Pho?!?!?!?!

[JesseJB]

you guys live in seattle too? where at? i'm a UW student!!!

Downtown. In the shadow of Nordstroms.

[Salad]

Does the seafood version count as Pho? It has a name like Hu Tiem...someting or other. I always get that w/ the rice noodle and a little Siracha hot sauce.

I wanted to open a place call Pho You but I think it exists already.

[lil brown brother]

just had pho today .... good old number 44 w/ extra steak .....

and a side order of onions with sriracha sauce .....

[JesseJB]

I had some 5 spiciness-star pad thai last night. Im like doubling over in pain still but after reading through this again I dont care...Im getting some pho with extra chili sauce tonight.

[keri]

okay, I've been reading and whatever pho is, it sounds good.

what is pho?

<blushes>

[poly800rock]

okay, I've been reading and whatever pho is, it sounds good.

what is pho?

<blushes>

vietnamese beef soup. like the staple of every sunday morning

[lil brown brother]

whenever i get tired of pho .. i usually get the carrot beef stew

w/ bread on the side

[denimdestroyedmylife]

ok phillyists, let's settle the vietnam rivalry-------which is better, VIETNAM RESTAURANT (221 N. 11th St) or VIETNAM PALACE (222 N. 11th St)???

i'm such a loyal VIETNAM patron that I have never set foot in VIETNAM PALACE. i know people from the other camp that are loyal to PALACE.

so strange that they are directly across the street from each other like that, yes?

[dismalfuture]

This thread has bred the sincere thought of me taking a trip to Vietnam expressly to search for the best bowl of pho I'll ever have in my life...

[lil brown brother]

i have never been to either one .. dont really know why but whenever i go to chinatown i almost always go to mailaiwah or the shaved noodle joint.

[keri]

so it's like chicken noodle, but with beef? Sounds very very good. I will go try it.

[sell veg]

I had some 5 spiciness-star pad thai last night. Im like doubling over in pain still but after reading through this again I dont care...Im getting some pho with extra chili sauce tonight.

where do you go for thai? I highly recommend thaiger room in the u district. best thai in the city. thai thoms is pretty good too.

[sell veg]

so it's like chicken noodle, but with beef? Sounds very very good. I will go try it.

have you had phad thai? they use the same long thin rice noodles. and the beef is raw when they put it in the soup; it gets cooked by the hot broth. also super oniony, you'll smell like shit for the rest of the day after eating it, but oh is it worth it. beware of the meatballs though. I like them but they definitely taste... let's say, different.

[poly800rock]

This thread has bred the sincere thought of me taking a trip to Vietnam expressly to search for the best bowl of pho I'll ever have in my life...

again, dismalfuture, i've been up and down the country, south to north, all over this country, and still will stake claim that the best joint IN THE WORLD is Pho Pasteur in Saigon. My cousin is born and raised in Saigon and he concludes the same thing. It's literally impossible to explain why this place is so good too. But literally everyday for a month I'd sit outside in the morning and drink a cafe sua da at Cafe Paris next to Notre Dame and then I'd go to Pho Pasteur for breakfast/lunch. That shit was that good.

ok phillyists, let's settle the vietnam rivalry-------which is better, VIETNAM RESTAURANT (221 N. 11th St) or VIETNAM PALACE (222 N. 11th St)???

i'm such a loyal VIETNAM patron that I have never set foot in VIETNAM PALACE. i know people from the other camp that are loyal to PALACE.

so strange that they are directly across the street from each other like that, yes?

Yeah, i havent been to either in years now, but I remember going to vietnam resturant insted of vietnam palace. My brother in law's buddies own Zen tea house down the road from those places. Check that out if you're into bubble teas. I really only go to Washington Ave for the viet joints as that's where you have the most selection of shit you want, Nam Phuong is probably the most tasty. But i'm kinda craving some wonton with noodles and duck now...fuck.

[JesseJB]

where do you go for thai? I highly recommend thaiger room in the u district. best thai in the city. thai thoms is pretty good too.

