Gone are those days when there were great service and tender pork hocks in the Bun Bo Hue...\n\nAfter watching Anthony Bourdain's visiting Vietnam for the second time in his \"No Reservations\" show, I craved for some Bun Bo Hue. The only place that I liked the Bun Bo Hue was at Pho Saigon 8.\n\nI have been back to Pho Saigon 8 in many visits after my first review and am sad to say that I won't be a regular patron any longer. The superb bun bo hue that I had there is now just an ordinary, mediocre bowl of soup. The pork hock is very tiny and seems like half of it was simmered in the soup (was tender) while the other half was floating on the surface (very chewy). The soup is still decent. \n\nI used to love the pho here too, until I started receiving a bowl of soup where the soup was not hot enough to cook the rare slices of beef round-eye. Around that same time, I discovered Pho Mai Lan and immediately fell in love with their broth (and awesome customer service).\n\nTherefore, I am going to give Pho Saigon 8 and A-OK, and will return when I want some bun bo hue.
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