In article , Steve Wertz
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:21:22 -0800, Gerry
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In article , Steve Wertz
wrote:

On 18 Dec 2003 09:02:36 GMT, anon wrote:

Anyway, pho is basically ramen with higher-quality ingredients, a
restaurant would have to be pretty bad to **** it up.

Pho is *not* ramen. Not even close. Traditional pho is much more
complicated to prepare and things can and do go wrong. A bowl of pho
takes no less than 7 hours to prepare (most of that time being the
stock).

Pho noodles are closer to Japanese udon than to Chinese ramen noodles.

Noodles in pho are usually rice or egg noodles. Most places give you
a choice of the two, and in the case of rice noodles - sometimes you
can get specifiy large or small noodles. At least in my experience.

My experience is that pho noodles are always rice, and they are a large
noodle. They have mi, which is egg noodles. A sturdy egg noodle, also
in a soup, though this time a chicken broth. And they have the "glass
noodle" medium sized; I forget the name but it's not called pho.

I've never seen a choice of noodle in pho. The idea of having small or
large, rice or egg, beef or chicken: I don't think the choice is about
pho, so much as it's a choice over everything they have for sale.

I'm not Vietnamese, so can't say anything for sure. But I've certainly
eaten my fair share of Vietnamese food.

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