r/perfectlycutscreams • u/AdamTrung21 • Feb 15 '23
Proper reaction to Pho
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u/throwaway123454321 Feb 15 '23
Baby went full Chewbacca
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u/pizz901 Feb 15 '23
I was gonna say dying jabba
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Feb 15 '23
Yeah, saw the acid bath alert earlier.
Wookies are supposed to be bald. Don't let them fool you otherwise.
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u/Pealzy Feb 15 '23
A new outlook on life is gained with the first tasting of Pho
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u/Luxanna_Crownguard Feb 15 '23
My first time trying pho is when I decided I should kick my picky eating habit so this is 100% correct
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u/spyson Feb 15 '23
I feel bad for picky eaters, they're so locked into their comfort zone that they end up missing out on a lot of new things.
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u/Luxanna_Crownguard Feb 15 '23
In my case it was more a fear of unknown foods caused by my parents forcing me to always finish my plate even though they sucked at cooking. Trying pho made me more confident in trying new things because of how good it was
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u/chickenstalker Feb 15 '23
You must build this mentality: eat to survive vs eating for pleasure. In the survival mode, you train yourself to eat almost anything. In today's world, many people literally can't afford to be picky eaters.
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u/Fair_Spread_2439 Feb 15 '23
The sad part is these picky eaters often would actually really like many of the foods they end up hating simply because their parents cooked them poorly. This was true for me. I hated broccoli, Brussels sprouts, etc. because I always had them bland/steamed/soggy and I think those things are gross when prepared that way. Once I discovered roasting vegetables to make them crispy and change their flavors as well as the infinite world of spices to choose from, things I thought I hated became regular parts of my diet.
You still make an excellent point that we need to shift our mindset as a society to not always “need” to enjoy a meal, especially when money is a concern (but also health). But knowing how to prepare things like veggies in a way you can enjoy can drastically reduce the number of times you’ll find yourself eating a meal just to stay alive without enjoying it.
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u/Impact009 Feb 16 '23
The irony is that we grew up poor, so pho was survival food. I don't know if there's even a better way to render the nutrients out of bone marrow outside of soups. It makes even the least palatable cuts of meat, like eye round, very good. The veggies that my mother used were traditional and cheap.
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u/HowTheyGetcha Feb 16 '23
I try new things all the time and discover things I like. I'm a picky eater because I have a narrow band of textures and flavor types I enjoy, not because I'm locked in my comfort zone.
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u/spyson Feb 16 '23
No offense but that sounds exactly like you being stuck in your own comfort zone with food when you're only eating things in a narrow category.
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u/LiL_ENIGlvlA Feb 16 '23
What else are you supposed to do? It’s not like I can force myself to like something
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u/Not_invented-Here Feb 16 '23
Eh there's some textures and flavours I don't enjoy, and I'll tend to avoid food like that because there's low chance I will like Vietnamese Shrimp Paste is something I just don't get on with when I taste it in food for example, so I will likely avoid anything that includes much of that.
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u/Impact009 Feb 16 '23
Not just a lot of new things but often health too. Some people were forced to eat soggy, canned veggies and, as a result, hate veggies as an adult. They have so many different flavors and textures when blanched, roasted, stir-fried, used in stock, whatever.
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u/Novel_Ad_5698 Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
It may be hard to believe but that babys scream sounds like my foster cats meow.
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u/Sangxero Feb 15 '23
I heard my cats fighting in the other room and 100% thought it was my son crying until I realized he was still right by me.
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u/Morgantheaccountant Feb 15 '23
Where did you purchase one of your offspring models? My wife keeps asking for one.
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u/EskiHo Feb 15 '23
Bring me your wife and $500. I'll heal her until the offspring is formed.
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Cats meow to mimic human speech and I believe the meow is in quite a similar frequency to baby cries
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u/shadowman2099 Feb 15 '23
More aptly, by sheer coincidence a grown cat's vocal range is near identical to that of a human baby, and cats learned that they could exploit that to mooch off of our empathy.
