Did you know?
That the Vietnamese Noodle Soup, or famously known as Pho is different in Viet Nam and in other Asian countries. The soup that I used to eat in Pho Hoa, Pho 2000 or Pho 24 in Jakarta or even Singapore (also Pho Hoa restaurant, and The Orange Lantern VN Restaurant), is only using bean sprouts and spring onion as the topping. But in Ho Chi Minh City, the toppings are various and you probably cannot recall what kind of vegetable is that. When I first had my pho the other day, I was totally confused. The waiters served a plate of raw vegetables to be put into the soup, and there wasn't only bean sprout and spring onion but also fresh basil leaves, slices of red onion, mint leaves, two other types of "leaves" that I had no idea what to call and even freshly cut jalapeno chilies!!!.
The sauce also came in two types: Black Bean Sauce and Chili Sauce.
