Nam Phuong

Bless my pouch, did I just walked into an Applebee's by mistake? Why is the entire place packed with mossback roundeyes... Fuck, how much Hawaiian Mayan Gold did I smoke? That's some diabolical shit. Ok, this place has finally gone full retard... It has been totally gentrified now like Inman Park. What a shame... This is why we can't have nice oriental things. Table after table, they were inhabited by obeast gwailos. Where the fuck are all the FOBs up in this piece? Did they reactivate the internment camps? Wait, the staff is still members of the tribe... At least that's good news in the kitchen. But this act of flash mob is unnerving or was this an act of appropriation... Hmm. This joint has been getting so much coverage in the local rags in the last couple of years that it only takes one outlander to say it's safe to eat to the rest and then the domino effect takes place. When two white college broads feel safe to dine together at night on Buford Hwy, you know the joint has been hijacked. It was almost as bad as Lee's these days. But I wasn't gonna let a few Uggs stop me from getting my pho on. Let's see what kinda of shit this gentrification has done to the grub.

Pan Fried Rice Cubes. This is one of my favorite snacks to stuff my fat face with like a chipmunk storing nuts in it's cheeks. They are still pretty damn good but the do chua was weak as fuck, not pickled at all. But let's just focus on the rice cakes and how fucking radical there are with the fried egg holding it all together.

Bun, BBQ pork and eggrolls. This is such a classic noodle dish... It's great in the summer but it's also an all season noodle bowl. The nuoc cham fish sauce was kinda weak but you're forced to get more to lube the rice noodles until it's seasoned. The grilled pork flaps were moist and tender with a hint of char on the edges to round out the flavor. The eggrolls were kinda weak and underseasoned. But this noodle bowl still makes the cut.

Salt & Pepper Mixed Seafood. I usually order the fucking radical fish sauce glazed wings but I needed to break away from that habit and try something else... They have the standard S&P shrimp or squid options, but I went for the gold, the mixed fried seafood platter. It's a pretty damn large portion of squid, mussels, scallops and shrimp but the ratio between them were way off. It was mostly squid... But it was pretty decent anyways. I would just stick with the shrimp or squid next time.

Pho, meatballs, soft tendon, flank. I know I know, why didn't the pouch get the bun bo hue? Sometimes, I like the option to pick your own fixings... Sometimes, I crave tripe and sometimes I have to have a tendon injection... And today is the day for an injection of balls, manmeat and soft swallowable tendon right into my facegash. While it smelled great, the broth itself was a bit weak tasting. Not flavorful enough nor complex enough with the richness of a proper pho broth that satisfies the soul with the first sip. Time to dress it up with all the accoutrements and a healthy dousing of sriracha, fish sauce and a squirt of hoisin. And of course, it made all the difference and it did it's job of completing the pouch on this chilly night.

Don't let the caucasian circus distract you from your destiny these days... The word is out that it's a safe space for the crackers and they're coming here in droves. The grub is still pretty good overall but when you get a miss on one of the dishes it's ok to get angry and vent... That's exactly what a FOB dining solo did, he noticed the shit dish they tried to dump on him immediately and had the server return that fucker to be made properly. But the dudebros at another table didn't make a fuss with an under-portioned plate of plain fwied wice, they were just happy they were in a safe space and had something on the menu they recognized. The bros love fried rice and the pouch would love to smack them over the head with a pair of Uggs and send them on their way to Follies. Boy howdy, y'all..  

4051 Buford Hwy
Atlanta, GA 30345