I was thinking the same. One of them had a huge amount of raw meat in it. That is not only disgusting it's actually a health hazard. Bah, I will pass.

the meat cooks in the broth

T3tra

United States406 Posts

June 06 2011 07:34 GMT

#142

On June 06 2011 16:21 Quochobao wrote:

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Hey man, do you want me to make a guide =)

A thousand times yes.

SoLaR[i.C]

United States2969 Posts

June 06 2011 07:38 GMT

#143

On June 06 2011 16:34 T3tra wrote:

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A thousand times yes.

Pho is so cheap and easy to obtain at restaurants that it's almost pointless to make it at home.

A Vietnamese lady who used to cut my hair said that any viet restaurant that's worthwhile boils down bones for 24+ hours to make the broth. So unless you have a lot of spare time, and want to spend $15 bucks or more on raw ingredients, I'd just try to find some that's local.

Don't get me wrong, I'd still love to see some recipes!

Shigy

United States346 Posts

June 06 2011 07:47 GMT

#144

this thread made me go out for pho for dinner this night. i had rare beef cause i don't like all dat tendon shit.

lol at the haters that are afraid of a lil raw meat, it gets cooked up real fast in the hot broth, cry about it.

Xpace

United States2209 Posts

June 06 2011 07:52 GMT

#145

Someone pat the OP on the back for putting the proper pronunciation

meeyoop

United States131 Posts

June 06 2011 07:53 GMT

#146

Pho is the best! If anyone here lives in Long Beach (CA), there's this place that I go to all the time over on Willow and Magnolia called...well, Pho Long Beach. I always order the same thing - pho tai with the meat on the side so I can cook it in the broth myself, plus onion oil. Mmmm...

Grrr, now I'm really craving pho. THANKS A LOT, TEAM LIQUID.

Ocedic

United States1808 Posts

June 06 2011 08:12 GMT

#147

I love pho, but haven't really found any great places where I live (Redmond, WA.) I'm sure Seattle has some decent joints, but as of now the best pho I've had is when my mom makes it, and that's not just nostalgia talking, she genuinely makes amazing pho.

Zidane

United States1689 Posts

June 06 2011 08:14 GMT

#148

I"m curious how many people here who love pho are viet and how many aren't

esasafe

United States103 Posts

June 06 2011 08:17 GMT

#149

But if you spend money on the raw ingredients and actually cook it at home, that ~$20 you spent can translate to at least a good 7 or 8 bowls. Also yes, the soup does take a lot of cooking and preparation, but it's so worth it. And yeah, the raw beef cooks very quickly in the hot broth. At some places you can ask for a separate small bowl of hot broth to cook the meat in, if you don't want all that gunk off of the meat in your soup.

The giant thick noodles for pho never appealed to me. Neither did drowning the broth in sriracha/hoisin sauce (the red and black sauce, respectively). I mean if it's good pho, you shouldn't have to do much to the broth. Oooh, but dipping the meat in the sauce is delicious....

Om nom nom nom pho....

Also Bun Bo Hue is delicious. Bun Bo Hue An Nam is really good, but kind of on the sour side for my taste. Ca Mau used to have amazing bun bo hue, unfortunately the broth has been pretty OD'ed on MSG in recent years... It's still pretty delicious though.

Quochobao

United States350 Posts

June 06 2011 09:37 GMT

#150

Hey you Pho-lovers of Team Liquid,

Here is a guide to make your Pho at home, brought to you buy a Viet student who is so stuck in upstate New York that he has to make his own Pho and feel less home sick ^^

Enjoy!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=230694

HueHang

73 Posts

June 06 2011 10:26 GMT

#151

I eat it at home

I personally haven't seen a good restaurant in Germany, yet. If you're in Vietnam you need to go to some place in Hanoi; I do not know the exact name tho T_T

unkkz

Norway2196 Posts

June 06 2011 10:32 GMT

#152

Anyone know where u can get some Pho in Oslo, Norway? Haven´t seen a single vietnamese restaurant since i moved here four years ago.

Quochobao

United States350 Posts

June 06 2011 11:18 GMT

#153

On June 06 2011 19:32 unkkz wrote:
Anyone know where u can get some Pho in Oslo, Norway? Haven´t seen a single vietnamese restaurant since i moved here four years ago.

Lol I just traveled to Oslo a few days ago. I stayed at this Anker Hostel (a 10 minute walk from the Central Station), and there is a large Vietnamese community right nearby.

malady

United States600 Posts

June 06 2011 15:22 GMT

#154

pho is all about the broth

the rest is up to you really
'

lol its really funny seeing a forum thread about it
ahh white people how i love you

Darkchylde

United States473 Posts

June 06 2011 18:21 GMT

#155

On June 06 2011 15:56 DisneylandSC wrote:

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I was thinking the same. One of them had a huge amount of raw meat in it. That is not only disgusting it's actually a health hazard. Bah, I will pass.

Beef is fine eaten rare (it cooks slightly in the broth). Other things like steaks and beef carpaccio are perfectly ok eaten rare/raw when it's from a good source and handled correctly. It's pork and chicken that you have to be really careful about eating when undercooked.

Itzeddiieee

Korea (South)787 Posts

June 06 2011 21:46 GMT

#156

On June 06 2011 09:46 jpak wrote:

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I'll remember that the next time I go to Flushing for an event.

Can anyone also talk about the different sauces you can put into pho?

ooh, another good place.
I'm not sure what it's called but it's a place near the flushing library.
I'll try to locate on google maps

ok.. so there are two places but I have no idea which on it was
it's either Phobang or Pho hong
I think it's phobang

Curu

Canada2817 Posts

June 06 2011 21:49 GMT

#157

Oh my god I love pho so much. The ultimate student meal.

Extremely cheap for extremely huge portions (over here it's like $6-8 for an extra large size, which is MASSIVE) and it's delicious.

Vestige

United States303 Posts

June 06 2011 22:03 GMT

#158

bahh im about to move to athens ga for college and from what i hear, there is only ONE viet place and the pho is terrible there. *sigh* imma miss you pho