I ended up having both lunch and dinner at Phở 79 yesterday. Dinner included a plate of crawdads in a delicious, spicy sauce. The “crayfish”, as the banner at Phở 79 reads, were so much better than the crawdads that we used to gather up from the puddles when the Rio Grande would dry up during the summer months when I was a kid. In my opinion, Phở 79 is the best Vietnamese restaurant in Albuquerque. They have great food and superb service at very reasonable prices. If you are in the Albuquerque area stop in for lunch or dinner. Phở 79 is on the north side of Candelaria just east of I-25.
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I’ve kept intending to go back since you introduced me to Pho 79 not too long ago. It was delicious, just as you say. Maybe I’ll take my mom this weekend, although we’ll both probably pass on the crayfish. Great pic, though, even if I don’t want to eat it. 🙂
Thanks, Susan. I’m not crazy about crawdads, but these were really pretty good. But, as you know, Pho 79 has a really great selection of Vietnamese dishes.
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