Pho

Pho is the name of an ànnamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes. It is made from a kind of brine exuding from decaying fish, and in former days six years were required before it had reached full maturity. But in modern tim