Opposing food escapades…

I’m a pho connoisseur. Pho is the staple noodle soup dish of Vietnam, North Vietnam in particular. It’s eaten at all times of day, but mostly for breakfast and sometimes dinner. There are thousands of hole in the wall/street pho stands around Hanoi. Pho from one of these stands tops U.S. pho any day, but mediocre pho won’t do. Thanks to this guy’s blog about Hanoi food (stickyrice.typepad.com), I was able to try what might be the best pho in the world.

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Pho ga. So many things must come together to make an excellent bowl of pho. We walked an hour to get to this pho ga place, and it was definitely the best I’ve had yet.

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Kangaroo. At the other end of the spectrum from street pho is French cuisine. I had kangaroo carpaccio and duck foie gras. The kangaroo was sort of a cross between beef and venison, but not overly gamey.