When I visited Pho' Nomenal for the first time I took advantage of the fact that it serves soup other than beef by getting the Hu Tieu Ga (chicken and rice noodle soup). This is in addition to the chicken soup with egg noodles, and other types of meat that are served in a chicken broth. This soup was not bad compared to other Vietnamese chicken soups I have tried. I did not consider it to have a rich flavor, but it had a good one. The vegetables were fresh, and the seasonings were good.

The best feature of the soup was the quality of the chicken, which tasted fresh and had a good flavor. I will say that this chicken was better than the one I sampled at Pho Hoa in the Asian District (which many consider to be the city's best pho restaurant), although the broth tasted better at Pho Hoa. It seems that at most Asian restaurants that serve noodle soup I have to judge the different components separately, and as a rule no restaurant excels in all of them. At Pho' Nomenal the best part of the soup seems to be the meat they use.

Missing from my order was a garnish of Thai basil that I have found to be normally served with Vietnamese soup. However, the basil comes with other types of soup, such as pho (beef noodle soup).

Grilled chicken & vermicelli

Pho' Nomenal has choices for a main dish other than soup, and one I tried was the Grilled Chicken Vermicelli Noodles dish, or bún ga nuong. This was a good dish with a lot of mint and other flavoring, although I did not think it had as much flavor as the one at Kim Wah. Pho' Nomenal, though, had very good meat, and I would say better than most others I have tried.

Stir fried chicken & vegetables

In an effort to try something different the staff recommended Stir Fried Chicken and Vegetables that comes with vermicelli. This comes with a sauce that is not too sweet, but has a different flavor than the fish sauce used with the grilled chicken. Although it was loaded with vegetables, it was missing the mint, peanuts, and other flavors that come with the grilled chicken. Sprinkled on top of the vermicelli was garlic that I normally would have pushed aside, but I found this to be a good mix with the other flavors. The surprising thing, though, was that the chicken was not up to the standard I have found with the other dishes at Pho' Nomenal (at least in terms of the flavor in my dish). Because of this I do not give this dish as high a rating as some of the others, but my personal preference is also for the grilled chicken dish rather than this one.

One disadvantage of Pho' Nomenal is that the hot tea is quite expensive. They do have a good selection of boba tea, though.