Submitted by James--Trickington t3_127424o in food
James--Trickington OP t1_jed65n9 wrote
Reply to comment by tibearius1123 in [Homemade] Bò kho (Vietnamese beef stew) by James--Trickington
Yeah it's always such a let down even from really amazing Viet restaurants. This dish always seem to be every restaurant's Achilles heel somehow
tibearius1123 t1_jed9hwp wrote
It’s the meat, they seem to always use the toughest meat ever.
Arrasor t1_jedaebd wrote
Good meat can cost 3-4x more than whatever they use. If the dish isn't their signature/bestseller it doesn't make sense cost-wise to use the good meat for this instead of their bestseller.
TomNguyen t1_jeectwj wrote
I mean the dish is supposed to used the toughest meat as the way to utilize it.
tapsongbong t1_jedafx0 wrote
I had this dish in many restaurants and its not their specialty. You know how hard it is to convince my wife to make this?
kappakai t1_jedj476 wrote
Haha. It’s not hard to make tho.
tapsongbong t1_jefmwog wrote
I bet it’s not hard to make and can definitely try my best but it won’t compare to my wife’s cooking . She’s makes it taste so damn good.
Trust me I tried copying her other dishes and flavor profile doesn’t come close.
PineappleLemur t1_jedf4c3 wrote
Can't keep the price down with a good cut of meat.
Best case they put noodles and very little meat.
icywing54 t1_jedbftp wrote
This is interesting. Opposite for me, I like it much better at restaurants. Meat is usually incredibly tender
Francis_Dollar_Hide t1_jefnycr wrote
Not if you go to Song Que, in East London, UK. And order the 'stewed beef noodle'
prplx t1_jegcz92 wrote
I use to go to a Vietnamese restaurant that made a Phò with this stew as a base and it as fantastic specially on a cold winter day.
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