"This place was a real surprise when it hit town across the street from Penn Station last year, a pho parlor that specialized in the beef soup as it’s eaten in Hanoi, where it was originally sold by street vendors. This is a fundamental version, with superior rice noodles, and few of the herbs and add-in sauces favored by the Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) version of the soup. If soup seems too messy for your train ride, get the Hanoi style fried rice or crab spring rolls instead." - Robert Sietsema