An order of Pho largely answered my question about whether Pho T&N would be worthy of repeat visits (so far I have made several). The pho was good in all aspects, including the meat, broth, and vegetables. One of the best features is that there are more varieties of beef and other types of noodle soup than I usually find, so I am looking forward to trying several of them.

Seafood clear noodle soup

Seafood Clear Noodle Soup is listed under the "beef noodle soup" section of the menu, but it is actually a seafood based soup with clear colored rice noodles. In fact, the one with fish and seafood is a variation of the soup listed on the menu (the menu version includes pork balls), so this leads me to believe that they can make other types of soup on request. On a subsequent visit I ordered the menu version (see the next picture below), and there were several differences between the two soups including the vegetables that were included. The variety of seafood in this one, though, was very good.

Seafood clear noodle soup with pork balls

After trying the regular version of Seafood Clear Noodle Soup I found that the pork balls really did not add much to the flavor I experienced with the purely seafood version. The seafood itself in both versions had some varieties I liked better than others (the squid was the least enjoyable), but the pure seafood soup had more of the "good stuff." My opinion was that the seafood version was better.

Bún thit nuong (grilled pork)

Vermicelli plates are usually what I order when not eating pho, and several varieties are available at Pho' T&N. I was disappointed that they did not have chicken with lemongrass, but I ordered Bún Thit Nuong (grilled pork) on the theory that this is usually a good choice when lemongrass flavored meat is not available. As it turned out, the meat was the best feature of the dish. With well cooked and excellent flavored meat, this easily surpassed similar versions I have had at other suburban Vietnamese restaurants. The disappointment, though, came in the flavoring of the noodles. This had some vegetables to go with it, but there was no mint or other flavoring that I find in the best versions. I use Kim Wah at May Avenue and Britton Road as the standard for bún dishes (they also serve chicken with lemongrass), and the one at Pho' T&N did not have as much flavor. The flip side, though, as already mentioned, was that the meat was very good here (and possibly better than at Kim Wah).

Pho' T&N serves a very good green hot tea, although when it comes to tea I prefer the nearby Pho'ever which serves jasmine tea made from loose leaves. Pho' T&N offers a brewed chrysanthemum tea but I did not care much for the flavor of it.