My Neighborhood Pho Place

Spring is taking its time arriving this year, and there seem to be more cloudy days than sunshine.  But that’s not a problem – while I wait for the outside to warm up, I can just warm up my insides.  With a Vietnamese pho, to be exact. Cooking Asian food can seem so different than what I’m used to making in the kitchen.  Can my soup match the dish at my favorite local spot?  I turned to Modernist Cuisine to help me in my quest.

Note: It’s way too easy to play on words with the pronunciation of the word “pho”, which is “fuh”.  For instance, we have a chain of restaurants here in Seattle called “What The Pho?“.  I will try to abstain.

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