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Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by Front of House in Reviews & Ramblings

Welcome to the Front of House.  I’m here to pick-up the slack when singleGuyChef (sGC) is a little too crazy with work to chat you up.  You may be hearing from me a lot in the next few months, but if it means the food he’s been cooking-up actually makes it to the site, then it’s all-good…

We did a little road trip from Michigan to Virginia last weekend for a friend’s wedding. The wedding was great and apart from seeing Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater (Amazing!) we drove our way through some tasty Vietnamese food.  Our first hit was Mekong restaurant in Richmond, VA for dinner.  We pulled up just after they closed.  I went in to plead the plight of the traveler and struck gold …Pho gold that is.  I think we ordered half the menu and were not disappointed.  To further our luck we located Four Sisters restaurant, a well-known family owned restaurant outside DC to try on our way home.  Must admit, for all the great Internet press, they played second to our Richmond find, but either is worth the stop.  The point?  We have been cooking-up Pho for months trying to match sGC mom’s.  What the pho?!?  We can’t get it just right!  Next time we pull it together we’ll post it and let you be the judge …or maybe we’ll talk his mom into being a guest chef and video post her.  Like most family recipes there is no recipe, jut a little of this and that…

If you are a SE Michigan resident, local joints serving up nice Pho are Da Nang in Clawson.  They are new and still pulling their kitchen together which can mean a bit hit or miss, but generally good and getting better or Little Saigon in Madison Heights which is a tiny place with a long Pho list and very helpful service.  Give either a try.  Not what your adopted Vietnamese mother makes, but good for the rest of us.

Tags: Pho, Restaurants, reviews, singleguychef