John and I typically go out to lunch about every two weeks. Our restaurant of choice has been Bangkok 101. We love Thai food and especially Thai basil eggplant with tofu. We were really looking forward to it last week since we have been away over the holidays and were really craving our favorite dish. You can imagine our dismay when we arrived at the restaurant and it had closed. There was a big sign saying Indian Restaurant Coming Soon. Nooooo!

In the same little strip mall there is another restaurant, Mom’s Pho and Banh Mi. Obviously not Thai but we like pho and banh mi so we figured why not? I ordered the vegetable pho and it was truly great. The broth was delicious and the bowl was full of cabbage, carrots, tofu, shiitake mushrooms, and noodles. I added bean sprouts, basil, cilantro, and jalapeño from the dish of accompaniments. WOW.

We still need to find a new Thai restaurant but it is nice to know we have a delicious fallback.