Soren wrote:there's a good pho place around rising sun/adams

Barry Jive wrote:

Soren wrote:there's a good pho place around rising sun/adams

that's my old hood sort of, where is it? in that shopping center?

Soren wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:

Soren wrote:there's a good pho place around rising sun/adams

that's my old hood sort of, where is it? in that shopping center?

Yea next to that Asian super market

Barry Jive wrote:i've never eaten around there, only time i'm really through there is when i'm driving on Cheltenham Ave to 309 or my old high school

Castor Ave has some awesome Brazilian and Portuguese places. that's about the extent of my knowledge of decent restaurants in the lower northeast

Soren wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:i've never eaten around there, only time i'm really through there is when i'm driving on Cheltenham Ave to 309 or my old high school

Castor Ave has some awesome Brazilian and Portuguese places. that's about the extent of my knowledge of decent restaurants in the lower northeast

will be checking those out. You know the names by chance?

Barry Jive wrote:

Soren wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:i've never eaten around there, only time i'm really through there is when i'm driving on Cheltenham Ave to 309 or my old high school

Castor Ave has some awesome Brazilian and Portuguese places. that's about the extent of my knowledge of decent restaurants in the lower northeast

will be checking those out. You know the names by chance?

the only one I remember by name is Tio Pepe, at like Castor and Unruh. when you walk in the first floor is a really crappy dive bar. the restaurant is upstairs and it's really nice. it's a strange setup but the food is great.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:lethal, a co-worker just asked me what makes for good pho and I e-mailed her your post about it and said you're the best cook I know. it's like you're a half-real celebrity

A good pho place should specialize in it, as in 2/3s or more of the patrons are eating it when you walk in. The key is the broth. The noodles and meat, you or I can buy from the store. If they overcook the noodles or serve low quality meat, that's one thing, but possibly correctable. If the broth is bad, that's a recipe flaw that can't ever be overcome.

Turnover should be fast, you don't want broth that has been simmering for too long. Water will have evaporated off and the proportion of spices won't be right.

Lastly, any decent place should be able to get you a bowl in front of you within 5 minutes of walking in. Any longer and they're just too slow to be very good.