Author Topic: Pho is good phood (Read 3239 times)

Saint Cornelius · « **on:** July 22, 2007, 12:17:49 AM »

God damn y'all, I am on a fuckin' Pho kick recently!

It's a Vietnamese standard, sort of like their version of Ramen. You order up your shit - usually with funky style stuff like rare tripe & tendon, but you can also get brisket and flank and steak and you can also get it cooked instead of rare (although the broth cooks the rare meat like Shabu Shabu). There's also a gang of rice noodles up in the bowl, waiting for you to slurp down. Now most places I've gone to have had real thin slices of onion and cut-up scallions in he broth as well, but I guess that's depending on the joint. You also get a dish of jalapenos, bean sprouts, basil and lime - again, this varies on the restaurant but those things seem to be pretty standard - that you should put into the soup to bring out the flavor. I wasn't going to throw any fucking basil in there the first time I had Pho, but it was kinda bland so the 2nd time I threw a gang of it in there and I immediately tasted the difference - MUCH better!

Anyone else enjoy a good bowl of Pho? Is this just a southern California / Vietnamese thing?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:20:38 AM »

I saw Harry Potter: Order of the Pho the other day, a gripping film.

Mupepe · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:21:16 AM »

pho real real? it's that good?

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:24:11 AM »

Quote from: Lil' Slugger on July 22, 2007, 12:20:38 AM

I saw Harry Potter: Order of the Pho the other day, a gripping film.

I'm sure it was gripping, MAF. Do they have this bullshit in Seattle? Real talk.

Quote from: Mupepe on July 22, 2007, 12:21:16 AM

pho real real? it's that good?

Mupepe · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:25:14 AM »

AHAHAHAHAHA you made my night

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:27:17 AM »

Yeah tons of Pho establishments, as well as the weird plays on the name, there was one that was actually really offensive but I forgot what it said

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:31:25 AM »

It's really fucking good and I recommend you go get some if you haven't already, MAF. Lots of Vietnamese chix too if you're into that.

Beezy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:32:23 AM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on July 22, 2007, 12:24:11 AM

Quote from: Mupepe on July 22, 2007, 12:21:16 AM
pho real real? it's that good?

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Is that pho real?

Seriously though, is there really a place with that name?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:37:55 AM »

Quote from: Lil' Slugger on July 22, 2007, 12:27:17 AM

Yeah tons of Pho establishments, as well as the weird plays on the name, there was one that was actually really offensive but I forgot what it said

Probably the ever popular PHO KING

btw do you live in the LA area Corny? you sort of implied that in another thread

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:40:30 AM »

Haha no there was one thats even more suggestive. Ill give it a shot, I have kept clear of these places when I heard some stories that are apparently incorrect.

The biggest lie being that all noodles in their soup are made from intestinal lining

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:41:18 AM »

that's not true, intestinal lining is just a topping that you can order separately ("tripe")

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:50:22 AM »

Yeah I found that out, along with some weird looks. Ill give it a go sometime this month.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2007, 01:23:06 AM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on July 22, 2007, 12:37:55 AM

btw do you live in the LA area Corny? you sort of implied that in another thread

Sandy Eggo. Normal Heights to be exact.

Quote from: Beezy on July 22, 2007, 12:32:23 AM

Seriously though, is there really a place with that name?

I think so! There's also like "Pho Sho'" and "What Pho?"

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on July 22, 2007, 12:41:18 AM

that's not true, intestinal lining is just a topping that you can order separately ("tripe")

yeah my Vietnamese friend who introduced me to this stuff, he loves all the gamey meat in there like tripe and tendon but my haole ass prefers the flank and the brisket. or just get the well-done steak, that's really good like a thinly-sliced beef stew.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2007, 04:18:39 AM »

Pho was the first thing CrystalGemini and I ever ate together. It was awesome. So many variations too!

abrader · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2007, 01:40:05 PM »

I have one by my house - Its pretty good stufff, but its no match for the itallian resturant nxt door.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2007, 10:30:41 PM »

Do they serve balut?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2007, 10:54:41 PM »

maf: the place is "what the pho" i think

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2007, 11:04:02 PM »

bagofeyes · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2007, 11:19:18 PM »

pho sure tripe is good. but bladder is radder.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2007, 01:08:59 AM »

There are something like five Pho restaurants within one mile of our house in Ballard. Great stuff, especially when you add hoisin, sprouts and basil to it.

