Northern Vietnamese Pho

Americas - USA West Los Angeles
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Who makes your favorite rendition of Northern Vietnamese pho?

I’m nominating Mrs A - Hanoi PHO in Torrance.

You?

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::raising hand shyly::

How does North Vietnamese pho differ from non-North Vietnamese pho???

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blander. no “salad topping”. heavy on ginger in stock, low use of cloves/cinn/fish sauce, heavy on scalions when served. often meat comes as a pile of chopped (cuz Northerners were too impoverished to have strength to slice beef? iunno) beef instead of sliced.

usually a target of mockery by non-Commie Southern Viets as an symbol of abject Northern poverty (and failure of Communism, etc). There’s a reason why [most] pho bac in LA is basically still Southern pho, and rarely is “authentic” (poverty) pho served in LA. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

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The Northern pho noodles closely resemble Cantonese “hor fun” which are wider and flatter in addition, at least the ones in San Francisco Bay Area (Turtle Tower for example).

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Thanks for the reply. May give ipse’s choice a try…