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Xe Lua, or what I just call train, has a few locations around the GTA but the quality isn't very consistent and some locations are particularly bad like the markham and richmond hill ones. The chinatown one on spadina I think is an exception and is actually my favourite place for pho in chinatown...though I know some people might disagree with me (LEO!). Dirty tables and bad service kind of come with the territory so I can't really comment on that...but it's south of dundas, on top of a thai restaurant and beside another vietnamese restaurant, so it can be easy to miss.
A big part of the reason why I like train is that I think this is one of the few places that make a good bowl pho bo kho ($6.00 + tax/tip). Pho in beef stew of a rich tomato broth, beef brisket, carrots...so good. The beef can be kind of fatty sometimes but the real star is the soup anyway. I'm sure drinking all that broth can't be healthy and you'll end up being real thirsty for the rest of the day but boy does it taste good. For something more ordinary, also pictured above is a bowl of flank and rare beef pho (L, $6.00 + tax/tip), which I think they do a pretty decent job of. Good sized bowl, good amount of beef, no complaints on the broth or noodles...just a solid bowl of pho.
Xe Lua
254 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON
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It's so dirty Jon c'mon lol Dead ant in the mouth after eating here!
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