Comments on: Aborted Mission Mission http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/khmer/aborted-mission-mission/ Khmer food, restaurant reviews and recipes served to you from Phnom Penh by Phil Lees Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Pho http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/khmer/aborted-mission-mission/#comment-37972 Pho Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:04:02 +0000 http://www.phnomenon.com/?p=240#comment-37972 "Their pho was not quite right. Plenty of tai (raw sliced beef), beef balls that tasted uncharacteristically like they were made from actual cow parts, and soup that tasted like its sole ingredients were cinnamon powder and cloves." You are dead right about Pho Phu Quoc! PPQ is one of the worst Pho shops in San Francisco. It's owned by a Chinese-Vietnamese family, it has been there a long time and mainly catered to the Chinese in the area, who probably doesn't really know what a good bowl of Pho should taste like. My preferences are Quan Ngon on Noreiga St at around 30th Ave and another in the Tenderloin on Larkin (Turtle Tower), they have the authentic northern style Pho there. “Their pho was not quite right. Plenty of tai (raw sliced beef), beef balls that tasted uncharacteristically like they were made from actual cow parts, and soup that tasted like its sole ingredients were cinnamon powder and cloves.”

You are dead right about Pho Phu Quoc! PPQ is one of the worst Pho shops in San Francisco. It’s owned by a Chinese-Vietnamese family, it has been there a long time and mainly catered to the Chinese in the area, who probably doesn’t really know what a good bowl of Pho should taste like. My preferences are Quan Ngon on Noreiga St at around 30th Ave and another in the Tenderloin on Larkin (Turtle Tower), they have the authentic northern style Pho there.

]]> By: mythicaldude http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/khmer/aborted-mission-mission/#comment-34429 mythicaldude Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:07:11 +0000 http://www.phnomenon.com/?p=240#comment-34429 Pho Phu Quoc? Been there and done that. Irving Street is jam-packed with lots of great little Asian joints. And then you can head to one of SF's many smoker-friendly bars for a phat tasty NoCal sticky bud joint of another color to chill out and work-up some more hunger for desert... maybe at Toy Boat on Clement Street where the chocolate cake is out of this world and you can buy a Pee-Wee Herman Pez dispenser if the mood stirkes you. Or not. Up to you! Pho Phu Quoc? Been there and done that. Irving Street is jam-packed with lots of great little Asian joints.

And then you can head to one of SF’s many smoker-friendly bars for a phat tasty NoCal sticky bud joint of another color to chill out and work-up some more hunger for desert… maybe at Toy Boat on Clement Street where the chocolate cake is out of this world and you can buy a Pee-Wee Herman Pez dispenser if the mood stirkes you. Or not. Up to you!

]]> By: Phu Quoc son http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/khmer/aborted-mission-mission/#comment-34413 Phu Quoc son Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:11:43 +0000 http://www.phnomenon.com/?p=240#comment-34413 What was that? The Cambodians claimed that it was the French who turned Phu Quoc island over to the Vietnamese? Give me a break. The island was originally developed AND controlled by a Chinese warlord name Mac Cuu, along with almost all Chinese settlers. He later voluntarily submitted to the authority of the Nguyen king of Vietnam. So, Phu Quoc became Vietnamese territory way back then, long before the French ever came. If the Cambodians claim that it's theirs, then they should have fought harder to keep it. Don't forget that the Cambodians also invaded and occupied Champa. So the whole territory issue was just a matter of big fish swallowing small fish. Cambodia was a fish in that cycle. They have no moral ground to claim anything. What was that? The Cambodians claimed that it was the French who turned Phu Quoc island over to the Vietnamese? Give me a break. The island was originally developed AND controlled by a Chinese warlord name Mac Cuu, along with almost all Chinese settlers. He later voluntarily submitted to the authority of the Nguyen king of Vietnam. So, Phu Quoc became Vietnamese territory way back then, long before the French ever came. If the Cambodians claim that it’s theirs, then they should have fought harder to keep it. Don’t forget that the Cambodians also invaded and occupied Champa. So the whole territory issue was just a matter of big fish swallowing small fish. Cambodia was a fish in that cycle. They have no moral ground to claim anything.

]]> By: Karen http://www.phnomenon.com/index.php/cambodian-food/khmer/aborted-mission-mission/#comment-34044 Karen Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:59:05 +0000 http://www.phnomenon.com/?p=240#comment-34044 Though we haven't eaten there in years, I recall Chez Sovan in San Jose did a fantastic job. I hear it's still great. At the time, they were serving some of the royal Khmer dishes that are difficult to find in Cambodia these days. Though we haven’t eaten there in years, I recall Chez Sovan in San Jose did a fantastic job. I hear it’s still great. At the time, they were serving some of the royal Khmer dishes that are difficult to find in Cambodia these days.

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