PHO

esfandyar · Post by **esfandyar** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:19 pm

the most amazing food in existence? discuss.

what do you get yours with?

this dish is the only reason I will never truly be a vegetarian or vegan, although I have had good pho both vegetarian and vegan.

steppo · Post by **steppo** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:22 pm

the best. theres a place called house of noodles here that has the best pho ive ever had, but you certainly dont pay for the service

press · Post by **press** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:33 pm

my death row meal for sure!

i get it with everything. took me awhile to try the tripe and tendon but it was worth it! The tendon ends up basically melting into the broth and its ten times richer and heartier, i dont always eat the remaining tendon though. The tripe just intertwines with the noodles and gives a lil tecture you can hardly tell its there really.

also love the bahn mi sandwiches.

esfandyar · Post by **esfandyar** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:15 am

I had some for lunch today.

The names are great... I saw this place in California called Pho Shizzle...

esfandyar · Post by **esfandyar** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:59 pm

pho is a wonderful thing for hangovers as well. like the horrid one I have right now.

crackf · Post by **crackf** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:05 pm

pretty hench oranges? what does the pho stand for or is it just a word?

looks like a bit of meat and salad in brown water

Dartma · Post by **Dartma** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:09 pm

always good at first

always makes me sleepy after

wubstep · Post by **wubstep** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:21 pm

What the fuck is PHO. I'm guessing it's not anything like BHO.

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:31 pm

esfandyar wrote:pho is a wonderful thing for hangovers as well. like the horrid one I have right now.

edit: oops quoted the wrong one

esfandyar wrote:I had some for lunch today.

The names are great... I saw this place in California called Pho Shizzle...

esfandyar · Post by **esfandyar** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:37 pm

must not be too available in England? Its a vietnamese noodle soup, peasant's food. Made by roasting bones of the cow, also using really fatty pieces of meat and making a stock with star anise among many other spices used to make it, however it yields this beautiful broth, the fat is skimmed off the top. Rice noodles are the starch, and it comes with many options of protein such as rare beef, well done beef, tripe, and tendon, and all are optional of course. Its served with a side of herbs like basil and cilantro, also with bean sprouts, jalapeno, and lime wedges. best food on earth.

NW_DUBAHOLIC · Post by **NW_DUBAHOLIC** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:59 pm

wubstep wrote:What the fuck is PHO. I'm guessing it's not anything like BHO.

no but they're about equally as enticing

firky · Post by **firky** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:01 pm

esfandyar wrote:Its soup,

That's all you needed to say.

Sheff · Post by **Sheff** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:03 pm

errr sounds dut

crackf · Post by **crackf** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:27 pm

yea but i bet it tastes well nice

kidshuffle · Post by **kidshuffle** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:39 pm

Pho is unreal

crackf · Post by **crackf** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:57 pm

kidshuffle wrote:Pho is unreal

i do believe there is photographic evidence of its existence at the top of the page my good man

cookinbudos · Post by **cookinbudos** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:04 pm

Theres a pretty good vietnamese above Plastic People called Little Hanoi, they do a mean Pho.

Intended Malice · Post by **Intended Malice** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:47 am

Ahh, a personal favorite of mine, I lived on this stuff a few years back; it was all I could eat when I was about to get sick or was hung over and had to do 17-20 hour days of school and work b2b... but I had to do without for like 3 years since I moved to a a non-Asian community. So I had to take it upon myself to do so from scratch. This one of my 2 recipes, I have made it with my own touch, which usually means giving it a bit Japanese and Mediterranean influence.

The stock is actually a Kombu Dashi left to sit for 2 days before using it, I then add a few dashes of 5 spice powder and a star anise or two until it starts to talk to me (yes, dashi talks) and grind a bit of Mediterranean sea salt and black pepper corns. While that is going, try not to let the dashi get a rolling boil, I cut up the Negi (regular white and Japanese green onion preferable), Italian Parsley, and a few slices of what they sale at my local store as 'Peppered Beef' its paper thin, medium rare cold cuts with just a hint of mix spices, its so thin that its just enough, not too overwhelming on the palate. And hen clean the bean sprouts and lemon--I hate lime, it tastes like battery acid. I tend not to have much mint or cilantro on hand but if I do I get it in there too.

I then boil the water for the noodles, vermicelli is stupidly cheap I can't believe I used to get a refills for 1.50 at the old spot.
While that goes I de-frost some large head-on shrimp and get the shells off and save for later recipes, while keeping the head-on and give it a quick blanch in the dashi/stock to get it to turn pinkish. I take out the noodles and try to dry them as best as possible (I need one of those ramen colanders they use in Japan) and place in the bowl.

Then I assemble the rest ingredients, squirt half the lemon into the noodle/veg mixture and place the shrimp, then finish by covering it all off with the beef. I then raise the dashi to just before boil and pour over the top of everything. A bit of the rooster sauce and dig in. If you're hung over or sick make it bold red and drink every fucking drop and sweat it out. You'll feel much better when you're finished.

I want to try it with Kobe beef since they started carrying it, but 22.00 a pound is steep. I've done hand made cuts with tender Loin, and Sirloin, an old trick is to stick it in the freezer and cut thinly with a sharp knife, but I like the peppered beef by far. I also have a Shrimp Dashi one that I'll save for myself unless some wants that, its way more labor intensive, but worth it.

What I really want to move onto is Ramen but I need help (Goth-Trad I'm looking at you). That is way harder to get right and I could use the help since the few places that actually serve it load it with MSG and other garbage.

pandabear · Post by **pandabear** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:08 am

My hangover food!!!
The best noodle soup, period! (Especially if you got massive hangover!)
Pour sriracha in that thing, and watch all your pain go away!
I love pho so much, I named my bff after it, cos she's my pho to my hangover.

Hmmm... I'm hungry!

**Had the best one in Hanoi while I was backpacking Viet Nam and it was 50 cents/30 pence. Dirt cheap. They had preschool chairs and tables in the middle of the sidewalk. It was packed! Definitely one of the best experiences in my life while eating pho - being out in the open, cars and people passing by you, almost sitting on the ground, people on their pajamas, and sharing tables with people I didn't know. No hangover too**

Phigure · Post by **Phigure** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:22 am

press wrote:my death row meal for sure!

i get it with everything. took me awhile to try the tripe and tendon but it was worth it! The tendon ends up basically melting into the broth and its ten times richer and heartier, i dont always eat the remaining tendon though. The tripe just intertwines with the noodles and gives a lil tecture you can hardly tell its there really.

also love the bahn mi sandwiches.

bahn mi sandwiches are the tits.

truth be told, i'm not a big fan of asian food, but vietnamese is fantastic.

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