Let us consider the possibility that phở is just the “gateway drug” to Vietnamese cuisine. While that gateway theory (“go to bed with marijuana or beer and risk waking up with cocaine or heroin”) was discredited long ago, it appears to be on something of a reunion tour these days. Personally, though, I think it has more relevance to delicious Southeast Asian food than it does to illicit substances. Phuong Nga 2 (4016 54th St.), in the northeast reaches of City Heights, is betting on just that.
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