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Fee fi pho…..yum
An, Bankstown, Saturday lunch John Newton visits a giant among
Vietnamese soup restaurants. Bankstown is famous for two things:
former prime minister Paul Keating (born there) and the best
pho this side of Ho Chi Minh City. …And he confirms for me
my suspicion that there is more to this bowl of noodles than
meets the eye and belly. "Soup is a large part of Vietnamese
culinary culture," he says, "especially pho. For a Vietnamese
not to have a bowl of pho once a week, something is terribly
wrong. It is a folk food." So this is more than a meal, it's
a roots-renewal ritual. Having learnt to pho at An, I can
relate to that. 29/31 Greenfield Parade, Bankstown, 9796 7826.
Daily 7am-9pm.
Out of ten
Atmosphere 6/10
Functional. We're talking noodles. When the noodles go, so
do you.
Service 7/10
Almost more waiters than eaters: slick, fast and impersonal.
Food 9/10
If there's better pho in Sydney, take me there.
Value 9/10
Two large bowls, about $16.50 plus drinks.
Sydney Morning Herald 02/12/2000
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20 Bargain Bites
Eating well is not all truffles and caviar. It's more about
making every mouthful count, whether you're feeding the kids,
spending-up at a fine diner or walking home after a night
on the sauce. There is value to be had in our fair city ...
you just have to know where to look. An Restaurant, 27 Greenfield
Parade, Bankstown. Ph: 9796 7826. Regarded by some as the
best Vietnamese beef noodle soup in the city (others think
it's the best in the country), An's pho comes in 15 flavours
(five chicken, 10 beef), and - regardless of whether the superb
broth is garnished with slices of steak (pho tai), or chicken
heart, intestines, giblets, blood jelly and eggs (pho ga dac
biet) - there's a full and satisfying meal in every bowl.
Sydney Morning Herald 27/08/2003
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Pho the love of it
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AN Restaurant
Believe us: this is quite probably the best pho you can get
in Sydney. Plus the prices look like typing errors.
www.citysearch.com.au
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Life Before Food
Once were warriors, electricians and vets. Now they've successful
restaurateurs. JOHN NEWTON talks to some Sydney foodies enjoying
their second careers. DINING out in Sydney, you're likely
to find electricians and rock musicians in the kitchen; war
correspondents and (still practising) vets front
Sydney Morning Herald 04/03/1997
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