Midtown Lunch

What is the deal with the Bellevue Food Court? Is it worth checking out? Is it overpriced garbage or might there be some hidden gems? I had to find out. I bravely entered the Bellevue and made my way down the escalator having no idea where I would end up.  Then I saw Yunique Noodle House and I was back in my comfort zone. They have a mostly Korean menu, but they serve both Pho (Vietnamese soup) and Ramen (Japanese soup)…  this could be a bad sign or something great.

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Pho and Cafe Viet Huong has a sit down restaurant (I hear the Pho is good) and a pick up area in the front that is perfect for grabbing some crazy looking Vietnamese snacks and banh mi. Snacks are packaged on shelves but for some items (see, shrimp snacks) you are better off asking if they are available to be made for you fresh. I usually avoid wiggly and neon items as a personal preference, but there are many available if that is your sort of thing. A few little snacks make a great lunch for cheap.

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Pho Ha is one of the many traditional Vietnamese noodle soup (pho) joints located in the shopping plazas of  Washington Ave. What I like about Pho Ha is that the menu is user friendly and each ingredient can be customized to your preference. Ha’s menu clearly lists the meat components in their pho from least to most scary. The “small” pho starts at a mere $5.60 and is HUGE. Since these restaurants deal with such high volume of similar pho orders, they are prepared to get it to the table incredibly fast.

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