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My Pho-bruary

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I will attempt to eat as much pho as I can in February and pho-rnish you with all the details in my reviews :-)

 1. Pho House

610 Gerrard Street
Toronto, ON M4M 1Y3
Canada
(416) 778-7888

Category: Vietnamese

Neighbourhood: Riverdale

4.0 star rating
  2/7/2010 First to Review

This place in East Chinatown is formerly known as Pho 88. I came here with sarah l. during our series of non-sexual dates[1] and I am declaring Pho House my front-runner for Pho-bruary in Toronto.[2]

The Pho-ndamentals
Pho Tai Gan (rare beef and beef…More »

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 2. Pho Pasteur

525 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M5T 1H4
Canada
(416) 351-7188

Category: Vietnamese

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Kensington Market

4.0 star rating
  2/3/2010

I had pho here tonight and I felt like someone beat me up--I mean this in a good way. I could barely move from all the broth sloshing around in my belly, I had a mad case of soup sweats, and I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.

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 3. Pho My Duyen

1208 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M4W 1A7
Canada
(416) 850-4993

Category: Vietnamese

Neighbourhoods: Brockton Village, Bloordale Village, Wallace Emerson

2.0 star rating
  2/4/2010

Pho-bruary continues! I had pho here tonight and I felt like someone beat me up--this time, I mean this in a bad way. I went up against a large bowl of the noodle soup and I could not finish it. I felt defeated.

The Pho-ndamentals

Pho Tai Gan (rare…More »

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 4. Pho Linh

1156 College Street
Toronto, ON M6H 1B6
Canada
(416) 516-3891

Category: Vietnamese

Neighbourhood: Brockton Village

3.0 star rating
  2/12/2010

Pho-bruary continues! This time, on a block of Vietnamese businesses in a neighborhood I never go to. Where the hell was I?

The Pho-ndamentals
Pho Tai Gan (rare beef and beef tendon); large = $6.50
Broth: More light and refreshing than hearty and rich;…More »

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 5. Pho Tien Thanh

57 Ossington Ave
Toronto, ON M6J 2Y9
Canada
(416) 588-6997

Category: Vietnamese

Neighbourhoods: Ossington Strip, Trinity Bellwoods, Beaconsfield Village

3.0 star rating
  3/2/2010

Warning: This place is not good for groups.
The service seems to crumble like 3-day-old cow patties when you foist 14 rowdy diners  on them all at once.  

The pho broth was A-OK for me but heavy on the MSG as evidenced by my massive dehydration the…More »

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