Things had cooled off a bit; though due to the wildfires the air quality is pretty terrible these days. The Missus was working this past weekend and I kinda wanted some Bo Kho; Vietnamese Beef Stew and didn't want to travel too far. So, I decided to give the online ordering for Pho Kitchen in Linda Vista a try. Ordering online was, of course quite easy. I drove on over....and man; that tree in front of the restaurant sure has grown as it did a good job of obscuring the front of the place.
Speaking of obscure; that's kinda how I felt as I entered the restaurant....and just stood for a few minutes; then called out, then stood for a few more minutes....then called out, then finally a young lady came out and I mentioned my name and got my order.
I gotta say; the Covid-19 precautions here is just a cart in front of the cash register. Luckily, no one else was in the place...….
I got home and unpacked my Banh Mi Bo Kho ($10)….it was pretty hefty...there was a good amount of cilantro and onions as well.
Once plated; it looked pretty good.
I had kind of forgotten about my previous experience with the Bo Kho here....it's basically doctored pho broth; pretty weak in the tangy-anise flavors I enjoy with a decent bo kho and the soup was quite thin as well. Decent salt and a mild beefiness to it. The carrots were decently cooked this time around.
The bread is a bit too dense for me to consider it banh mi....as I said before; it's more like a bolillo roll than banh mi.
The best part of this meal was the beef; though the pieces were quite large, the beef had been cooked perfectly; tender, but not falling apart, with a decent beefiness and flavor. The one piece of tendon was not too bad either.
I told myself (once again); to just stick with the pho here....though I might as well just suck it up and head to Pho Hoa Huong for that.
Pho Kitchen
5375 Napa St
San Diego, CA 92110
That is a good looking piece of beef.
Posted by: Soo | Monday, 14 September 2020 at 08:37 PM
bummer but at least that one piece of beef was tender
Posted by: kat | Monday, 14 September 2020 at 11:31 PM
The beef was quite good Soo.
At least Kat! ;o)
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 05:51 AM
Used to go to Pho Lucky for good Bo Kho. Haven't been in a while.
Posted by: Junichi | Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 01:25 PM
Pho Lucky is my usual stop for Bo Kho Junichi - though I haven't had it in a while. Plus, I think they were closed for a good part of the Pandemic. Man, do you remember when the Banh Mi Bo Kho there was $4.50?
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Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 01:57 PM