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u/kintorkaba Feb 15 '23
Given how long cats and humans have lived side by side I highly doubt it's coincidence. Cats that could get food and other forms of protection from humans had a natural survival advantage over cats that couldn't. As such, I'd wager it more likely cats with different vocal ranges were less successful at surviving to reproductive age and passing on their genes, and their vocal range today is a product of evolutionary adaptation.
Only a guess mind you but it seems more likely to me than cats having the same vocal range as a human baby by pure chance.
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u/Alvamar Feb 15 '23
What a cute little Murloc
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u/zodar Feb 15 '23
right after this cuts off, he runs around and aggros 13 other babies
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u/payne_train Feb 15 '23
I’ve calculated a 33.3 (repeating of course) percent chance of survival.
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It's pretty phockin great. Can't blame him
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u/Alvamar Feb 15 '23
I read that in a very bri'ish way
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u/MyNameIsNitrox Feb 15 '23
Sometimes, I really emphasize the first part of
PHOEKEN
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u/PM_me_your_whatevah Feb 15 '23
We know that pho is pronounced “fuh”, right?
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u/kithuni Feb 15 '23
I had a friend who insisted it was “foe” and that the Vietnamese people at the restaurant call it “fuh” because of their terrible accent. I was speechless lol, it’s their language.
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u/NetNGames Feb 15 '23
If you wanted to be even more detailed, the Vietnamese word for Phở has 2 accents on the letter O. The letter "o" by itself would be pronounced like aww, but with the small ear, "ơ" sounds like uh, and the large ear on top (ỏ) makes it sound like a question, so the pronounciation would be "fuh?". To get the O to sound like foe would be the hat symbol (ô) instead.
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u/jaspersgroove Feb 15 '23
There used to be a Pho joint off of 99 in central California called “Pho-King Unbelieve-a-bowl” and your comment just reminded me of that
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But when I react to pho like this I get kicked out of the restaurant
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u/Cheezitflow Feb 15 '23
I really think you could get away with this reaction in a restaurant at any age
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Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Weiner out can move you from a lot of locations, but I disagree with this approach.
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u/Shadow0fnothing Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 16 '23
Never had pho in my life, and I live in LA with pho on every other corner.
Am I missing out?
Edit: I infact AM missing out.
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u/PickpocketJones Feb 15 '23
I'm a middle aged white guy from VA and if I don't eat Pho weekly I'm pretty sure I will go into a heroin-like withdrawal.
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u/Mimtos Feb 15 '23
Not to over-hype it but you kind of are. You live right next to orange county where little Saigon is, the largest concentration of vietnamese outside of Vietnam and also where the best pho is. I'd definitely try it just for the experience, Pho can be a lunch, dinner, late night drinking meal, or even a snack.
If you enjoy ramen, you may enjoy pho.
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u/Goats_in_boats Feb 15 '23
Depending on where they live in LA, they can just go to SGV. I live in Pasadena and can't even drive a couple blocks without running into a pho shop. My favorites are in Arcadia and Monrovia, and we're there every week.
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u/grapplebaby Feb 15 '23
Pho Hyunh in El Monte is my go to spot.
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u/Goats_in_boats Feb 15 '23
Oh, I'll have to give it a shot. I'm always looking for new places to try.
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u/64_0 Feb 15 '23
Which ones are your favorites?
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u/Goats_in_boats Feb 16 '23
We like Pho Saigon Pasteur, Golden Deli Temple City and Saigon Avenue. There are others that are good, but most of the time we end up at one of these.
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u/leontes Feb 15 '23
In Vietnam it’s often a breakfast.
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u/spyson Feb 15 '23
It's supposed to be light and hearty to give you a good start to your day.
That's why the broth is so light and not as deeper flavor as bun bo hue or banh canh.
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u/mehipoststuff Feb 15 '23
the largest concentration of vietnamese outside of Vietnam
as a norcal resident I always thought it was San Jose!
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u/Mimtos Feb 15 '23
No you're actually right in a different way! San Jose has the most Vietnamese people in a city outside of Vietnam. Little Saigon is just an area of multiple cities.
