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Pho Nam Dinh, and Real, Authentic Pho Revisited
ShareReader Adam wrote the other day in the comments in the post What Is Real, Authentic Pho? : Pho comes from Nam dinh, That is authentic pho. Southern style pho is just imitation of northern style...
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Is It More Than Just Spices That Make Real Pho?
SharePho is becoming popular every day. As a Vietnamese I love it and am very proud at the same time. For this reason, when someone makes an assertion about pho that's not quite true or correct, I...
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Anatomy Of A Solid Pho Restaurant Business Plan - Part 4
Share This is Part 4 of a series on pho restaurant business plan. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Need a pho restaurant business plan done but don't know how to do it yourself? Click below to learn...
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How To Design, Build and Operate Vietnamese Pho Restaurants
I love pho and love to talk about eating pho just like many pho zealots out there. With my special knowledge and experience with pho restaurants, I also reach out to help aspiring restaurateurs...
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Pho Eater Behaviors - What Pho Restaurants Can Learn From These Polls
I have a couple of polls running on this site for some time now. It's time to take a closer look. If you haven't done so, just click on "Vote" link below the poll results to add your 2 cents. Poll No....
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Importance Of A Well Developed Pho Restaurant Concept
Among the most abstract steps in creating, designing, building and operating a pho restaurant is to start with a solid concept. A pho restaurant concept. A what?? You ask. Here's what I mean. I've been...
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Will You Eat Pho With MSG? A Pho Poll Result
Here's an update on the Pho and MSG poll I have running for a while on the site with some of my assessment. A warm thanks to all readers who took the poll. If you haven't already done so then please...
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How Best To Add Spices When Making Pho Broth?
It seems many people are a little confused about how to use the spices in making their own pho broth. Well here's a little help. Reader Roy decided to make his own pho. He sent me several questions the...
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5 Important Lessons For Pho Restaurant Startups
For most startup restaurants, surviving the first year of operation is usually a sign of possible long-term profitability. Pho restaurants are no exception. It is important to hit the ground running...
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Best Practice Inventory System For Pho Restaurant Profit, Part 1
A good inventory system can make or break any restaurant, and pho restaurants are no exceptions. Most new and existing pho restaurant owners pay no attention to an inventory system until it's too late....
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Leftover Pho: A Better Alternative
Reader Sarah has an interesting idea of taking home leftover pho. Sarah wrote: I focus on eating all of the perishable stuff at the restaurant, the noodles, the sprouts, the beef…then I take home the...
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Some People Still Use Fork To Eat Pho?
Chopsticks or fork for your pho? Result as of 11-14-2017. I have this pho poll running for only a couple of weeks. While there are only 20 votes so far (as of this post's published date), I can't...
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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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