Got Pho today, didn't like it. It was take-out and every ingredient was separated. Tried putting it all together and I'd give it a 4/10. The broth was awful. Maybe it's because it was cheap, but I like other cheap Asian foods. Am I missing something?
Anyway, are there other decent Vietnamese foods available that I should try? There's a decent amount of Vietnamese restaurants around here that I could try.
oh bummer, yeah that makes things tricky. the veggies are pickled for the most part, so they have that specific kind of bite to them? not quite a raw crunch at least! i'd definitely say try one out, it's a very cohesive sandwich so you might be able to tune out each constituent ingredient
I've never had pickled anything, so I'll look into it.
If you can get over crunch as a texture, pickling anything improves it remarkably. You can try it yourself too, take any vegetable, cut it into snack sized pieces, and put it in a dish with vinegar and a little salt for 30+ minutes. I really like pickled onion and pickled radish, the radish is mostly just crunchy tangyness at that point