Originally Posted by
gaobest
has anyone bought the Costco pho? I love pho. I do want to try the different meat offal for it because the pho tripe & brisket are my preferred elements. Once I finish off the Costco Tainan noodles (which really aren’t great), I’ll buy the Costco pho because no way am I going to yet try making it.
Funny that several people said they would only get eggplant at a restaurant - pho is something I would only get at a restaurant, and only from a place where I know they're spending the hours it takes to make the broth correctly.
Why not from a grocery store? Because I don't believe mass-produced would be the same as the old man adding his 100 ingredients in a small, dingy kitchen.
Why not make at home? Because the cost of the ingredients to make a large batch, that would have to be frozen, far outweighs the cost of getting two bowls of pho for our dinner.
We recently tried a small family run Vietnamese restaurant nearby...just bahn mi for lunch, but they were excellent. They serve pho and also buncha Hanoi, which is something new to me but looked interesting. That will be first on our list next time we're in the mood for pho takeout.