I discovered Vietnamese food on my fortieth birthday. A friend and I went wandering through Ottawa's Chinatown looking for good eats and "stumbled" upon a small, cubby hole of a restaurant called Mekong. The patrons were all Asian. Hah! this one should be good! We were perplexed by the menu. No problem, we're adventurous! The waiter was asked to bring us typical dishes and away we went. Slurping pho, enjoying rice paper rolls- I was hooked!
When I first moved to Kelowna, three years ago, finding a great Vietnamese restaurant was a bit of a challenge. Ottawa and Vancouver offered up great Vietnamese cuisine to satisfy my frequent cravings for pho- a traditional beef soup, but not in Kelowna. And then came Pho Soc Trang, the restaurant! It opened a few months later on Water Street. Hallellujah!
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Pho- you've got to try it!
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