Submitted by: UncleMao
Pho Hung Vuong in Springvale: The best Pho bar none.
But going at the right time is important… when the stock is richest and thickest.
Trying going on a weekday between 1.30 and 3pm. I guarantee no disappointment
Try the sliced beef and sausage. It is seriously sexy.
A real Pho fan I am.
Fill each bowl with rice noodles, shredded cooked beef and raw meat slices. As soon as the broth comes back to a boil, ladle into each bowl. the hot broth will cook your raw beef slices. Serve immediately. Guests can garnish their own bowls as they wish.
Excerpt from recipe by steamykitchen
Firstly, you need to char your ginger, shallots, garlic and briefly roast the star anises, cinnamon stick and cardamom.
Excerpt from recipe by Food Lover’s Journey
My Friend Jim Pavlidis did a great illustration for a John Lethlean’s recent article No place for friend or pho in last Saturdays A2 section of The Age. The Age Online didn’t publish the illustration, so I thought I would, (with Jim’s permission).
1. Chu The - (03) 9687 8265 - 92 Hopkins St Footscray 3011
This is my current favourite spot. Very welcoming and kid friendly (they give the kids their own little bowls and cut up the noodles with scissors) . Very pho focused. (Nothing else, nothing vegetarian). Quality ingredients. Out the back you can see the cauldrons of pho being tended too.
2. Co Do - (03) 9421 2418 - 196 Victoria Street Richmond 3121
Friendly, welcoming. Great standard of Pho. Also Great Bun Mam, noodle soup with a base of preserved salted fish. Refuge from bustling Victoria Street.
3. Duan Com Viet Nam - 69 Alfrieda Street St Albans 3021
Fantastic Pho but the specialty is Bun Bo Hue (chili beef soup from central Vietnam). There is outdoor seating at the front of the restaurant, which is a great place to have a Vietnamese style coffee and take in the bustling strip shopping centre. Song Huong, the place next door is also very good.
4. Pho Hung Vuong - (03) 9689 6002 - 128 Hopkins Street Footscray 3011
Clean, shiny and new. Very busy, plenty of patrons. Excellent pho.
5. Pho Hung - (03) 9470 1588 - 447 High Street Preston 3072
The closest pho shop to my house. The standard is very consistent, and they do a stand out Bo Kho (a rich dark soup with stewed chunks of beef and carrot). Very tolerant of unruly children.