Ive only had Thai once in Seattle and it was at Toi in midtown. The only thing hotter than the noodles was our waitress. Tuesday is noodle night ($7 a plate!!!) and $1 Red Hook pints!!!! And that shit is gourmet!

[keri]

not sure, I just ate whatever my boss brought in (Thai family owned business, brought in last night's leftovers for luch for everyone). didn't ask what it was called, it was all very good tho. where do I get pho in Texas?

[poly800rock]

not sure, I just ate whatever my boss brought in (Thai family owned business, brought in last night's leftovers for luch for everyone). didn't ask what it was called, it was all very good tho. where do I get pho in Texas?

http://www.hewnandhammered.com/pho/texas/index.html

where in texas are you?

all the bigger cities have a decent vietnamese population so you really shouldn't have any problems getting pho down there (houston, dallas, and gaveston come to mind). I had a bit of trouble finding a decent bowl in providence because it was pho made by cambodians and they like their shit sweet so they added sugar.

[JesseJB]

not sure, I just ate whatever my boss brought in (Thai family owned business, brought in last night's leftovers for luch for everyone). didn't ask what it was called, it was all very good tho. where do I get pho in Texas?

Pho Hoa

Texas

8300 West Sam Houston Parkway, #218, Houston, TX 77072-5008

Tel: (281) 530-6332

[ramoer]

Since I live in the Capital of Vietnam outside of the actual country (Talking about Garden Grove Westminster) We have the best pho joints. By the way, I had beef soba at a japanese place the other night and it was disgusting.

[poly800rock]

Since I live in the Capital of Vietnam outside of the actual country (Talking about Garden Grove Westminster) We have the best pho joints. By the way, I had beef soba at a japanese place the other night and it was disgusting.

spots? last time i was out there, while still good, shit didn't compare back to the country.

[JesseJB]

I just got the best large bowl of pho last night. and 2 egg rolls. bliss.

But there was a table of "blasians" who were heckeling all the other asians in the place trying to start fights. Funny how there were like 8 of them and only 2 could afford to order anything heheh

Oh well. good pho.

[ghostdeini]

oh man... anybody know of killer pho places in the Nova/DC area?

[watchman]

pho is the ultimate munchy food.

[poly800rock]

oh man... anybody know of killer pho places in the Nova/DC area?

just went to pho 75 down in NoVA last weekend. I was amazing...broth and noodles were both very very good. Best I've had in a while.

Pho 75

3103 Graham Rd

Falls Church, VA 22042

(703) 204-1490

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Pho 75 - Arlington

1721 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22209

(703) 525-7355

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Pho 75 Restaurant

382 Elden St

Herndon, VA 20170

(703) 471-4145

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Pho 79 Restaurant

1135 N Highland St

Arlington, VA 22201

(703) 276-7110

they're all run by the same family. They got em up here in philly too

http://www.phofever.com/index.php

that's an interesting site

[Sammy You]

pho is another name for msg

[Cynlix]

Pho King. I heard thats the name of a restaurant somewhere

[Sammy You]

Pho King. I heard thats the name of a restaurant somewhere

yeah actually that place is in the town [Ft.Lee NJ] near i live

over the past few years there has been a huge increase in pho places here

makes me wonder how my family is the only vietnamese in our town

oh yeah, there is also a "Mo'Pho" too

[tomenugen]

to everyone that has said pho hoa is the best, do yourself a favor and find a decent mom & pop/hole in the wall place. in the vietnamese community, pho hoa is known to be the worst. I give props that they were able to franchise, but still, their bowl sucks.

also, i'm too lazy to quote, but there's no such thing as a vegetarian version of pho. pho is all about the broth and how it's prepared. unfortunately you only have 2 choices when it comes to broth - beef or chicken. i wouldn't be surprised, that with the popularity of pho, some young entrepeneur is going to take the idea of a vegetarian pho and run with it.

[Tarmac]

As far as Bay area is concerned, Pho Y #1 on capitol exp

[cureOne]

If you live in a yuppie(orange county) or hippie(portland) area you can find places that serve vegan pho, I've had it a handful of times. The best is at this place called bamboo cafe in corona del mar.