Address: 1008 Wilson Avenue
Type of Meal: Dinner
Having only
visited pho places in Scarborough, I was delighted to find on Blog.TO
information about a decent establishment located a short drive from my
place. Pho Mi Asia is like many other
restaurants – situated in a strip mall with sparse but functional
furnishing. None of that matter since
pho is not about the atmosphere but rather tastes.
Sticking with
my regular small well done beef and tendon ($5.50) it arrived looking rather
small. Admittedly, I was a bit surprised
as in reading reviews most people comment on their huge portions of meat. During my visit, I found this really wasn’t the
case and the bowl was actually tinier than the other places I visit. Nonetheless, the noodles were cooked well and
not overdone, the soup base decent & not too oily and the beef lean &
tender.
The spring
rolls ($4) were too dense, in my opinion, due to all the yellow beans added to
the filling. So, despite the wrapper
being crispy and thin, the spring roll felt heavy. Additionally, they were very hard to find on
the menu so we ended up ordering the wrong ones (rice paper rolls instead) and
had to ask them to switch; luckily they were nice about it and were willing to
replace the order.
Not being
entirely satisfied after the bowl of pho, we decided to order a slushy
drink. I opted for the sweet red bean,
coconut cream and jelly ($3.50) hoping to reconnect with the taste of my
childhood. Arriving in a plastic cup it
didn’t look the most appealing on account to the green jelly and dark bottom –
I sort of felt like I was eating dirt and grass.
Strangely, in lieu of the
smaller Asian red beans that are normally used in desserts, Pho Mi Asia used
gigantic kidney beans. Sure, they were
still soft and slightly sweet from the syrup but it was a bit off putting. The only highlight to the drink was that they
did add thick coconut cream (instead of ice cream and evaporated milk) which
did care a nice luxuriant feel.
All in all,
it’s an adequate establishment to visit if you happen to be in the area. But,
not good enough that I’d make it the place I go to. For all my pho cravings, I’ll still be
heading to Pho Metro or Pho 88.
Overall mark - 6 out of 10
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Gastro World's Grading System
- Anything under 5 - I really disliked and will never go back
- 6 - decent restaurant but I likely won't return
- 7 - decent restaurant and I will likely return
- 8 - great restaurant that I'd be happy to recommend
- 9 - fantastic restaurant that I would love to visit regularly and highly recommend
- 10 - absolute perfection!
