Restaurant Peek
Now Pho
1500 W. Littleton Blvd. Ste A110 Littleton, CO 80120 Tel: 303.798.5599 www.nowpho2.com
Open Hours Sun - Thu: 9am to 9pm Fri - Sat: 9am to 3am
Open Hours Mon - Sat: 10am to 9pm Closed Sunday
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ith two locations, Now Pho is serving up “piping hot” pho bowls in Denver and Littleton. Now Pho officially opened under its new name during last year’s Lunar New Year celebrations in February 2019, after Toan Le and Nhan Tran took over the restaurant previously known as Pho Le. The first order of business was to add more Vietnamese specialty dishes to the extensive menu. Not only did the partners expand on the menu, they expanded the business with Now Pho II and have plans to add new locations in other cities. Now Pho caters to a diverse group of eaters—both Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese, adventurous and basic, as well as people of all ages. The restaurant is open for long hours which welcomes elders in the early morning for cháo (Vietnamese rice porridge) as well as young people who have stayed out until last call and crave a bowl of 2 a.m. soup. As the manager of Now Pho, Le is responsible for a process called “recipe back,” in which he checks every bowl and every
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Now Pho II
1195 S. Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80219 Tel: 303.935.6264 www.nowpho.com
March 2020 | Restaurant Peek
By Annie Guo VanDan Photos by Lijin Zhao
plate to ensure a consistent amount of oil soup. While most Denver restaurants ingredients, cooking levels and tempera- only offer one option for BBH, you can tures are used. He shares that the loves choose from several options at Now Pho being in the restaurant industry and including a bowl made with oxtail. bringing innovation to the dishes. Thanks But of course the Now Pho special has to his creativity and Tran’s skills in the to be a pho dish! The Pho 2 To (Two Bowls) kitchen, Now Pho offers a menu of more presents an innovative way to eat pho. than 100 dishes with many items you can- What are the two things that can ruin a not find in Denver, which include Banh good pho bowl? Soggy noodles and room Canh Cua & Tom Hum (crab meat and lob- temperature broth. Order the Pho 2 To ster tail round noodle soup), Hu Tieu Nam and enjoy the hot broth served in a stone Vang (Phnom Penh rice noodle soup), and pot. The noodles come on their own dish Banh Tam Bi (seasoned pork skin noodles). and you can be in charge of when and The restaurant also offers a selection of how much you dip them into the broth. hot pot options including fish paste sea- And that’s not all, the best part is the prefood hot pot, Thai seafood hot pot, sauté mium meats are arranged beautifully on beef hot pot and fishcake hot pot. The their own platter: filet mignon rare steak, best part is that you can order these to-go well-done brisket, fat brisket, well-done and all of the ingredients and broth will flank, in addition to the traditional rare be prepared for you to enjoy a fun night steak. And finally, sauces come ready for of hot pot in your own home. you to dip into: house special chili oil, SriLike the hot pot dishes, Now Pho offers racha, and hoisin. All of the beef broth in four different options for Bún Bò Huế. Af- the pho bowls are cooked for 14 hours. fectionately known as “BBH,” this is a traNow Pho II in Littleton has a slightly abditional Vietnamese fat noodle dish with breviated version of the menu with poputender beef shank made with a hot chili lar dishes that cater to the eaters in the area.
