Best thing I ate: The Canadians are here, and they brought pho

Critic Brad A. Johnson says this Canadian-style Vietnamese pho might become your new favorite noodle soup.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • March 11, 2020
It’s a mostly Canadian thing. And now it’s an Orange County thing because a new pho shop has just arrived in Garden Grove by way of Alberta. Pho Hoan Pasteur operates nine Vietnamese restaurants in Calgary and Edmonton, where the tagline beneath...
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