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I'm 1 Month Out From Opening My First Small Restaurant
This post is about a small restaurant to be opened soon. It doesn't serve pho but has the exact challenges many new pho restaurants struggle to deal with. I'm sharing it here to convey some important...
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Inventory System Part 3: What Would You Categorize These Items as?
A restaurant owner asks in another forum: Doing inventory, what would you categorize orange juice or ketchup as? He mentions he has the following inventory categories already set up in the restaurant:...
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Why Call It Pho Instead Of Vietnamese Soup Or Vietnamese Noodle Soup
Someone wrote on Quora asking the question: Why didn't Vietnamese use the "Vietnamese Soup" or "Vietnamese Noodle Soup" names for their pho when they brought the delicious food into the US? I know I...
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Pho Kitchen Efficiency: What It Means And How To Achieve It
Parboiling beef and bones: An important part of the beef pho broth making process. A question comes up in the Pho Forums about restaurant kitchen efficiency. It's about how the whole process of making...
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Ways To Store Large Quantity Of Pho Broth When You Made Too Much Of It
Pho broth is not something you make one portion at a time. You usually make a whole big pot of it. For those who make pho at home, a common challenge is they always have more pho broth than they can...
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Quick Cook Banh Pho Noodle
Pho Forums subscriber LNMknw3 asks: Does anybody know of a quicker cook banh pho noodle beside the fresh kind? The dry banh pho requires like 8 to 10 minutes to cook, so I’d looking for something...
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Designing Pho Service And Final Plating/Expediting Floor Plan
Someone asked in Pho Forums: Can you provide some guidance on how I can start creating a useful service and final plating floor plan? I'm actually exploring a hybrid cooking/service area where we pass...
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Improving the Pho Menu For Mainstream Appeal
Updated 03-20-22. The pho menu needs a major improvement or facelift. Pho noodle itself is great, but the pho menu needs to get with the 21st century. Here's why. Existing Pho Menu - Too Many...
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How Much Does It Cost To Build And Open A Pho Restaurant?
How much does it cost to open a pho restaurant? Updated 04-23-23. It's a question aspiring pho restaurateurs in North America often ask me. This is just like asking: "How much does it cost to custom...
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Tips To Lower Startup Cost To Open A Pho Restaurant
Updated 04-23-23. In other posts on lovingpho.com, I've discussed how much it may cost to open your own pho restaurant. In this post, I'll provide some quick top level tips on how to keep the cost to...
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