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15662732 No.15662732 [Reply] [Original]

>prepare a complex broth of bones, charred spices and aromatics and simmer it for hours
>customers drown it in spicy ketchup when it gets to the table

why do viets think this is acceptable

>> No.15662735

>>15662732
Their version isn't sweet.

>> No.15662740

>>15662732
Lawl for real pho snobs it’s not, you’re supposed to use those small bowl things and dip the meat into the sauce

>> No.15662753

>>15662735
>Their version isn't sweet.
Really? I really dislike the sweetness of the sriracha they sell in my area.

>> No.15662801

>>15662753
My local asian store has a version which only has a few grams of sugar per 100g. It isn't sweet at all.

>> No.15662851
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15662851

>>15662732
I love how people love Pho. It's literally a shitty peasant dish you get on the street, but Americans pay out the ass for it.

>> No.15662895

>>15662851
Most italian dishes are peasant food. Tacos are peasant food found at every street corner in mexico.

>> No.15663485

>>15662801
Hold on, there is sweet sriracha?

>> No.15663504

>>15662732
I sometimes do it with my own ramen.
When I have a bowl out, I put in soy sauce and mix sriracha first, or when I am feeling fancy, I create a small pool of sriracha on the side of a bowl when I already have my toppings in. That way it functions as a pseudo-dip if I want my next bite to be extra spicy.

>> No.15663516

>>15662851
>out the ass
Its less than a big Mac meal and I just dip the meat in the sauce

>> No.15663518

>>15662851
This is true for literally every fucking popular food in the world. Think of all the dishes a lot of people like, dishes that become fads, dishes that when they cross a border or ocean become a big hit despite being foreign.

They're all peasant dishes. Because the peasants know how to stretch ingredients, make them work better, get the most out of them, and don't have pretentions on what to use. And also because once those limits are no longer there then the quality jumps dramatically.

>> No.15663522

>>15662851
>food that is cheap in one part of the world made from local ingredients is not cheap elsewhere where the ingredients need to be imported.

>> No.15663614

>>15662851
>but Americans pay out the ass for it.

Only when you buy it from white people.

>> No.15663621

>>15662732
It's pretty common in a lot of SE Asian cuisine to add sauces, garnishes, and condiments to adjust the sweetness, saltiness, sourness, acidity, and heat level to your own preference. It's kind of expected. If you'd complained about how American pho places usually just give you cock sauce and hoisin I'd understand the complaint, but I don't think you ever understood how people eat food in other countries.

>> No.15663960

>>15662732
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186334-d12872584-i278918903-Pho-Leicester_Leicestershire_England.html

That pho looked odd to me. Lo and behold. It's made by white people. Not only that but the English. Sriracha can only improve it.

>> No.15663973

>>15663621
Yes we add condiments to soup noodles but sriracha doesn't go well with pho at all. South Vietnamese usually add this dry fried chili mix thing that makes much more sense. Sriracha is a newer phenomenon.

>> No.15663985

>>15662851
pho in america is some of the cheapest food you could get. it would be more expensive for me to buy a big mac

>> No.15664666

>>15662851
In Vietnam, pho has always been the more expensive dish compare to other rice noodle or wheat noodle dishes.
Beef is also not something you can call cheap in Vietnam also, especially in the old days.
t. Vietnamese

>> No.15664671

>>15662732
>complex
It’s a traditional peasant soup, there’s nothing complex about it.

>> No.15664680

>>15662732
>>15662753
sriracha isnt sweet

>> No.15664682

>>15663973
>sriracha doesn't go well with pho at all.
oh look a pig amer*can who discovered pho ten years ago is now the expert and tells us what goes well with pho and what doesn't

I just pray that trump wins '24 and finishes the job of destroying amer*ca

>> No.15664687

>>15664671
You seriously don't know how poor a peasant in a third word country is if you think pho is peasant soup.

>> No.15664689

>>15662851
>out the ass
>it's 11 bucks for a bowl of pho and a grilled pork bahn mi at my local
idiot

>> No.15664693

>>15662851
I dunno if $9 for a large order is paying out the ass but I'm willing to pay it.

>> No.15664708

>>15664687
I dunno man, been through rural Vietnam on a motorbike near Laos in the North, shit is pretty peasant out there. Like
>we dry our corn in the roadways
>drivers should avoid it
I accidentally blasted through a family’s corn on my 250cc Yamaha dirtbike and my guide was like WTF BRO and we stopped and gave the family $20 USD and suddenly they were trying to arrange older sister into a fucking marriage with me (I’m already married but they thought my ring was fake).

>> No.15664722

>>15662851
Pho is one of the cheaper good eats in America. How poor are you? And what country are you from?

>> No.15664805

>>15662732
I agree OP. It makes no fucking sense. I never use any.

I do put in the marinated garlic often. It's not THAT strong that it overpowers the taste of the broth, but I like the tanginess.

>> No.15664819

>>15662851
>implying peasant food isn't the best food of any culture
What are you, gay?

>> No.15664864

>>15662851
No it isnt

And no they dont