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- Pho Ga Thanh Thanh
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Pho Ga Thanh Thanh
No soup in town distills the essence of chicken — fresh-killed and patiently steeped with Vietnamese spices — as intensely as the pho ga created by Hoa “Chicken Lady” Le. Her daughter, Elizabeth Nguyen, has grown the family business with two bustling locations, on Washington Avenue, and in a North Philly strip mall (beside H Mart) that’s a sleek template for planned expansion. The focus remains true to tradition: entrancing bowls of star anise-scented broth laced with noodles and onions, a bouquet of add-in herbs, and platters of chopped-up chicken on the bone with gently poached innards. No matter whether you go for the whole bird or take the boneless white meat route, Thanh Thanh’s signature dip is the crucial flourish, a dish of lime juice with black pepper, habaneros, and lime leaves that lends every bite a supercharged zing.
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