Heh... How about a nicey greasy pork sandwich, rolled around in a dirty ashtray?
Or how about the best damn Pho in the Bay Area? It's been damn cold lately - even for the Valley. And that means it's time for soup! But so many places to choose from...
Luckily, this last summer some local Japanese I met pointed me to a list they had put together. These guys are so hard-core, they profiled something like 30 Pho (a.k.a "VietMen") places around the Valley and ranked them all
The winner for Beef Pho was a place down in the nether-regions of South San Jose called...
This place gets additional kudos for naming itself something that, even if I can't pronounce correctly, at least I can spell. Their beef/tendon is the best I've had. The steak bits are really tender, the tendon just melts... but the soup - oh the soup! That's the mark of any solid noodle place -- the noodles are important, but the soup is critical. It's complex but light, with just enough beefiness to give it character.
So in honor of Pho Y, and for those of you with little time to wade through all those Yelp reviews, I'm resurrecting my Haiku Review of restaurants:
There are but three things
I would drive twenty miles for:
Pho Y is that good
That's all you need to know.
Now get driving.
Pho Y #1
1660 E. Capitol Expressway
San Jose, CA 95121
(408) 274-1769