Vietnamese Food Blog About How To Eat (Order) Vietnamese Pho Noodle Soup

Healthy Vietnamese Pho Noodle Soup

2009-10-25T11:00:00.002-04:00

Vietnamese food is extremely healthy. I would suggest eating a small bowl of pho soup as often as possible in combination with salads or light sandwiches. You can also eat a big bowl of Vietnamese pho and this may be able to carry you through the whole day.

Pho can be very filling and yet is very healthy. It depends what kind of pho you eat and how much ingredients is put in there. For example, if you eat a big bowl of chicken pho and there is a large portion of chicken inside the soup then this may full you.

Pho and salad are a great combination. This is also a very healthy combination if you are not feeling well as the soup will help you to heal quicker. Eating healthy Vietnamese pho noodle soup is the way to start you day!

Vietnamese Food

2009-08-15T16:43:00.007-04:00

Vietnamese Food

This is a quick post about Vietnamese food. I am a regular consumer of Vietnamese Food I feel the need to share this experience with all food lovers. If you have never had Vietnamese food before it is something worth trying.

The best part about Vietnamese food is that it tastes great. The second best part about Viet food is that it is healthy 95% of the time. Most of the Vietnamese dishes are made with the purest vegetables and low fat foods. For example, Vietnamese pho comes in so many different varieties but you can eat a giant bowl of this soup and feel full. After you are finished eating the pho then you don’t have to worry about being fat or gaining weight (assuming that you do a regular amount of walking each day).

Vietnamese food has so many different types of dishes as well. From their spring rolls to their plethora of deserts – you will always be amazed that there is another Vietnamese dish that you have not tried. Throughout the world there are many countries who, let’s face it, their foods are bare and boring and the menu is even more so. On the contrary, as some ancient wise Chinese Food Wiseman said: “Vietnamese food can never be boring.” Influenced by the French, the Vietnamese have combined their original food with the styles of the French (another very tasty ethnic cuisine). The outcome is an extraordinary culinary experience called Vietnamese food as we know it today.

Below I have listed various types of Vietnamese food for your convenience. Many of them include various pho dishes (only natural as this is their most popular food), spring rolls; summer rolls, and various vermicelli dishes. Please go eat Vietnamese food and return here to tell us all about it.

Phở Tái, Nạm, Gầu, Gân, Sách

Noodle soup with steak, flank, tendon, tripe, and fatty flank.

Phở Chín, Nạm, Gầu, Gân, Sách

Noodle soup with brisket, flank, tendon, tripe, and fatty flank

Phở Tái, Nạm, Gân Sách

Noodle soup with steak, flank, tendon, and tripe

Phở Chín, Nạm, Gầu, Gân, Vè Dòn

Noodle soup with brisket, flank, tendon, fatty, and crunchy flank

Phở Tái, Bò Viên

Noodle soup with eye round steak and meat balls.

Phở Tái, Chín Nạc

Noodle soup with eye round steak and well-done brisket.

Phở Chín, Bò Viên

Noodle soup with brisket and some meat balls.

Phở Chín Nạc

Noodle soup with a well-done brisket.

Phở Tái

Noodle soup with eye round steak.

Phở Bò Viên

Noodle soup just with meat balls.

Phở Tái, Nạm

Noodle soup with eye round steak, well-done flank.

Phở Tái, Sách

Noodle soup with eye round steak and bible tripe.

Phở Tái, Nạm, Gầu

Noodle soup with eye round steak, flank and fatty flank.

Phở Chín, Nạm

Noodle soup with brisket and flank.

Phở Tái, Gân

Noodle soup with tendon and eye round steak.

Phở Tái, Nạm, Gân

Noodle soup with tendon, flank, and eye round steak.

Gỏi Cuốn

Summer roll shrimp, Juliene pork, salad, and rice vermicelli.

Chả Giò

Fried spring roll with minced pork and vegetable.

Bún Gà Nướng

Grilled chicken served with thin vermicelli noodles and vegetable.

