Vietnamese Food - Pho, Rare Beef & Rice Noodle, Onions with Soup Broth & Bean Spout

I arrived after 9 p.m. at Pho Com Vietnam. The friendly server met me as I walked inside the restaurant. With a warm smile, I was asked to choose a seat. I sat away from the kitchen, closest to the front door. The menu was eventually brought to the table along with a pen and note pad. (How it works is you must write your own order from the menu onto the note pad. It’s not usual in most places, but at this Vietnamese establishment that’s the way it's done. It makes it both unique and peculiar.) I ordered a medium P2 – Pho Rice Noodle Soup with Medium Rare Beef. It was reasonably priced at $6.50, totalling $7.35 with taxes. While I waited only minutes for the order, I was given Green Tea and a complimentary side of Bean Sprouts and a wedge of Lime to open the appetite. When the meal arrived, the steam carried the fused flavours of beef and noodles on the air. The first bite was the best and the large portion of soup was hot and consistent. The atmosphere from the outside had a traditional Asian appearance; the name was lit in white neon letters, with open windows. It was located in the centre of an outdoor plaza. Its address was 1991 Finch Avenue West, NorthYork, Ontario. Next to this, the inside of the restaurant was nicely designed. From the yellow walls with strips of brown lattice, to the sunken ceiling and bright fishes in an aquarium, this place told a story: ‘Asian food is served here, yet we are also Canadian’. The Wednesday Hockey Night' game played on the muted flat-screen TV above the fish. Finally, the little Buddha at the cashier’s counter beamed a golden smile because the food served at Pho Com Vietnam was both delicious and affordable!