Speaking of pho, I preferred customizing my own flavor but lately I've been

[theking]

...experimenti ng with noodle soup that are already pre-flavored:










 

[DuMa]

That one looks like a dish called mi Quang

Not pho.  Quang is a dialect of Vietnam.   It is eating dry style and the flavor comes from the mud shrimp paste sauce that you add to your Papaya salad dish. 

[DuMa]

Picture for comparison.   My uncle is a Quang guy. 

[theking]

That one looks like a dish called mi Quang

Not pho.  Quang is a dialect of Vietnam.   It is eating dry style and the flavor comes from the mud shrimp paste sauce that you add to your Papaya salad dish.

Yep it's mi quang, at least that's what it says on the menu if I remembered correctly...

"Mì quảng noodle soups differ than most normal noodle soups in that  Mì quảng soups have just enough broth to barely cover the noodles. Unlike other Việt noodle soup bowls whose broth will cover the noodles almost completely, the  Mì quảng broth is barely enough to slurp during the meal. If you don’t eat a  Mì quảng bowl fast enough, the broth will generally quickly be soaked up by the noodles.  Mì quảng soups are generally pork & dried shrimp broth based, although some regional and family recipes will use chicken and even duck. What makes  Mì quảng soups unique is the richness of the broth, the lack of it and the crushed peanut toppings on the noodles"

[theking]

Picture for comparison.   My uncle is a Quang guy. 

Overall, I still prefer the regular noodle soup where I can customized my own flavor but the mi quang was pretty good too IMO...The one in the photo above must be a presentation stock photo because it looks pretty clean unlike mine...

[theking]

This one is called Thai boat noodle aka kuaitiao ruea...my photo:



Versus

Stock photo:

[theking]

I personally prefer the mi quang over the kuaitiao ruea...

[Mr_Mechanic]

I love pho........spe aking of which, it reminded me a story of long ago.  when the wife and I first got hitched and we were up in the cities for their new year.  We stopped at a restaurant and we order what we thought was pho.  turns out it wasn't.  it was more like those glass noodle dish. 

[ProudLao]

Here's my list of top 4

1. Kao Soy
2. Kao Poon (Traditional clear broth)
3. Boat Noodles
4. Pho

[Mr_Mechanic]

Here's my list of top 4

1. Kao Soy  what are those
2. Kao Poon (Traditional clear broth)
3. Boat Noodles  what are those
4. Pho  what are those, just kidding

[ProudLao]

You can google both and if you ever want kao soy I can make it. We can plan a date lol

[Mr_Mechanic]

You can google both and if you ever want kao soy I can make it. We can plan a date lol

[theking]

You can google both and if you ever want kao soy I can make it. We can plan a date lol

"google" is your friend....

[DuMa]

That looks good. Where to get that in sac duma

Look up a joint called co do on Stockton Blvd. 

https://m.yelp.com/biz_photos/co-do-restaurant-vietnamese-cuisine-sacramento?select=IjWB1X5Ny_XaOBu0axRxag

I think I ate there before.  Name sounds familiar but I came for their other specialty the bun bo hue. 

I like such dish over pho cuz it is more flavorful.  Pho is a hit and miss and I don't like my chances to try a new joint just to get disappointed.