Too bad Pho is pronounced like "Phuh?," though.

tiesto · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:57:25 AM »

First time I ever had Pho was in Alabama of all places... and I had a bowl in the Vietnamese district of Seattle, which seemed kinda ghetto. Good stuff... Long Island doesn't have any Vietnamese places to my knowledge, so I'd have to go to Queens to get any.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2007, 11:03:08 AM »

Once in my life I wanna eat at some shitty looking noodle place like in blade runner. where is this possible

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2007, 11:05:53 AM »

We have a few Pho joints here, tis good stuff.

hyp · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2007, 01:25:32 PM »

there's mad pho places in my area... we have a pretty big asian population out here. anyway, my favorite pho restaurant name (yes it exists) is:

PHO KIM LONG

hell yea.

hyp · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2007, 01:26:26 PM »

Quote from: DJ_Tet on July 22, 2007, 10:30:41 PM

Do they serve balut?

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balut.

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2007, 01:30:47 PM »

Quote from: DJ_Tet on July 22, 2007, 10:30:41 PM

Do they serve balut?

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what is that?

It doesn't look pleasing, looks like it might hatch.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2007, 02:28:22 PM »

Quote from: Wobedraggled on July 23, 2007, 01:30:47 PM

Quote from: DJ_Tet on July 22, 2007, 10:30:41 PM
Do they serve balut?

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what is that?

It doesn't look pleasing, looks like it might hatch.

Check it out on wikipedia, it would hatch in a few more days

It's a half-gestated baby duck, and depending on if you eat it filipino style or vietnamese style depends on if you get chewey half-formed bones and a soft beak, or just a mess of cells.

Wobedraggled · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2007, 02:31:35 PM »

Quote from: DJ_Tet on July 23, 2007, 02:28:22 PM

Quote from: Wobedraggled on July 23, 2007, 01:30:47 PM
Quote from: DJ_Tet on July 22, 2007, 10:30:41 PM
Do they serve balut?

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what is that?

It doesn't look pleasing, looks like it might hatch.

Check it out on wikipedia, it would hatch in a few more days

It's a half-gestated baby duck, and depending on if you eat it filipino style or vietnamese style depends on if you get chewey half-formed bones and a soft beak, or just a mess of cells.

Being a man of my stature, I've eaten some odd shit in my day, but I have no words for this.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2007, 02:34:17 PM »

Quote from: Lil' Slugger on July 23, 2007, 11:03:08 AM

Once in my life I wanna eat at some shitty looking noodle place like in blade runner. where is this possible

Japan. That's part of the reason why I love Tokyo so much, it reminds me of the massive cities in Blade Runner.

Soul Pole Deluxx · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2007, 08:08:01 PM »

I went to a Pho restaurant for lunch today, but i always end up getting their rice dishes. Pho by itself does not get it done, i need more substance...

bluemax · « **Reply #30 on:** July 23, 2007, 08:11:54 PM »

I ate Pho at some place on Western and Wilshire I think.

One of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. Tripe? No thanks.

Protip: If you go for Pho with a bunch of Asians do not order the same thing as everyone else.

Also there used to be a Pho place near El Cholo called What the Pho but they changed the name pretty fast.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #31 on:** July 23, 2007, 09:23:58 PM »

Quote from: bluemax on July 23, 2007, 08:11:54 PM

One of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. Tripe? No thanks.

That's why your white ass (and mine) doesn't order the tripe. We order the well done flank, or even the well done steak. It's fucking a tasty and I think I'm going to roll out and get me a bowlie bowl of it right now!

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #32 on:** July 23, 2007, 09:55:24 PM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on July 23, 2007, 09:23:58 PM

Quote from: bluemax on July 23, 2007, 08:11:54 PM
One of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. Tripe? No thanks.

That's why your white ass (and mine) doesn't order the tripe. We order the well done flank, or even the well done steak. It's fucking a tasty and I think I'm going to roll out and get me a bowlie bowl of it right now!

Some better places serve thinly sliced rib-eye or filet which should be ok even for those who are not comfortable with VC cuisine. I prefer to have them rare since the soup is so hot that the meat gets cooked just right when you put them in. Pho is one of the best cheap foods that you can get. I'll take a bowl of PHO over a beaner burrito anyday.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #33 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:03:18 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on July 23, 2007, 09:55:24 PM

I'll take a bowl of PHO over a beaner burrito anyday.

oh let's not get fucking crazy pal.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #34 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:08:28 PM »

Sorry, I don't get the joke. My eyes must be bad.

Saint Cornelius · « **Reply #35 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:12:30 PM »

I'm just saying, a burrito that's bigger than a DS is good eating. So is Pho. I can't hate on either.

bluemax · « **Reply #36 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:43:10 PM »

Quote from: Saint Cornelius on July 23, 2007, 09:23:58 PM

Quote from: bluemax on July 23, 2007, 08:11:54 PM
One of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. Tripe? No thanks.

That's why your white ass (and mine) doesn't order the tripe. We order the well done flank, or even the well done steak. It's fucking a tasty and I think I'm going to roll out and get me a bowlie bowl of it right now!

Even without all the disgusting meat stuff I thought it tasted kind of bland. I wouldn't be against trying it again with better meat in it, but it was not a good first experience.

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