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Don't call Phở "foe", foo'. It's pronounced "fuh" and this delicious noodle dish captures some of the best flavors in Vietnamese food. Phở is clear beef broth with white rice noodles. That's just the beginning. Menus will offer it with sliced steak, tripe, flank, tendon, meatballs...the list goes on and on. Choose your meats and the steaming bowl comes to your table, sliced onions floating on top. Check out more pictures here.
The broth...oh, the broth. We once thought we might try making this but upon looking at the list of ingredients and the time commitment, we quickly decided to leave this to the pros. And for as little as $4 a bowl, enjoy their commitment to your enjoyment. It's made by simmering beef bones or oxtail and lots of great spices including star anise and cloves. The flavor is intensely beefy and that makes it incredibly awesome.
Along with your bowl of noodles and awesome, you'll be served a plate of bean sprouts, slices of limes, fresh Thai basil and some slices of jalapeno. Squeeze some lime in your bowl, rip up some basil and drop in some bean sprouts and jalapeno. (Remove the jalapeno after a few minutes if you don't want too much spice.)
As for where to find this great dish...darn near every single Vietnamese restaurant you go to is going to serve you this incredible meal. Check out a list here.
Give it up: where's your favorite place for phở?
Photo by L. Stolpman
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I agree re Pho = bowl of awesome. I like Tank Noodle.
thelou137 - Mmmm, Tank Noodle's pho. I fully agree!
One of my favorite places for phở not on Argyle Street is the Noodle on Wentworth. This reminded me of when we used to do South Side Cheap Eats more frequently.
Chuck - that's where this picture was taken. :)
They've got such a savory broth at the Noodle. I just wished they'd stay open later, phở is a wonderful hangover prevention dish.
Hey, anytime you want to bring back South Side Cheap Eats, just say so - I love being able to walk to my articles :-)
I'm always worried I'm going to stir up a cow eyeball or something when I eat pho. Which I don't.
Pho Xe Lua on Argyle is the best. Wonderfully seasoned and the beef is exactly the right size and texture. Plus if you toss is as much siracha as I do you can pretty much walk home naked in January and feel fine.
matty: that's the beauty of phở, you don't have to have it with any meat, let alone offal.
I think I have a touch of Asperger's, because I did a study of Pho up and down Argyle. I hit a new one each time I went until I went down the block and then back up. Based on this research, I decided that Pho 777 is, quote, the shit. I think the secret is in the broth and the quality of meat used. Tank has some jive-ass broth, in my professional opinion. And at some point, people should man up and add bible tripe to whatever meat they are getting. It's delish.
Pho 777 was my favorite until Tank Noodle showed up.
I hate learning about too popular Pho restaurants. You can never get a table. I just hate waiting in line. No one likes to hear "Pho Queue".