Pho 400...absolutely wonderful lunch

Becoming a favorite spot....

We started with strong Vietnamese coffee.  Opt for the version with sweetened condensed milk which provides a rich, smooth flavor.

A pork Banh Mi and an egg roll Bun salad were our menu choices today at Pho 400 in New Brighton.

The Banh Mi sandwich roll, even though it comes from a frozen bag, is one of my favorites.  Chewy, crusty, and with great texture, it's a wonderful match-up for the pork, jalapeno, cukes, pickled carrots and daikon, and fresh cilantro that create the #65 Banh Mi at Pho 400.  Today, it was baked a little longer---giving it a some extra crunch.

The egg rolls on the Bun salad have a great chewiness in the egg roll wrapper and are filled with abundant ingredients...John says BIG EGG ROLLS - 30% BIGGER THAN MOST BUN SALAD EGG ROLLS.   (he shared the 8th piece with me--after he'd eaten the ingredients from that last beautiful piece).  But the wrappers are flavorful in addition to that great chewiness.  John couldn't finish the whole salad....just too big.   But the daikon slaw was crunchy, along with the peanuts, with tasty noodles, just enough sprouts, cilantro and tasty fish sauce, of course.

From our previous visits we will also recommend the pork chop with broken rice.

Our only negative....they need to put the forks in the table racks with the tines down...to comply with MN food code.

Always busy with business people at lunch time, lots of orders of pho coming from the kitchen today.   Last time we were there, the most tidy pho eater I have ever seen was in the next booth.  I don't think he dripped or dropped anything as he consumed his bowl of pho with all the fixings.  Now that is a skill I'd love to acquire : )

4.5 out of 5 stars for our lunch today.