Hi Erica, if you are too busy to get out....view the following web sites to see what you are missing.... Did not see your pho tau bai. Is what you are looking for pho tai? (beef pho; tai = eye of round steak). This is probably the simplest and most "round-eye" friendly of the tasty Vietnamese soup selections. Pho restaurant menus on the web Pho Nam in Silicon Valley and Prairie http://members.tripod.com/~phonam3/index.html Pho Hoa, an international pho chain http://www.best.com/~phohoa/menu.html Pho Xe Lua noodlehouse in Si Valley, nice pixs for the uninitiated http://www.noodlehouse.com/Main.html Pho Saigon in Si Valley http://www.pho-saigon.com/menu.htm#Pho Anybody know of the best site / restaurants for Vietnamese desserts? Phil, Minneapolis, Silicon Tundra, [email removed] ====== E K. wrote in message ... >I'm new in town, on a short term assignment, work and live downtown MN, looking >for good pho - last weekend took the 18 bus down Nicolette and stopped at a >place around 26th (pho 79? something like that) and had terrible, greasy, >oddly flavored pho. Help - how is Pho Tau Bai? Where else? > >Also I'm trying to find Banh Mi - Vietnamese sandwiches. On a short french >roll, with meat, cilantro, fish sauce, often carrots, daikon, hot chile, >homemade mayo... In Houston these abound and cost about $1.50 or $2.00. I've >found everything in this price range is about a dollar more here. But I'm >having withdrawing pangs, I'm jonesing. >Thanks for all advice. p.s. - no car. >Erica
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