Wat Da Pho

Pop culture meets pho in a funked-up Vietnamese venue bringing bright takes on traditional dishes to South Melbourne’s hip advertising and retail crowd. Grab primary-coloured chopsticks, slide out a mismatched stool and sit down to rich beef broth-based pho zinging with citrus notes. ‘Pimp’ your bowl with chicken, tripe, tendon, beef brisket or beef balls. Lemongrass tofu rice-paper rolls are a snappy palate cleanser, so, too, bowls of rice or noodles topped with crunchy Vietnamese salad and dressed with your choice of ‘sticks’: caramelised pork is a dark, herby mouthful. Alcoholic ice blends will be a summertime hit.