[Magdalen] WTPho?

[Juli Tarsney]

What a great subject line. Needs to be the the name of a cooking blog
or cookbook ...

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> I discovered pho when I was on my first travel assignment in Alexandria.
> There was a strip mall around the corner and down the hill from where I
> lived entirely made up of food places and I took a tour through them. The
> Vietnamese place was my favorite, a long, narrow mom-and-pop place run by a
> young couple. I went there at least once a week. Mom and pop had an
> adorable daughter who was around two, who would walk up and down the aisle
> surveying the diners like a small princess. She never spoke, but her
> occasional smiles were dazzling. And the food, especially the pho.....YUM!
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:04 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For about a year now or more, I've been meaning to try the new Vietnamese
>> noodle house ("Mr Noodles") just across the street and down a bit.
>> Southern Vietnamese, apparently, as the pho is served with bean sprouts and
>> jalapenos.  My God, do I love it.  I've eaten dinner there for the last few
>> days, and plan on finishing out the week.  It's the healthiest I've felt in
>> ages, food-wise.  They are good, they are cheap, and they are quick.  So
>> far I've tried the shrimp, flank steak, and meatball pho.  (Forget the
>> meatball; all they did was cut a tennis ball in pieces and pass it off
>> accordingly.  No one's perfect.)  Tomorrow night I'm doing the shrimp
>> again.  And the shrimp spring rolls?  Lord.
>>