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Vietnamese Pho in Europe: A Far Cry from Home?
Vietnamese pho in Europe? Not exactly catching on by storm like pho in the U.S., Canada and Australia, but there are enclaves of Vietnamese living in Europe. Let’s take a look at how pho got to Europe...
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How to Pronounce Bun Bo Hue and Hu Tieu Nam Vang
I received a number of requests for pronunciation of “Bún Bò Huế” and “Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang.” Bún Bò Huế or Bun Bo Hue is the spicy beef noodle dish with larger round noodle, pork hocks and coagulated pork...
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What Is Great and Authentic Pho? Here’s One Example
I don’t write much pho reviews these days, but I can’t help but write this one on Phở Lú. It’s a funny name, but the pho is near heaven. We all have our own ways of describing our best pho experiences,...
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Pho Is Changing – Chinese, French and Now American Influences
Updated 03-22-11. By now you probably know how passionate I am about my beloved Vietnamese phở. With everything that’s going on in the pho industry, if you can call it that, from pho franchises to...
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How to Eat Pho and Finding Your Own Pho – A Primer For First-Time Diners
Updated 04-25-12. OK let’s get back to the basics. Here’s a primer for those new to Vietnamese pho. For the pho connoisseurs, please share your views and experience, or check out other posts at the end...
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What Makes a Great Pho Restaurant?
Updated 10-15-10. We all have our own reasons why we like Vietnamese pho, and we have our own reasons to keep coming back to our favorite pho restaurant(s.) The reasons we like our pho restaurants can...
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Want the Lime Taste in Your Pho? Don’t Serve It Like This
Updated 11-08-10. The first thing I do when served with a bowl of Vietnamese pho is to enjoy its fragrance steaming up out of the hot broth. The second thing I do is to take a sip of that broth to...
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Vietnamese Pho With No Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)? Sure You Want It That Way?
We call it monosodium glutamate or just sodium glutamate. The Japanese invented (found it in nature actually) and call it umami, for “good flavor” or “good taste.” Many people have problems with...
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Pho Cali, Pho HoaCali, Pho Cali & Grill, Pho T Cali, Pho Cow Cali – What’s in...
Updated 10-02-12. Pho Cali, Pho HoaCali, Pho Cali & Grill, Pho T Cali, Pho Cow Cali, Pho Cali Restaurant. When it comes to naming a pho restaurant, it seems we Vietnamese have a problem with good,...
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Homemade Pho: Making Vietnamese Pho Yourself at Home
Making pho at home is easy! Making Vietnamese pho at home. It’s not as daunting as you might think. Making pho is very easy, actually. LovingPho.com visitor J-DuB left a message the other day saying,...
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Beef Pho, Chicken Pho, Men, Women: A Complex Relationship
This is part of the series How To Open a Pho Restaurant. Links to other articles in the series can be found at the end of this post. Updated 07-19-14. Here’s a long running poll on pho preferences...
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Pho Etiquette
Updated 07-20-14. Vietnamese pho is an easy dish to pick up and enjoy. To the casual diner, consuming pho only requires your ability to place your order, and hold chopsticks and spoon in your hands,...
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Are You Taking Home Leftover Pho in Takeout Containers?
Poll result snapshot on 07-25-14. I posted a new poll just a few days ago called Do you take leftover pho to go in a takeout container? Of all the polls that I run on LovingPho.com so far, I’ve never...
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Easy Fixes to Common Homemade Pho Woes, And Why They Work
Making your own beef pho broth at home is relatively easy. However, there are some easy missteps that can mess you up fast. In this article, I’m providing a collection of simple yet important things...
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Secrets To Making And Serving Great Pho In Your Restaurant
This is part of the series How To Open a Pho Restaurant. Links to other articles in the series can be found at the end of this post. Secrets to making and serving great pho in restaurant Among the many...
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Is it Phở or Phố in Hanoi?
LovingPho reader Foong asks: Hi, I noticed that some road names in Hanoi start with the word Pho. This pho is different from the noodles pho right? How is it pronounced? And does it mean road or...
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Pho Restaurant Customer Satisfaction and Complaints
Running a pho restaurant is not easy. And no one says satisfying a pho customer is easy either. The fact is there are good pho restaurants and there are bad pho restaurants out there. Those doing good...
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What Is Real, Authentic Pho?
As I advice others on how to open and operate their own pho restaurants, a common pho question always come up searching for a good answer. Seeing that it can result in much confusion or...
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Tough Choices: Pho, Hu Tieu or Bun Bo Hue
Phở, Hủ tiếu or Bún bò Huế? Life is full of tough choices. For me, the choices are between pho, hu tieu and bun bo Hue. Pho is of course my favorite (why would I have created lovingpho.com in the first...
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Vietnamese Pho, Phở Bắc (Northern Style Pho) And The Reality of Pho
Just received a comment from a passionate reader Trang over at the post The History and Evolution of Pho: A Hundred Years’ Journey. She says: This is such a wonderful article !! I came across one of...
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