Minh Hai | Cranston

Pho and more. Drove by this the other day - Googled it - and went the following week. Oh Yeh! Charming no frills atmosphere for my lunch trip there - the place was overwhelmed with hungry customers - slow (but polite) service - but authentic awesome-ness on the menu and coming out of the kitchen - food, coffee, soups, drinks. Lots more to eat here. I had Ginseng tea and the BUN CHA GIO (Beef with Imperial rolls over Vermicelli - see photo above ) and my friend had the pork chop lunch special with a Vietnamese coffee that accelerated my heartbeat by just looking at it.

Tables of happy Pho soup eaters were slurping and noodling nearby making me dream of a trip back real soon.


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Pho Horn | Pawtucket

This week my wife caught a cold and one of our comfort food tactics is to eat a bowl of Vietnamese soup (Pho). Usually our chosen variety is a chicken broth based soup with seafood (fish balls, shrimp and squid) and rice noodles. Served with a side of bean sprouts, sliced limes, hot peppers, and a stem of Thai Basil for mixing in at your own discretion

Pho Horn is located in a dismal post-apocalyptic shopping plaza and decor is tacky Asian + christmas lights with big screen TVs tuned to the food channel but the food is fresh, delicious and the service is attentive and friendly.

Asian customers are always here which speaks to its authenticity. We will be back - even without being sick with colds. :-)

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Ba Xuyen | Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY

When Alyssa and I lived in Brooklyn on 10th Ave. in 98-99 the asian food scene was, well, either much smaller or somehow unknown to us (the latter is most likely). Fast-forward to 2009 and some of NYC's best asian dining has come south and east from Chinatown and Queens. Case in point- Bahn Mi sandwiches have been enjoying huge attention in the last year. Yesterday I got onboard the band wagon at Ba Xuyen in Sunset Park and I can't wait for my next Bahn Mi- crusty bread, spicy vietnamese "mayonnaise", paté, ham and bbq pork with carrots, dikon, cilantro and thai chilies.

(image credit: The Pufflist)

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