I’d said I would have a Twin Cities restaurant report up on Wednesday and there’s still 15 minutes to go till Thursday in Minnesota. Never call me a liar again!

I’m now closing in on my Twin Cities metro area backlog from the winter. After this one, there will only be two more to go, I think. This report from Burnsville’s Pho Tempo actually encompasses two meals: one I ate by myself in November ’25 and another with the entire family and a couple of friends in February of this year. The first was eaten on the go after a quick shopping stop at Saigon Market—inside which Pho Tempo is located; the second was the reason for the trip. I clarify this in case you think I mean that Pho Tempo is a place to eat if you’re going to Saigon Market for groceries; in fact, it’s one of our favourite Vietnamese restaurants in the Twin Cities metro. Continue reading →

Earlier this year I posted a review of a couple of lunches at Pho Tempo, the revamped restaurant attached to Saigon Asian Market in Burnsville. I then pronounced it the best Vietnamese restaurant south of the river and one of the better ones in the Twin Cities metro on the whole. After several meals eaten there since then I see no reason to change that assessment: this is clearly the best Vietnamese restaurant in the South Metro and I don’t think there can be too many better ones in the larger area. And if there are, I would really like to know which they are. Here follows a quick look at three meals eaten there since the spring. Continue reading →