At NYC’s Saigon Social, chef and owner Helen Nguyen makes her own pho broth using oxtail, brisket, beef shank, and dry-aged rib bones that she butchers at Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors’ warehouse every 10 days. The meat is used in dishes like oxtail fried rice, shaken beef steak, and more.
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Yo , respect to her and her love for food .
Great information and she has the highest commitment of her work.
This should be taught in every primary school, such a broth is the key to good health, thanls to colagen and other good stuff, and you can make so many things with it, soups, gelatine etc. Been doing for years, I love it…highly recommended!
A bit unrelated but hopefully someone could provide me an answer: were the impurities dirty? IBasically, I was thought that we boil meat and stuff to get rid of impurities along the line that they are not good for the body? i imagine that some of the skim were from blood and all but we're they also "toxins" from the meat?
White washed pho. Best pho is your mom and pop shop. Not your mass produced garbage.
Wow, that dedication and love. I love pho and this brings a tear to my eye to watch. Next time I'm in NY I want to try her pho. Also, I love that she questioned why her stock changes from day to day. My favorite pho places are usually good but I do notice the stock isn't consistent and can vary from decent to amazing.
Jesus. the owner returned to the restaurant by 12am. Then worked 4 more hours?! I love how the video slowly goes into the early mornings. You see the sunlight outside. Respect to the owner.
Helen the OG in NYC, demonstrating once again that she aint the scene she's the whole game. Thank you for all your hard work and the gift of your art and life with us. 💜🐼
Now that's Pho done right 👍
Cilantro is the worst
She shouldn’t use tap water.
Tap water got chlorine and fluoride in it and it ruins the taste.
And if you use tap water to make coffee, it’s a horrible taste.
Why are you getting recognition for something your ancestors have done already? Better than you are as well
She's amazing . A talk with her would be gratifying
Looks delicious!
I wanna try pho
Sometimes if feel, America has ruin Phó and turn it into a water down white wash westernized Phó, that use to be common people food now turn to this extravagant flamboyant generic Vietnamese food.
Without a doubt, that is a mouth watering looking Pho.
love her passion, energy and courage for experiments but the way that she talks i can’t 🤣
Is it normal to make stock once a year?
it is not the products that make the chief is you how make a perfect chief
Yes this is awesome… I really like the flavor of beef.
Damn that fried rice and pho look good.
Bro did she even sleep?
PHO is my cure for taste confort and after hard drinking nite( TRUST ME 😅)
What a beautiful lady, honestly your heart and soul goes into everything you make, looks delicious, hopefully I will visit your restaurant someday soon 🥳👍
she could have blanched the bones a bit and she’ll have a clearer broth. Also pho doesn’t have to be too complicated to taste good. I am curious what her bowl tastes like. Although I like mean clearer.
she's so passionate and humble!! I feel like i could learn so much from her
Fried rice looks very greasy. Correct me if I’m wrong. Maybe add some type of pickle to cut down the fat Pickled Carrot/radish or Japanese pickles plum. Or fried garlic chips.
Surely she doesn't change into her chef whites at 12am
LFG!!! Love Helen and what she has created! One of my GO TO spots whenever visiting NYC. Ya'll got it right!
@mrnigelng
Dam. She stayed up all night to make a bowl of pho😂
One of my fav videos ! great job guys, the passion just radiates of off Helen. God Bless you all.
looks phoking amazing
I liked watching LaFrieda's show. I think it was called MeatGuys or Meat Men? It was entertaining. I dont know why it only had 1 season. Theres a few episodes on Youtube
steady
I couldn’t watch because her voice is like finger nails on a chalkboard. I’m sure the food is good.
cooking is science, and she is scientist
The broth looks horrible.
It looks more like french soup than pho broth…
Worst bowl i have ever seen
Been following her for a while. This is nice to see
A new innovation of Vietnamese Dry-Aged Beef Pho*, Look so yummy.
I love you