http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/02/is-it-now-possible-to-get-good-pho-in-the-district-well-sometimes/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:18:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/02/is-it-now-possible-to-get-good-pho-in-the-district-well-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-5022 Phred Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:59:38 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7888#comment-5022 Are you crazy? I've been to Saigon Bistro 5-6 times, always for the Pho I crave. I live just down the street. They offer a greasy, dishwater colored mess that smells bad and is almost totally lacking in flavor. I'm never going through the door of this place again, and recommend you do the same. Maybe we'll get a decent restaurant there next time Are you crazy? I’ve been to Saigon Bistro 5-6 times, always for the Pho I crave. I live just down the street. They offer a greasy, dishwater colored mess that smells bad and is almost totally lacking in flavor. I’m never going through the door of this place again, and recommend you do the same. Maybe we’ll get a decent restaurant there next time

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/02/is-it-now-possible-to-get-good-pho-in-the-district-well-sometimes/comment-page-1/#comment-5004 Henry Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:49:24 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7888#comment-5004 I need to disagree a bit with your food critics. Of course, the Vietnamese food recipes that was made from Vietnam by the real chef in Vietnam does not surface on the internet in plain English for you to see. May be, a Vietnamese person who grew up in Vietnamese would be able to tell you that. I found it is a big misconception of what is the real authentic Vietnamese food that judged by the people who only been eating Pho or any kind of Vietnamese dish in the U.S. First you have to think, the real target customer for those Asian restaurant business here is American customer. The so called "authentic" food are not made exactly as they would be made in the homeland. The ingridients and flavor have been adjusted slightly to fit the taste of general customer in the U.S. and most people would take what they think taste good according to their own experience is an "authentic" dish. For example, if you go to China and order the authentic dishes that been offered in the U.S., you would find it suprisingly different. And don't judge me wrong if I would say those dishes cooked in China are probably more authentic than the ones frome here. I need to disagree a bit with your food critics. Of course, the Vietnamese food recipes that was made from Vietnam by the real chef in Vietnam does not surface on the internet in plain English for you to see. May be, a Vietnamese person who grew up in Vietnamese would be able to tell you that.
I found it is a big misconception of what is the real authentic Vietnamese food that judged by the people who only been eating Pho or any kind of Vietnamese dish in the U.S. First you have to think, the real target customer for those Asian restaurant business here is American customer. The so called “authentic” food are not made exactly as they would be made in the homeland. The ingridients and flavor have been adjusted slightly to fit the taste of general customer in the U.S. and most people would take what they think taste good according to their own experience is an “authentic” dish. For example, if you go to China and order the authentic dishes that been offered in the U.S., you would find it suprisingly different. And don’t judge me wrong if I would say those dishes cooked in China are probably more authentic than the ones frome here.

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