Love Pho, Richmond
August 25th, 2008
Our philosophy is simple, Made to love.
The familiarity of a pho shop brings me untold comfort. The way you can just reach out a hand, and a chopstick will be there. Reach out the other, and there’s some chilli. If you need to fix your hair you can count on a mirror wall close by.
This is not the case at Love Pho, and Esther and I found it a bit unnerving. For a start this place is new, under a year old, the deco is clean and thoughtful (if not a big green for my liking). Perhaps the most disturbing of all, the tea comes in a teapot rather than one of those thermos flasks.
My neurosis aside, you can tell that they love making pho at Love Pho. It was really, really great. It was warming and spicy, with perfectly thin slices of good quality beef. So, although my usual comforts were absent, I’m sure I’ll be back soon, for a bit more pho love.
They also have a website - www.lovepho.com.au
Love Pho - 181 Swan Street, Richmond - 03 9421 2200
August 27th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
No wonder you were unnerved by your experience at Love Pho noodleoodle. In my book their attention to marketing makes them decidedly un-Pho like and poor ambassadors for the great soup they profess to love. When in Richmond stick to Victoria Street I say.
SpencerJ