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Miss Pho
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Miss Pho is a seemingly ordinary strip mall Vietnamese restaurant in Greenwood that serves soup, vermicelli bowls, and fried stuff. But nothing about their food is ordinary at all. The can’t-miss menu makes this place a North Seattle destination—whether you live around the corner, or across the county.
Phở hà nội overflows with broth, topped with a raw yolk that works just as well dissolved into the soup as it does strategically dolloped onto each bite of rice noodle and beef shank. Grilled chicken can be as special as a tin can that gets repeatedly run over by cars, but Miss Pho’s tastes like lemongrass-rubbed brilliance. Even completely vegetarian orders are as satisfying—salt and pepper tofu has the outer crunch and inner moistness of a McNugget, crackly taro rolls are nearly indistinguishable from their pork counterparts, and mushroom-steeped phở takes on oxtail flavors sans oxtail.
photo credit: Nate Watters
photo credit: Nate Watters
photo credit: Nate Watters
photo credit: Nate Watters
photo credit: Nate Watters
We also love Miss Pho for how the staff takes care of you, beyond just serving steamy soup that makes us stoked for our next bout of the sniffles. Have a crumpled straw wrapper from a Vietnamese iced coffee? They’ll stretch out a hand to retrieve it without skipping a beat. Leftovers? Sure, they’ll bring over a box, but they’ll also pack it all up at the table. We bet that they’d even let us go for a spin on the moped in the middle of the dining room if we asked very nicely. But we wouldn’t get very far—it’s already parked at our preferred Point B.
Food Rundown
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Crispy Taro Rolls
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Salt & Pepper Tofu
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Garlic Butter Chicken Wings
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Char-Grilled Chicken Rice Platter
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Phở Hà Nội
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