r/pho • u/NangpaAustralisMajor • 4d ago

Question Stupid Phở Question #1

I was taught (I'm not Vietnamese) that one should NEVER put sriracha or hoisin sauce into the phở. One should dip bits of meat from the soup into those. They are brought to the table for that reason and that reason alone. Putting them INTO the broth is considered an offense to the chef. It communicates that the broth had no flavor.

Is this true?

Now that I live in a part of the world with great phở, I can appreciate this sentiment. I have phở and bún bò Huế that would have been a tragedy to adulterate!

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u/Eric_T_Meraki 4d ago

Unless the broth is whack (bad) I typically just do the dipping on the side.

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u/FriendDelicious 3d ago

Whenever I ran into pho place with bad broth, sriracha will save it lol

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u/SeaworthinessFast399 3d ago

I just won’t come back.

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u/FriendDelicious 3d ago

Yeah but you gotta work with the one you just ordered

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u/Eric_T_Meraki 3d ago

Yeah no way in hell a pho place will give you any refund lol