Pho

Pho, a traditional Vietnamese rice-noodle soup. Pho has become a huge hit in America. Almost everybody I know has had it and most of them love it. It is usually served in a huge bowl of rice noodles in beef broth. It is usually served with thin cuts of beef, there are variations that includes tendon, tripe, meatballs, chicken, or vegetarian. The soup is garnished with ingredients such as onions, cilantro, basil, lime, and bean sprouts. The soup is usually flavored with hoisin sauce, fish sauce, and the hot sauce Sriracha. Pho is also very hard to make, the broth is very time intensive. The broth is generally made by simmering beef bones, oxtails, onions, and spices such as anise, ginger, and cloves, it usually takes several hours.

Back at home in Federal Way, there are many Vietnamese restaurants that serve pho. In fact every Vietnamese restaurant I have encountered serve pho. Even here, at UW, I have seen at least 6 Vietnamese/Pho restaurants on University Avenue. Pho is everywhere and it will probably never go away. I love pho, the soup is great on cold rainy days. I love my soup extremely spicy and very red. Funny thing, I used to hate pho. Before I could never eat it, it would always give me stomach aches and headaches. However, after having to eat in many times because of my sister's and friend's obsession with the soup, I have grown to love it. My mother, who also loathed the soup has gotten to love it. Pho is just one of those food that everybody enjoys, I have noticed very little people who hate it.