Vietnamese Menu: Spotlight on Pho

We made pho, summer rolls, and nuoc cham, which was all delicious. Great service with complimentary wine / drinks! Abby is so wonderful and gave us a fun, educational dive into Vietnamese flavors and some new culinary techniques. Thank you!

Overall, instructor was knowledgable, but unhelpful at key points. Class was disorganized and food was ok. Read on for specifics. Pros: - Instructor was charismatic, knowledgable, and passionate about creating good food with good ingredients. - The knowledge of ingredients and techniques of making pho seemed in depth and pointed when presented by the instructor. - Spoke highly and in detail of local Vietnamese grocery stores in China town for acquiring specific ingredients Cons: - Class was disorganized. Ingredients and utensils were still being brought out after the designated start time. - Instructor's assistant was distracted and forgot to include specific ingredients within summer roles which caused many of them to lack those ingredients. - Instructor started describing how to make dumplings. Did not provide clear instruction. Left the table and simply handed two guests the recipe to follow without instruction. They were then left to figure out how to make the dumplings on their own. This could have been done at home and was not appropriate for a class setting. The instructor should work with their guests with the assumption they do not know how to create the dish as this is why they paid for the class. -When asked what the instructor's favorite pho place was in the city, the answer was they did not have one and that their pho was the best pho. This was unappreciated to say that there was not one restaurant in the city, who specialize in pho and Vietnamese cuisine, was any good. They could not mention at least one good place to try which was off putting. -After dessert and natural discussions around the table subsided past the 8:30pm class end, there was no send off or close from the instructor. People just simply got up in silence and said good bye which prompted the instructor to then start saying good bye.