Two New Pho Restaurants Debut in Asiatown - Eater Houston

"Also located along Bellaire Boulevard, less than two blocks away from Pho Ga Dong Nai, is newcomer Mr. Pho, which quietly opened in mid-April. Occupying a small 49-seat strip mall space in the same shopping center as old-school Vietnamese haunts like Thien Thanh banh cuon house and Nguyen Ngo Cafe, Mr. Pho is the passion project of three male friends — Kenny Pham, Yen Gia Lang, and Sonny Pham — hence the name, Mr. Pho. “We all love to cook and eat and drink,” says Pham. “Yen is well known for his broth. I’m well known for my steak. Before we opened, friends always raved about our food, so when the opportunity for this space came to our attention, we said, ‘Let’s open a restaurant where we can sit back and drink and enjoy.’” The menu is a simple one-pager filled with two soups and four rice plate options. For soups, the main dish is a Northern Vietnamese-style beef pho, pho Bac, made of 14-hour beef bone broth which comes with toppings like rare, marinated filet mignon. The beef pho is customizable with other common beef toppings such as beef meatballs, tendon, brisket and fatty flank. The second dish, which is already getting rave reviews online to rival their pho, is the bun bo Hue (spicy pork and beef noodle soup). For rice plates, the options include com suon bo dai han (Korean-style bbq short ribs with rice), com bo luc lac (shaking beef with rice), com ga xoi mo (Vietnamese fried chicken with rice), and com chien duong chau (combination fried rice)." - Mai Pham