Bún Thịt Nướng Chả Giò

Grilled pork and fried roll served with thin vermicelli noodles and vegetable.

Bánh Mì - Phở Bò Kho

Carrot beef stew served with bread or noodle

Bún Tôm Thịt Nướng

Grilled pawn and pork served with thin vermicelli noodles and vegetable.

Bún Tôm Thịt Nướng

Grilled Prawn and Pork served with thin vermicelli noodles and vegetable.

Phở Gà

Chicken Pho

Phở Không Thịt

Pho without meat

Here is also a list of the various ingredients used to make many Vietnamese food dishes. Familiarity with these terms will help you to order better.

Bean Sprouts

Tái - Steak

Hành - Scallions

Chín Nạc - Brisket

Nạm - Flank

Vè Dòn - Crunchy Flank

Bò Viên - Meat Balls

Quế - Sweet Basil

Gầu - Fatty Flank

Green Chili

Ngò - Coriander

Gân - Tendon

Chanh - Lemon

Sách - Tripe

Eat Pho Often

2009-07-09T17:35:00.001-04:00

Eat Pho Often

The thing about Vietnamese pho is that you have to eat pho often. When you eat pho once you will be addicted. I know from experience as I constantly crave pho.

The past few weeks I have been out of touch on this blog because I am working on my other pizza blog. Also, I was away in Maine for some time. Being up north, there weren’t many Vietnamese pho noodle restaurants. To find one, would require a lot of effort. Therefore, I just had to not eat pho for some time.

On my recent return home, I was excited about eating pho and couldn’t wait another minute. I ran over to the pho house today and got my fix with pho ga. What does this say about pho?

Pho is a very healthy, delicious food that may take several attempts to warm up to. But once you like it, you may as well consider yourself Vietnamese because you will be in need of it at least once every couple of weeks. In time, America will find Vietnamese pho becoming a staple of American food.

As much as Americans have tried to claim German hamburgers and Italian pizza as their own, so is the fate of Viet pho. This is a food that everyone in America could love and eat often. The good thing about pho though is that it is a much healthier food than your average pizza and hamburgers. That is if you eat proportionately and don’t overdo the extras that you add in there.

This post was made to share my addiction that I recently realized that I had with a few weeks of absence from a pho restaurant. I am a pho addict now and proud. I don’t plan on recovering though as the food is just too good. Until there is no more pho left in the world then I will continue to eat pho often.

Pho Ga | Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup

2009-06-02T15:43:00.002-04:00

Pho Ga Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup Review

Pho Ga is another name for Vietnamese chicken noodle soup. This soup is Pho at its most primitive levels. The traditional Pho Ga has noodles (white or yellow) broth, and chicken. This dish is an initiation dish into the world of Pho.

Most pho starts at a foundation taste. That is, you have your broth, noodles, and whatever kind of pho you asked for (chicken, meat, shrimp). After the foundation level of pho, you can then add more foods to it to create a taste that is ideal for you. Usually, a dish of options is served with every pho soup. This dish has bean sprouts, lime, hot peppers, and basil. You can also add hot pepper paste, Vietnamese hot pepper sauce, sugar, salt, hoison sauce, soy sauce, or whatever else suits your fancy.

Today I had the Viet chicken Pho noodle soup or Pho Ga. You really can’t go wrong when you eat pho ga. Pho ga is perfect for the first time eaters of Vietnamese food. Just think of it as eating an alternative version of chicken noodle soup. If you like pasta and you like chicken noodle soup then combine the two foods and you will reach a result similar to Pho Ga.

Most Pho houses will ask you if you want white or dark meat when eating chicken Pho noodle soup. This option really depends on your preference. I would say that Americans tend to go for the white meat and Asians prefer the dark meat chicken but this is just based off of my observations.