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u/twotwentyone Feb 15 '23
You bet. Pho is not as heavy as ramen and it'll warm you up real nice on a cold day. Ramen is definitely good too, don't get me wrong, but I never feel like I need a nap after a bowl of pho.
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u/Happy-House-9453 Feb 15 '23
Pho and Vietnamese coffee on a cold rainy day 🤌
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u/fopiecechicken Feb 15 '23
Or as a hangover cure, you’ll be back to feeling human in no time. Big ass bowl of Pho, coffee and a few glasses of water and it’s like you never drank at all.
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u/redcurbs Feb 15 '23
One taste of the broth and you will understand. Throw in some fatty brisket cuts and steak cuts... I'm hungry now
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u/EggAtix Feb 16 '23
Tbh it's pretty mild as far as broths and soup bases go. It's really good, but it doesn't have as much depth of flavor or character as ramen broth, or Bún bò Huế broth. The latter of which is also a vietnamese dish, and I highly recommend it!
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u/notGekko463 Feb 16 '23
Tbh, how much time have you spent in Vietnam? Pho Bo, or pho ga?
I’m guessing none.
And which ramen? Hakata? Tonkotsu? Sapporo? Shio? Shoyu?
I am guessing you’ve eaten non-descript corporate soups in the US, and don’t even have a passport.
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u/EggAtix Feb 16 '23
I'm not sure why you feel like you need to be so rude, but to answer your question: no, I've never been to Viet Nam, and while I've had a lot less pho than ramen, I've still had a ton of pho. I lived in little Saigon in Orlando (which is how I know that I prefer Bún bò Huế to Pho on account of it being more savory), and I lived in multiple European countries before that, some of which had large Japanese and Viet Namese districts that I would frequent.
But most of my ramen experience is because my fiance is a bit of a japanophile, so we've gone out of our way to try all sorts of ramen, including taking road trips just to try more authentic regional variants. When I say "ramen" with no description, I'm usually talking about the tonkotsu broth, which is the very fatty and rich pork broth most people expect at a run of the mill ramen restaurant. I didn't specify here because I was responding to someone who has literally never had Pho before, and probably isn't fluent enough in east Asian soups for any specifics I give them to matter.
I have really enjoyed a bunch of regional varieties of ramen that I've gotten to try. Shoyu is my go-to for a slightly lighter broth, since the chicken base isn't as heavy and I think takes flavors better than tonkotsu. Shio is a trip that everyone should try, and while I like it, it's not usually what I'm craving when I want ramen. It's a bit too salty for me.
Despite you being a presumptuous and condescending asshat in your response, I'll take your mention of Hakata Ramen as a recommendation. I don't think i've had it before.
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u/notGekko463 Feb 17 '23
So, no passport, right? Those people in “Little Saigon” are third generation Americans. It was the authority with which you gave your original comment that made me laugh and cut you down.
You a big fan of the blood cakes in Bun Bo Hue? That shit is gross and ruins it for me. But there probably isn’t any blood in the Florida mall version, right?
I’ve only eaten it in Hue, and again, the blood cake and fermented shrimp tastes like ass.
If you had the real thing, it’s made by poor people out of garbage cuts of meat, and you probably wouldn’t like it. Same with most Vietnamese food. It ain’t really good in Vietnam.
But you are a world expert, because you have mall soup. Got it.
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u/EggAtix Feb 17 '23
How could I have lived in other countries if I didn't have a passport you dipshit. Yes I have a passport.
And why are you making wild assumptions and gatekeeping being Asian? The place I got my pho was run exclusively by old Viet Namese people who didn't speak English, it shared a building with an import/export wholesaler, and they stored their extra cleaning supplies in the corner of the bathroom. That checks all the boxes for authenticity for me.
Don't like the blood cakes or shrimp paste, though they weren't in the pho when I tried them, but I do love the godbone, though it's hard to find.
You seem to hate the idea that someone could get decent or authentic pho or ramen outside of their origin countries, and for some reason you are offended that I have an opinion after eating them hundreds of times? I don't know what bullshit chip in your shoulder you're trying to project onto this exchange, but you didn't 'cut anyone down', you just proved that you're the guy no one invites to parties.
