Hai Yen, Pho Sure

If your mother was Vietnamese, she probably made pho when you were sick.  If not, there’s always Hai Yen restaurant on Argyle Street in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood serving up a feast of the senses and the seasons.

Pho is like the Vietnamese version of chicken noodle soup. If a good bowl of pho warms the body, soothes during sickness, and satisfies the soul, the bowl of Pho Dac Biet at Hai Yen may change lives.  It’s a tasty conglomeration of hearty cuts of beef brisket, beef flank, meatballs, bible tripe, tendon, rice noodles, and scallions floating in a light beef broth.  More »