O.M.F.B (Oh My Pho Bar)

Hahaha... see what I did there?

Ahem. It's not often the Szechuan Sage finds himself home alone. Tonight was one of those nights. Mrs Sage has gone to a Bon Jovi concert with some of her girl friends. The Prince and Princess of Sage are with my in-laws as it is school holidays here and both Mrs Sage and I are working this week.

So tonight was the perfect night to try My Pho Bar in Sunnybank. I have been wanting to visit it for ages. The Szechuan Sage has a fondness for noodle soups. After the chickens were locked up around 7pm I drove to the restaurant.

It looks pretty enough on the outside. They have coloured lights up for the festive season. The effect was warm and inviting. While I was outside I read the walls. The left wall has a description of what pho is and some of the background behind it. I knew it was beef noodle soup but I was happy to be educated further.

The right wall informed the diner about the 'Super Bowl Challenge'. It is a huge (no, really, it's huge) bowl of pho: 800 grams of noodles, 800 grams of meat and enough broth to cover it. When they say meat, they mean rare beef, tendon, tripe, flank, beef ball. You have sixty minutes to eat it all - noodles, beef, broth. I don't go in for eating contests when there are people in Brisbane (let alone around the world) who don't have enough to eat so I won't be doing that.

I went for My Freedom tonight, which includes three meats. I chose tripe, tendon and flank. I ordered it to take away. It cost $12, which I thought was good value for money. It came out in less time than I was told. Then again, they weren't overly busy. I took home one container with the broth and another with meat and noodles. There was also a small container of chili sauce and another bag of bean sprouts and Thai basil. I put everything together and left it soak while I went up to get the dog.

When I came back the smell was amazing. The broth was so fragrant, and combined with the rest of the ingredients, it smelled really delicious. With the spoon in the left hand and the chopsticks in the right, for the most part, I started eating. It was fantastic. The broth was very tasty, and there was a variety of tastes and textures from the noodle and beef components. I enjoyed it thoroughly and look forward to going back there again one day.