[Magdalen] WTPho?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Mr. Noodles? LOL....

and I agree - kudos to you Alan *and* glad it was a good experience!

Lynn

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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 10:07 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] WTPho?

>>>>Cholula's great. Sriracha's great, too. I think the eating of pho with
> chopsticks must keep it continually stirred-up, so flavors don't 
> settle.<<<
>
> Absolutely.  Chopsticks, fork, or otherwise.  No frequent stirring, the 
> top of your head pops off in the bottom third of the bowl.
>
> Allan:  I'm not so sure they do "range of heat(/flavor)" like Thai joints, 
> but they might.  My guess is no, since the "cooking" mechanism is the 
> cauldron of broth, even for the meat (unless it's chicken like they do at 
> Mr Noodles, pre-cooked and pulled), which would obviously not be seasoned 
> before plunging.  But if they venerate kindly old men like you (and why 
> wouldn't they?), I bet they'd pull something out of their sleeve.  If 
> anthing, I've been going to Mr Noodles now for a couple weeks total, and 
> I've still to find the perfect balance between watery broth as served and 
> the Ubiquitousness (ha!) of the Bottles on the Table.
>
> Jay:  You meantioned slurping and burping yesterday.  This place is 
> definitely "food noise" friendly, but I encountered something even more 
> interesting Thursday night.  An older Asian man, well-dressed but casual, 
> tall and dignified, came in, sat down and was treated like the same sort 
> of regular I now am, with his water and hot tea appearing as if by magic, 
> followed shortly by his pho.  I tend to be "out of body outside of time" 
> when I'm enjoying good food out, so maybe I just wasn't paying attention, 
> but I swear it wasn't five minutes later he was up, paying, and walking 
> out the door.  If my guess is right, he was Vietnamese, and he's been 
> eating pho since before he was able to sit up on his own.  But I 
> nonetheless wanted to beckon the owner over and ask, "Did he push his 
> entire meal through the front of his face like an alien or something?"
>
> Back to Allan:  Having started this thread, I'm as pleased (or more!) as 
> everyone else that from something so simple as a "new food" thread you 
> actually got up and went for it.  Hell, it took me a year or so walking 
> past Mr Noodles to even darken the door!  (Tonight, Everett and chicken, 
> and me surf-and-turf with flank steak and shrimp.)