fauxpasdiva

fauxpasdiva t1_j6xil3x wrote

New Saigon is great! They opened where Mekong Gourmet used to be in Dormont used to be. I used to go to Mekong all of the time even though their pho was kind of meh because the owners were so great. Mew Saigon is so much better food-wise. They have a full Vietnamese menu and their pho had all of the organ meat!

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fauxpasdiva t1_j6xi3l9 wrote

I had a duck dish there that was pretty bad. It was a duck neck and it was literally all bone, sauce and yam noodles. I said something and he was like, “yeah that’s the dish” and I was, “I get that it’s duck neck but it’s literally all vertebrae with no meat and all sauce,” and showed him and he still was like “sorry about it.” $16. Not a fan and I’m all about authentic dishes. It looked nothing like the pictures I saw online which was why I ordered it. Sad days. My partner’s pork belly loked good, though.

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fauxpasdiva t1_ivilis7 wrote

I’m a big fan of Tan Lac Vien in Squirrel Hill (it reminds me of pho I had in Seattle) and Pho Minh in Garfield. I like pho with all of the cartilage and tripe. I also love their broth. I was going to start a pho tasting You Tube channel. I’m pretty obsessed.

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