Sao Mai

Vietnamese restaurant · East Village

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"The East Village offers several revisionist views of pho, but Sao Mai cooks up the doctrinaire kind, which means the pho is Saigon-style, with the usual plate of sprouts and herbs and a half-dozen sauces and pickled peppers offered to doctor the soup. When I get nostalgic for the Chinatown-style pho, this is where I go. Chicken, seafood, and vegetarian versions also offered." - Robert Sietsema

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