as trying to do All Vietnamese Food... a 94 item menu... Hm.

Maybe next time I'm in Lowell, if I'm not going to South East Asian Restaurant, instead...

[frobzwiththingz.livejournal.com]

They do have a full vietnamese menu. their Pho, however, is top notch.

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I've eaten there once and loved it. It was named #1 by someone, the Globe maybe? for being the best outside of Boston proper, beating the Lowell places.