if you don't know what was in it then that's probably not a good sign. i usually stick with either white meat chicken or lean steak. both are really good and you don't have to wonder what your eating. I'm just not adventurous enough to eat tendon and all that other stuff.
Isabel, where do you live, in the country side or something? There's some good Vietnamese stuff downtown behind the Kim Son near the ballpark. The main Vietnamese part of town is in Alief. West border is HW6, East border is 59. North border is Bellaire or a few higher, and the South border is Beechnut I guess. I grew up around there (as well as 90% of Htown's Vietnamese population).
Good point Oski. The tripe and tendon ones may be a bit much for some people. If you are not very adventurous, just give a basic meatball pho. Those are simple and not too intimidating.
Yes, how far do you live? It seems like where I'm at the Vietnamese restaurants are battling Tacquerias to see who can have the most restaurants.
I'm almost an hour from San Antonio, which is the closest city of any size. There are small towns out here, but not a lot of variety of food... just the standard fast foods and maybe a place or two to get tacos. But thanks!
We must have been neighbors, we used to go to Pho Hoang at Metric and Rutland 4-5 times a month. Very good pho. They have built a new (and improved) Pho Hoang out on 1325/MoPAC across from the Red Lobster/Barnes and Noble Complex.
Definitely this place. They also have another location closer in downtown located next to Blu Torch. I want to say it's on Congress between Milam and Travis close to the Kim Son Parking garage.
ALIEF rocks for vietnamese food. I grew up there (until College), but I travel from Sugar Land every week for the food
This is my favorite place to get it. Very soft tendon - that's one of the ways I judge. Nothing worse than hard, chewy tendon in a bowl of pho.
In the sandwiches, it might be pork skin, cooked and cut into short strings as thick as rubber band and maybe an inch long. You can also have pork meat and fat mixed with pork skin or ear, cooked and processed into thin strips or slices. If any part is crunchy, it is the pork ears.
Just go for what most of the non-asians like. The grilled bbq pork sandwich. It's the default gateway sandwich that shoud get you started. Nothing gross in there. EXCEPT CARROTs!! yuck!
I don't know what the Vietnamese name is, but I call them noodle bowls... and they kick ass! Especially with lots of sriracha sauce on them... mmm... tasty stuff. Think I'll have to go to the Vietnam Coast for lunch today. I've never tried Pho before but guess I'll have to now.
