Comments on: How to Eat Pho: Start at Pho Bac

By: ahow

ahow — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:14:34 +0000

Don’t do it MF. Don’t do it.

Lassie, come home!

By: Mark's Friend

Mark's Friend — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:12:55 +0000

@Ahow
“My only memory of Pusan is finding a bunch of newborn “moles”

Pusan was wonderful, as was the train to Osan.
Korea is a beautiful country until you get within a half mile of an American military base.

The one thing I didn’t get to try was gae-go-gi.
Next time…

By: MarkB

MarkB — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:07:10 +0000

“Thien Phat is much better all around.”

That’s where I have been going since they opened.

By: Noel Williams

Noel Williams — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:01:21 +0000

Thien Phat is much better all around.

By: ahow

ahow — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:26:24 +0000

ah, then Mission Go Viral;Korean Cuisine, was dashed…once again. Despite the decidedly funky factor of some of our dishes, I am hoping we will soon be understood and appreciated. Even the kim chee fried rice…

Nice assortment of fish n fowl though.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:20:50 +0000

BB-Q went great, didn’t do your recipe though. We did duck, chicken, halibut, and some kabobs just to try to keep up with my quota of 2 cows this year.

By: ahow

ahow — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:56:52 +0000

Hey M.F. ! Sorry, couldn’t help myself…

So you’re a fan of the stinky fish jerky, eh? Yeah, I am a closet cuttlefish eater too. Esp. doused in hot pepper paste. mmm mm good.

Pusan. My, my we’re worldly. My only memory of Pusan is finding a bunch of newborn “moles” in a bush outside my Aunt’s condo. Played with them for like an hour before my Mom came out screaming that I was playing with rats. bummer. Speaking of rats, I really don’t think that “tasty hamburger” was likely to be beef, get my drift?

Hey MarkB- How’d the bbq go? Sorry for the cryptic recipe. I never make that from a written recipe, and I’m usually lit on SoJu before I begin…

By: Mark's Friend

Mark's Friend — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:51:56 +0000

@Too
I was also wondering about all the other Pho Bac’s I’ve seen. Related in anything but name?

@Mark “I’ve never had kim-chee soup before, sounds interesting”
I love Kim Chee, but I had some Kim Chee soup at Owajimaya’s that was huge, and had only one dimention. Imagine liking pickles, then ordering a quart of Pickle Juice soup! I recommended it to someone that walked by as I was first tasting, then left before they could thow it at me.

@Ahow
I spent a month and a half in Pusan, riding the subway everywhere and loving everything I ate. Except at one place in a back alley called Viking Hamburger; their motto “hamburger taste good.”
It didn’t, but I loved all the other Korean food I tasted.

I still drop by the Asian grocery stores for a bag of dried cuttlefish, hot or not.

By: Too Dimensional Punk Rocker

Too Dimensional Punk Rocker — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:03:21 +0000

Another bump for Pho Bac at 3300 Rainier Avenue South
I don’ t claim to have tried every pho place in Seattle, but this one is head and shoulders above the ones I have tried. Why? Because unlike the others their broth is actually FLAVORFUL, with great depth and complexity. Also the beef is very tender.
Hope they never change.

(Hey, anyone know if this Pho Bac is connected to the one downtown in the Greyhound Bus Station? That one is pretty good too…but not quite up the the one at 3300 Rainier Ave.)

By: JackNH

JackNH — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:51:15 +0000

I’ve eaten Pho *everywhere* in Seattle, and this is the best place. In part because the staff is so pleasant. Think I’ll go today!