Tips:
- This place accepts credit cards.
- If you love vermicelli, get B12. It's delicious.
Before I was on Yelp, I had a bowl of pho here. It was a winter day. Snow was on the ground. It was a Sunday. I loved it.
Today, I was at The Shopping Channel (TSC) picking up an order after work. After I was done, I did a search and Pho Pho Pho (PPP) showed up.
It was 34°C outside. With the humidity, it felt like death. I didn't want a steaming bowl of pho. However, I wanted vermicelli and drove over here.
Traffic along Derry Road at rush hour, at roughly 4 pm, was horrific. A number of vehicles heading westbound were kind to let me turn left in front of them onto Maxwell Road. I thanked them and pulled into the parking lot.
This eatery is in a plaza with a lot of parking. There are signs designated for PPP customers. I chose the corner spot by a tree and backed into it.
It didn't look like my car was under a shaded area when I had parked. By the time I came out of the eatery with a content tummy full of good food, my car was completely in the shade. Yay!
I walked in and made a left around the corner. A nice woman greeted me. It's a family-run business with her husband cooking in the kitchen.
It was me dining. She said that I could sit anywhere, but also suggested that it was cooler sitting by the other door.
I sat in the corner. It was shaded and proved to be perfectly cool. She gave me a menu and asked if I wanted tea. I opted for water with ice. I got a refill.
Icy water is perfect when it's a scorcher outside. It was refreshing and needed.
The menu looked good. As much as I love pho, I wanted vermicelli.
I ordered these items, which I wrote down on a piece of paper with a pen that came with the menu:
- Diet Coke
- B12 - vermicelli with spring rolls, grilled pork hash, and grilled shrimp on sugar cane
I managed to catch up on uploading photos on Yelp as I waited. Meanwhile, a family of three Vietnamese women came in and sat a couple of tables away from me, in the coldest part of the restaurant.
The oldest woman walked in with a cane. I was surprised that they went with the cold for her. They survived. She kept her jacket on.
They got their food first. They all ordered pho, which doesn't take as long to make than my dish. Luckily, I was neither in a rush, nor starving.
Moments later, my bowl of deliciousness had arrived. I got a small bowl of sauce, as the nice woman called it. My huge bowl of vermicelli looked so good. She apologized for the delay, as the spring rolls took longer to make.
No need to apologize. Good food is worth the wait. It was here.
I poured the sauce into my bowl of vermicelli. She asked if I needed more. I was good. She was extremely attentive.
The vermicelli was excellent. It has cucumbers, bean sprouts, lettuce, carrots, green onions, and peanuts that made this dish so fresh and yummy with the sauce mixed in.
The shrimp on sugar cane was yummy. I'm the type who chews on the sugar cane. It was so sweet.
The spring rolls were crispy and crunchy, with a decent amount of filling.
The vermicelli was perfect. The grilled pork hash were these scrumptious pork meatballs. The sear on the outside of each one was perfection. I got three of these meatballs. They were flavourful and so good.
I love B12. I would definitely order this dish again.
The nice woman asked if I wanted a straw to drink my Diet Coke. I declined. It was super cold and hit the spot.
I went up to the counter to pay my bill. I said that it was excellent. She almost didn't believe me.
"You liked my food?" she asked.
"Yes, I loved it a lot. I'm so glad that I came here after work," I replied.
This place accepts credit cards. I had a tough time getting the tap on my credit card to work. She did it for me and it worked. She had the magic touch, thank goodness!
I used the washroom before I left. The women's washroom was clean. No complaints.
I wished her a great evening. She reciprocated.
This Vietnamese eatery is a gem. I'll be back. I am hoping that traffic doesn't such when I do revisit it.
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