Pho Hung

We went to Pho Hung on 82nd for supper last night, to meet some friends halfway. I had hopes when we saw the fairly nice decor as we entered. Three strikes: glacial service, no beer, and only 1 vegetarian choice. Pho Hung offers the standard Bun Cha Gio Chay, vegetarian spring rolls over rice vermicelli noodles. Which was fine, except that their sauce reeked of fish. Getting the Longan Tree Brand vegetarian dipping sauce available at the Vietnamese market on NE Sandy would be an improvement. Offering a few more dishes would give them a chance that I return. And for god's sake, don't restaurants make most of their money on alcohol sales? Where's the beer?

We could, perhaps, add Pho Hung to the growing trend of restaurants that seem to have spent more energy on decor than food: Fenouil, Balvo, and Rafael's among others.

I'll check the name of the market that carries that vegetarian "fish sauce" and post once I have it. It occurs to me that many people may not know of it. The market is on the South side of NE Sandy, in the Vietnamese area.