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<title>Angry Reader</title>
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I gotta agree with most of your points.  Bogus.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c701986</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:43:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Angry Reader</title>
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This list angers me.  Just the fact that Pho Xe Lua and Pho Pasteur are not on the list shows how little Paul appreciates good pho.  I also hope Pho Hung and Saigon Palace are typos.

The title of this article is very misleading and should be changed to "Best Pho in the Old City of Toronto"]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:42:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Gary</title>
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Interesting order...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c626406</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:35:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>jeff</title>
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I agree Xe Lua is excellent.  I have tried other in the area and they were average at best. Xe Lua always busy, half the people that eat there are asian and the prices are excellent.  Try the spring roll platter you make y our self. Sorry I do not know the name.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c624907</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:39:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>S</title>
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I agree that Blog TO is pretty downtown-centric and there's plenty of good pho outside of the downtown core. We checked out Hanoi 3 Seasons in Leslieville and were quite impressed. Check out the link for pics etc: http://butgooddifferent.blogspot.com/2009/03/best-looking-pho-in-town.html  I'm a downtowner but I work in Scarborough so I'll have to get out to Green Bamboo sometime...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c620251</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:13:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>sneg</title>
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Be warned: if you're going to check Pho Asia 21, you better see their track record on Dine Safe:

http://app.toronto.ca/food2/DineSafeMain?userRequest=view_history&ESTABLISHMENT_ID=10239236]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c616978</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:44:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jane</title>
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Are you serious?
Saigon Palace is the worst Pho place I've ever eaten at. I'm actually Viet myself, and I think that that place has no authentic taste. Like, It's pretty bland. Personally, if you wanna find a good Viet restuarant, look in the store and see if there's actually a lot of Viet people, because they know what authentic Viet food tastes like.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c614923</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:40:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mike</title>
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Golden Turtle's pho is really really bland!!!!
The best pho is found from Keele to Jane from Wilson up to Finch.
I don't eat pho in neighbourhoods without any Vietnamese people living there.]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 21:45:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>in support of iggi</title>
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Granted it's mostly downtown hipsters that read this blog and vote on the "best of" --most grossly evident in the Toronto Neighbourhoods postings and map (blogto.com/neighbourhoods).  
Cut off at Coxwell to the East, St. Clair to the North and Keele to the West, it basically reads like a guide to downtown gentrification.   
I find it irritating that the rest of the city outside the central core is excluded.  Please note that since amalgamation in 1998, Scarborough, Etobicoke, York, East York and North York have all been part of "Toronto", it would be nice to see them get some play.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c585895</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:03:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Paul</title>
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Iggi,
Did you bother reading the title or intro of this post?

Best Pho in "Toronto".
This list covers the exact area that I am interested in. I'm not going to go out to Scarborough just because it may be better.

Lastly, you will notice the last sentence in the intro "So here's the short list, as voted by you". 

So when you ask "Did the author even bother leaving Toronto proper?" you're actually describing the majority of the readership who voted on this.

