In rec.food.restaurants Mojav wrote:
Friends have been encouraging me to try a type Vietnamese noodle soup
called "PHO". Unfortunately, I had pho for the first time at a Chinese-
Vietnamese (I didn't know any better). It was terrible.

My second time having pho was at an authentic Vietnamese. The difference
was so great that I now have decided never having pho at a Chinese
restaurant.

Why is it that Chinese often imitate Vietnamese food and ruin its
reputation?

Considering the popularity of Chinese food over Vietnamese, it's more
likely that a Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant would be Vietnamese imitating
Chinese. Anyway, pho is basically ramen with higher-quality ingredients, a
restaurant would have to be pretty bad to **** it up.