Pho Ca Dao (San Diego, CA)

8373 Mira Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 564-0917
www.phocadao.net

And here comes yet another review about yet another pho restaurant.

I admit it -- my boyfriend has an addiction to pho. We'd have it one day, and the next day he would crave it. Heck, if we have it as lunch, he'd still want it for dinner. As a result, I have been dragged across San Diego in search of the perfect pho.

But no, I'm kidding; I like it too.

It was Thursday, after work. We both had suffered a particularly unpleasant work week (being a grown up sucks, might I add), and craving something warm, something brothy -- PHO?! We wanted to head to our regular spot, but rush hour traffic was determined to prevent us from going anywhere. So we went somewhere closer to our work places: Pho Ca Dao.

Sidenote: Why are all the pho places in San Diego devoid of the standard pho restaurant? You know, the dirty ones with the chopstick/spoon stand? Why are they all so...NICE?

Pho Ca Dao's employee greeted me with a smile and a "hello!" when I walked in. (Wow...good service at PHO? The world is a-changing. Or San Diego is just weird). The menu was very cheap as San Diego goes ($3.55 for spring rolls is considered a bargain). We got:

Meatball pho. I ALWAYS get meatball pho. I've gotten this since I was a small child, and everytime I try to deviate and try something new, I don't like it as much as the meatballs. I don't know why. And I always get a "regular" size, even though it's better value to get the "large". It was $5-$7.

My boyfriend got...what he usually got. It was $6-$7.

Verdict: (in Joey Tribbiani's voice in the episode where Rachel makes a "beef custard") service, GOOD. Noodles, GOOD. Broth, GOOD. Meat, GOOOOOD.

Watch out, Pho Fusion, this just might be my new pho spot!