Does anyone here have any experience with Thukpa? There is an Indian / Nepalese restaurant near me and the advertise Thupka as Nepalese pho. I’ve never heard of it. The only options they have is for veggie or chicken. I guess that makes sense because a large portion of the Indian population do not eat beef. On the other hand I’ve always heard that in “real” pho, beef or beef bone must be the base of the stock.

This was a challenge but after 2 days ended up pretty happy! Never could get the broth completely clear, but finally realized I put the spice pack in too early and it burst 🤦🏻‍♀️. Next time I’ll know better, but now I’ve got a good baseline!

Hey guys, I liked the pho i made with the Quoc Viet beef pho mix but they only come with two spice bags.. can I make good pho without the spice bags? Why would they give the two and leave so much of the other mix to use without.. or did I do the math wrong and was supposed to use it with all the mix. Thanks!

Hey y’all! I found a super old post asking this but wanted clarification. The question is if I can overnight soak my soup bones from frozen, and most answers said to just boil them 15-20 minutes, skim, then soak. Thoughts?

I also just bought a small package of short ribs. Briskets here (in CO) are massive and expensive and Hmart is over an hour away. Between the stock (some really meaty soup bones and some less meaty more marrow heavy ones), do I need more meat? And if so, what kind?

Thank you! P.s. proven recipes welcomed!

I make pho for my friends once every autumn and I love the process. It’s very meditative in a sense and the feeling of creating something when you spend 24+ making it is very fulfilling.

I have a slight problem unfortunately, my cooktop has a safety feature that turns off the stove after a certain time. I can’t find anything in the instructions on how long it is so I have to be lucky to catch it before the pot cools.

Does anyone else have this issue, how did you deal with it? Also, how much does this affect the broth?

My friend is allergic to shrimp so he can’t have the spicy lemongrass pho at Pho Viet, one of the better spots in DC. This was my best attempt at making it for him

Eating bun bo hue from a shop and when I poured out the soup base, it had this jelly like blob in the bottom. Any idea what this is?

I'm not sure if I should be proud or ashame to tell you guys that I have eaten pho for 7 days straight.

I've had to remove 5 separate cross posts in the last 2 hours.

edit: we are at 10. it made it to funny

edit: 14 now

edit: day before Halloween and at 18. we shall see what it is by Friday LOL

edit: 22 is the final tally.