Lastly, what classifies "Best" does not mean the same to all people. Best does not necessarily mean authentic. ]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:02:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Iggi</title>
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This list is totally bogus! This is basically a list of the 10 most popular pho places downtown. Or should I say ten most likely places you'll see hipsters eating noodles. Did the author even bother leaving Toronto proper? If you haven't noticed most asians live around the periphery of Toronto. In quirky places like Markham, Mississauga, North York, yes even scary Scarborough. How can any top ten list for Asian food not have anything restaurants East of Carlaw, or North of College, or West of Dufferin?
On the list only 3 (Pho Phuong, Pho Linh, and Que Ling) are even close to legit. The broth of Golden Turtle is bland and lacks flavour. They make up for it by adding tons of msg. I know, I used to live on Ossington. A much more flavourful and authentic version can be found just down the street at Pho Tien. Besides everybody knows that the true measure of a pho restaurant is actually in their other soup items (the ones most non-asians are afraid to eat) like bun rieu (bun noodles in a tomato-ey crab broth) and the king of them all BUN BO HUE (bun noodles in a very complex beef and pork broth that must contain real shrimp paste, and MUST have real pig's feet and pig's blood, along with braised beef brisket). Most places are lazy and will just mix in a spoonful of storebought, preservative laden instant Bun Bo Hue flavour broth out of a jar. This includes half of the above restaurants. The other half don't even put it on their menu. If a place can get bun bo hue right it is for damn sure they can do pho bo (beef pho) in some respectable manor. Of all these places only Pho Phuong even comes close to a good Bun Bo Hue. 
Don't get me wrong. I go to many of these places frequently, just like a person might go to their local sandwich shop. You can have good meal at any of them, and by no means should you not frequent any of these places. A few actually deserve to be on the list. What I said was the list is bogus not the restaurants. Let me put it this way. You know that little coffee shop you go to in the mornings run by friendly asians? The one where every morning you buy an egg sandwich with your coffee. Well it's like putting that place on a list for Toronto's best breakfast. For a good pho experience better than amost that on this list, try Green Bamboo in Scarborough; clean, good service, good broth.
The point is this, go outside your comfort zone. Go places you wouldn't normally go. Far places. Places you won't bump into friends. Or even anyone who speaks the same language except the waiter. And try new stuff. Stuff that may not sound that appetizing at first. But trust me, if people eat it it's definitely good.
Peace
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:35:31 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Ly Tan</title>
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Pho Train (Xe Lua) is hands down the best restaurant I've been to so far. Although they've gone cheap on their ingredients since they've made renovations to their restaurant.  My family have gone there regularly since I was a child.  I'm actually surprised its not in the top 10.

#1 Rule for eating at an ethnic restaurant:  If you enter the restaurant and you see it's crowded with white people....WALK OUT! I generally don't trust zagat ratings on ethnic restaurants. Just peek inside and see who their customers are - and you'll know if it's more authentic or if they're going to make their food more bland.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c334303</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:04:50 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Stan</title>
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Me and my work buddies used to hit up Pho Pasteur all the time, but then they got hit by the Ministry of Health with a warning and we haven't been back since.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:06:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brandon</title>
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Golden Turtle @ Queen/Ossington is by far, the best, me being Viet and knowing my own food since I was born, that this place is #1 and deserves to be #1, period. 

Hands down, this place can't be touched. 

Though I haven't had Banh Xeo in the longest time, not sure if white folk or non-asians know what I'm talking about, but, it's the shit. I am craving for some right now...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c294397</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:49:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>phil</title>
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How is it a Pho list gets compiled without 'Pho Pasteur'? Savages. Dundas at Spadina. The Rare Beef Satay cannot be touched - it is the perfect Pho.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c273414</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:00:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>apetimberlake</title>
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Pho Hung is My fav.
In the North (finch and weston) and west (dundas and 10) is Pho Dau Bo.

Hello saigon is rteally bad..I have never been to a pho spot where i said "gah!!! never again'!!!!]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:49:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Joe</title>
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Hello Saigon has hit rock bottom in my book. The last meal I had there was so pukeable I felt like gargling with gin afterward. Nevermore.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c272999</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:15:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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I think the other Adam just visited on an on day, Hello Saigon has been disappointing to say the least the last couple of times I've been there (and the last was the last).]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c272982</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:05:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Helen</title>
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I've been to all those you mentioned and then some (downtown, up north and beyond)... and by far the best pho in town is a new place called: Pho My Dguyen on Bloor just west of Dufferin (northside). Hands down best broth, best brisket. clean spot.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/best_of_toronto/2008/03/the_best_pho_in_toronto/#c271986</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:25:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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I ate at Hello Saigon for the first time this past weekend and it was wonderful; possibly the best pho I've ever had. Maybe Marcus visited on an off day? ]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:42:20 PDT</pubDate>
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