Miriam: Vietnamese Food in South Carolina? Hallelujah!
We were despairing: only BBQ, chicken, butter, and fast food. But low and behold, a new Vietnamese restaurant opened up in Columbia about 6 months ago and they just started advertising. Aaron, Collin, and I finally went to Pho Viet out in Forest Acres. The place is an old fast food restaurant replete with a demolished playground that left nothing but a lone bolted table for parental supervisors. That said, it was ridiculously delicious, like having a homecoming in my mouth. I haven't been that happy about food in quite some time. I ordered made-to-order veggie spring rolls with tofu, pho with brisket, and a taro snow ice with boba. Wonderful! The spring rolls came with peanut sauce, we put some sriracha on it, hoisin in the pho, and just ate until we exploded. I like to savor food, but I felt like a wanderer out of the desert, gorging myself. Needless to say, we'll be going back and taking more people with us. I think the best places are those with the least assuming decors. They're not playing off a gimmick, they are starting a business based on their faith in their food.
