Pot-au-Pho
Charleroi, Belgium
The read// why locals go
Pot-au-Pho is a small Vietnamese kitchen on Rue de Montigny, a few streets back from the Ville-Basse bustle, and it has been quietly doing one thing well since 2017. The name is a wink at the Belgian pot-au-feu, but the bowl it serves is pho: broth built slowly, rice noodles, herbs added at the table. The rest of the short card stays in the same register, with bo bun and crisp spring rolls alongside. It is a lunch place above all, filling up with people from the surrounding offices and shops rather than with visitors, and it closes its doors again by mid-afternoon. Prices stay low, the room is calm, and the cooking is the whole point.
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Rue de Montigny 34, 6000 — Charleroi
The read// why locals go
Pot-au-Pho is a small Vietnamese kitchen on Rue de Montigny, a few streets back from the Ville-Basse bustle, and it has been quietly doing one thing well since 2017. The name is a wink at the Belgian pot-au-feu, but the bowl it serves is pho: broth built slowly, rice noodles, herbs added at the table. The rest of the short card stays in the same register, with bo bun and crisp spring rolls alongside. It is a lunch place above all, filling up with people from the surrounding offices and shops rather than with visitors, and it closes its doors again by mid-afternoon. Prices stay low, the room is calm, and the cooking is the whole point.