Let’s talk a little of the types of noodles in Pho. When most people order pho they just accept whatever bowl of food they are given and assume that the noodles inside don’t have variations. That is a misconception. There are two main kinds of noodles: the white noodles and the yellow egg noodles. Most places serve the white noodles but there are many Vietnamese restaurants that mix the style of noodles depending on the dish that is ordered. I would suggest that you try both types and decide which one you like best. It is important to specify to the waiter what kind of noodles you want though if you do form a preference.

The Vietnamese chicken Pho noodle soup is very good if cooked well. I recommend this dish to anyone who has never tried pho before. Don’t be afraid to add the bean sprouts and peppers, etc. to your soup. This really gives it good flavor. The chicken will take care of the flavor in the broth.

This concludes Vietnamese Food Blog and chicken pho noodle soup (Pho Ga)!

Vietnamese Wonton Soup

2009-05-13T16:01:00.005-04:00

Vietnamese Wonton Soup

For lunch today I went to a Vietnamese Pho House to eat Vietnamese wonton soup. Believe or not Vietnamese wonton soup is very good. It is an interesting twist to the Chinese version of wonton soup. In most pho houses they will serve you the typical pho broth with larger than average wontons. These wontons are usually very soft with a whiter shell unless the shell was made from egg and then it would be yellow.

The major difference in the Vietnamese wonton soup is the ingredients. Usually it is served just like all of the other pho noodle soups. That is, it has noodles in there. Chinese wonton soup does not have noodles in it. Also, the Vietnamese wonton soup has many of the same ingredients in it that you will find in the pho soup like the same vegetables and bean sprouts.

You can also add some Vietnamese hot sauce or hot peppers to spice up the flavor in the wonton soup. Just like the pho soup you can also sprinkle some lime juice on top for some extra kick. The Vietnamese won ton soup usually has steak flank in the soup in addition to the wonton.

So far you are reading this and wondering what I am talking about. Isn’t this supposed to be a Vietnamese pho noodles soup blog? That is what it is called right? Why else would you call it how to eat Vietnames pho noodle soup?

I have a confession. This blog is all about Vietnamese food and not just pho noodle soup. I chose that name just to try something different plus I could not get Vietnamese Food Blog because it was already taken. But that is ok because Vietnamese food is centered on pho. Not that they don’t have any other kinds of food.

Actually Vietnamese food has an underestimated amount of variety within its food choices. They have dishes that even the average shy American (do they exist) would try and enjoy, particularly their desserts. It is safe to say that you could probably wright a book about each one of their desserts because there is that much variety and flexibility of cooking styles.

Well, I have created this blog to help me explore Vietnamese food into its depths. I have been eating Vietnamese food for many years now so I want to test my skills on how much I know about the food and culture. I am hoping to meet many people here and learn from many as well. Learning about any kind of food is a lifetime learning process and I am sure that the knowledge that I gain can benefit both my readers and I.

On this blog I may discuss my experiences at different pho restaurants or different dishes that I eat. The potential on this blog is limitless and the direction is not fully known. All I know is that I love to eat and I am enjoying writing about it. Who knows maybe I will be traveling with Anthony Bourdain or Andrew Zimmern one of these days and sampling foods. Or maybe this small blog may result in my own show. If that happens then lucky you because today you will know where it all began.

By the way the name of this website is too long so this blog will be titled Vietnamese Food Blog for short. Just favorite the URL and you will never have to type it in again.
Signing off.

The Vietnamese Food Blog on Vietnamese Wonton Soup.

Eat Vietnamess Pho

2009-05-09T20:55:00.002-04:00

Eat Vietnamese Pho Noodle Soup

Eating Vietnamese Pho is essentially what this blog is about. We will explore the depths of Vietnamese Pho from the inside and out. Those of you who don't know much about Pho I recommend that you become a reader of this blog. Once you get hooked on Pho then there may be no coming back. Pho will be as popular as pizza in America within the next 10 years. It is an addictive food that has many varieties just like pizza. So welcome to our Pho blog and I hope you will enjoy our content.