Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire Vietnamese race, there are people frying.. If the world operated the way SP operate, it would be a better place. The service is humbling, good is not good enough to describe. Even the owners are humbling. You know how you operate in front of a priest or a monk, you always behave better in front of these types of people, not sure why. I just want to be a better person when I'm in SP.
OK, for those that don't know, the broth is an important component of pho. I didn't say the most important. There is no most important ingredient in Vietnamese food, Vietnamese food is about everything being the most important ingredient because only then do you get the 'blend'. It's like coffee, you can't have superior bean, and inferior milk, to make a good coffee, both need to be in harmony to make the perfect cup. Same with Pho and also Vietnamese food, the broth, the meat, the chilli, the coriander, the temperature, the lemon all need to be top notch to be the best, because only then does everything blend, and everything work. I don't think I've made myself clear. The simplest concept with Vietnamese food is about blending salty and sweet. Lifting the bar, this means, blending different flavours, mint with chilli, fish sauce with sugar etc. This is the difference between Chinese food and Vietnamese food, Chinese food is amount explosions in your mouth, Vietnamese food is the subtle in the flavour, that's why people say Vietnamese food is more fresh, more healthy, and you don't have a bitter after taste.
SP, does not have the best broth. I was told that in Hong Kong, when they make broth noodles, the massive pots in the kitchen, are NEVER turned off, that is, the broth (made of beef bones etc) has essentially been cooking for 40 years, never to be turned off. Bones are just added everyday, with the broken bones (broken from too much boiling) is sifted away. That's why the broth is SOOO rich. I don't know whether to believe this or not, but think about it, if it's always on, it will never go off, cos its constantly boiling. SP do not do this, broth is fresh every morning.
Secondary hints that you can check for which make a good pho, which SP do, the bowl comes out and the broth is still bubbling, hot broth is needed to ensure rare beef is cooked, the lemon and chilli is fresh. Another good think about SP is the servings, its huge, big is better bigger is best. White ice coffee, is exactly how it should be, except observe, white ice coffee should not be drunk from a straw, be cool man, that's not how its done.
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