Real food poll: menudo or pho

Pho if cold outside. Menudo if hungover

 

Both are wondrous hangover cures. I choose pho as menudo isnt so healthy to eat tons of.

 

menudo for breakfast and pho fo lunch.

Spoiler

 

Our son calls pho “medicine soup” because he always wants/gets it when he is sick. It’s replaced traditional chicken noodle soup.

 

you can make pho?

 

You can get sort of a spice/tea bag to make it at home. Not the same as a pot simmering for days.

 

I prefer a nice brothy Pho, with all the meats. Especially the beef meatballs, tendons, tripe, etc. My problem is I tend to over eat and order a bowl too big

 

I like other soups more than either but for this thread will vote for Pho.

Pho was one of the Vietnamese foods that I got consistently better in Vietnam than the stuff I can get here.

 

I love me some menudo but pho hands down is the better option.

 

I looked into making my own pho and gave up. You gotta slow-cook beef bones for 24 hours and THEN you can start cooking pho. Not worth it.

As a postscript, here's my Vietnamese best-of list:
Pho: Pho Saigon (downtown)
Banh Mi: Roostar (Gessner)
Com Bo Luc Lac (a.k.a. Shaking Beef or Rock n Roll beef): Kim Tai or Huynh (downtown)
Bun (noodles and meat): probably Thien Anh or Kim Tai (downtown)

Damn...now I'm hungry

 

neither, but this comfort food hits the spot for me:

wonton noodle soup w any combination of veggies and meat that absorb the tasty broth well



the veggies include broccoli, napa cabbage, red pepper, lotus roots, re-constituted dried mushroom; for meat, shrimp, tripe and BBQ pork (or left over pork chop)

these ingredients absorb the the broth well; the veggies provide a wide range of texture

the mushiness of the re-constituted dried mushromm,
the softness of the cabbage,
the firmness of the broccoli and
the crunchiness of the lotus roots​

sprinke some green onion and sesame oil on top; YUM​

 

Pho is pretty solid stuff. Pho for me. Menudo is good but I feel like way worse health wise.

 

That's one of my go to comfort foods too.

 

Menudo everyday of the week. There is so much more flavor in a good menudo. I love pho by the way.

 

I love this guys Asian food p*rn videos on YouTube.

Never understood the "beef tendon" pho option before watching him slurp them.

But the real question we should be asking:

Menudo



Or Taco

 

I didnt know it could get so bad for Mike D'Antoni financially, so soon. Menudo are a good group of dudes to perform at his telethon.

 

Yall are trying too hard, menudo is great on a Sunday morning, but...

Pozole vs Pho.

 

Just had some pho. It was great.