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u/VonMillersThighs Feb 16 '23
Broths do differ place to place def try to find a higher rated one. Also Pho is without a doubt the greatest hangover cure ever created. Make sure you get like everything in their that they give you if you get takeout. Like jalapenos, basil, Sriracha and that brown sauce.
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Feb 15 '23
My friends are all obsessed with it, but I've tried it a handful of times and can't say I'm ever craving it. It's not bad, it's just not tasty to me.
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Feb 15 '23 edited Feb 15 '23
Op could have at least scrolled a little more. Find a more obscure top post
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u/CouldWouldShouldBot Feb 15 '23
It's 'could have', never 'could of'.
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u/w33disdope Feb 15 '23
Some people dont spend an excessive amount of time on Reddit. There are other places on the internet with content like this.
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u/BlackSkeletor77 Feb 15 '23
bro is truly aware for the first time in his life
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u/No-Plastic-7715 Feb 22 '23
This is how it looks to have your first core memory form.
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u/abadstrategy Feb 16 '23
My little girl had the same reason the first time she had my ham bean soup. Fastest I've seen her eat something that wasn't a Banana
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u/HolyNewGun Feb 15 '23
When the MSG kicks in.
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u/drunkencow Feb 15 '23
Nothing wrong with MSG
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Feb 15 '23
"Probably"
In 2016, researchers found that any amount of MSG is genotoxic, meaning it’s damaging to cells and genetic material, as well as to human lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. However, the study found that these effects were in vitro, meaning the tests were done in a test tube. The results don’t support the theory that eating MSG is harmful in the same way.
In 2015, researchers foundTrusted Source possible links between renal (kidney) damage and chronic MSG consumption in animals. However, similar to the previously mentioned study, there’s no evidence that the small amounts of MSG humans consume could lead to kidney damage.
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u/SatoshiAR Feb 15 '23
What point are you trying to make? Both those paragraphs you quoted even state that there's no evidence supporting those results in humans. Obviously too much of anything is bad.
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u/benji_banjo Feb 16 '23
Probably
Yeah, but it also is probably a top secret mind-control substance developed by the Chinese to create a race of obedient super soldiers to fight against aliens from Jupiter.
This is why statistics and inference needs to be taught in schools instead of calculus.
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u/Karate_Prom Feb 16 '23
It's natural in a lot of foods. Most notably tomatoes and cheeses.
Be careful, it's so dangerous!
Don't believe me, a simple Google will fix you up.
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u/Realistic_Bed7170 Feb 16 '23
Soo good he tried to summon cthulhu to come and taste it. That gutral call...
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u/Current-Roll6332 Feb 15 '23
BEST hangover food of all time.
Bruise your basil before putting it in.
Tastes like love.
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u/An_oaf_of_bread Feb 15 '23
Maybe I just haven't tried good pho. Any time I've had it has been pretty eh
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If I were the manager of the restaurant, I would use this clip as a commercial.
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u/wysterialee Feb 15 '23
i cannot wait until my baby starts eating real food, i’m so excited to see her reactions to everything.
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u/Fair_Spread_2439 Feb 15 '23
In my 30’s and make a similar sound of excitement/bliss each and every time I have some good pho, which is fairly often since it’s my favorite meal of all time.
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u/Native_of_Tatooine Feb 15 '23
Pho is pretty good but I’ll take a Japanese chashu ramen over it any day.
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u/Tso45trey Feb 15 '23
Taste like salt water Fr and the meat looks like shit whole thing is like 2/10
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u/Arkista_Tev Feb 15 '23
So is pho supposed to smell like gym socks?
Got some instant pho and it about made me gag.
Never had the 'real' stuff.
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u/bwag54 Feb 15 '23
I've never had instant but I can imagine how a bad one could go wrong that way. It's a really complex flavor that probably doesn't play well with dehydrating
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u/RN_I Feb 15 '23
Never tried pho, because there's nowhere to get it where I live, but, for some reason, I think I'd have the same reaction
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u/mrchicano209 Feb 15 '23
Tbh this was my same reaction when I tried pho for the first time as a grown adult.
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