Not gonna lie, I enjoy watching and judging how people slurp their noodles (and I take great offense when there is no slurping!). Most of the time, I can’t help but laugh; especially when a server offers the diner a fork. Sometimes, I think their style perfectly matches their appearance. And, once in a while, there’s nothing to judge because they employ the same technique I use.
But once, only once in my many pho-loving years, was I thoroughly impressed. This Asian woman used her chopsticks to grasp a few noodles very close to one end. Then she twirled the chopsticks around the bowl a few times. When she lifted the chopsticks to her mouth, a nice little noodle pile resembling spaghetti twirled around a fork was just waiting to be relished.
I’ve tried to replicate this technique but I just end up with broth all over the table, my lap and everywhere but where it should be: in my belly. So I stick to my tried-and-true method of eating pho and wonder if there’s someone out there who thinks it’s cool/methodical enough to be duplicated.
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