Can Tho Pho @ Denver, CO

7pm and about two more hours of driving until we reach Denver, CO. It's only our second day on the road and I'm sick and tired of burgers already. All I want is some good Asian food, but more specifically Pho cause I feel like I'm eating too much fried foods. Panda's excited too and he could go for a nice rice dish. Neither of us have an iPhone or a blackberry, what to do? Type "Pho" into the GPS to see what pops up, low and behold! It gives us a list of establishments about 1 mile from where we're going to stay. Find a place that opens until 10pm, perfect! So we're driving there, and when were in the vicinity it looks super shady and I start to notice Vietnamese writing all over the place, ok so we must be in Denver's version of "Little Saigon." Couldn't find the place the GPS told us to go, but we just randomly went inside a place - Can Tho Pho. That was our first mistake.

Went in, and said "two people" and I even used by fingers to indicate "two." The waiter didn't understand me, and granted I may have overreacted more than usual since I was starved and super tired (we drove a total of 18 hours that day from Chicago to Denver), but he was an idiot. It was downhill from there. He didn't bring us our tea. He took forever to take our order, and then he writes the wrong thing down and doesn't even admit it, and proceeds to charge us anyways! I asked for the egg rolls, and it brings out the cold one. Panda and I were looking forward to our traditional Vietnamese egg rolls, but the cold ones that has all the veggies in it. So I say, didn't order this. He says, yes you do. And both Panda and I are looking at him, waiting for him to correct it, because hey, we're the customers! He never apologizes, still charges us. Ridic. Never again.

Spring Roll

[rice noodle, shrimp, bean sprouts, lettuce, pork]

completely lacking in flavor. the pork was stale too, it wasn't even the pork belly like how it's supposed to be. fail.

Pho Tai

it looks innocent enough right?

i had to specifically ask for the complimentary veggie plate of bean sprouts and faux mint leaves. all pho places bring it out automatically without being asked. the soup was lacking in flavor, i think there was a lack of star anise and other spices. i had to douse this with hoisin sauce. fail. 

Pork Chop with Broken Rice

this was actually not bad, but also cost an arm and a leg. the broken rice was a little too mushy, but it was broken rice, and the pork chop was good enough, but too heavy on the lemon grass and msg. semi-fail

Egg Rolls

not fresh at all. it was stale and didn't seem it was freshly fried. the pork was horrendous in the inside. like i said it wasn't fresh ground pork but some kind of processed thing that was over salted. fail. fail. fail.