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tibearius1123 t1_jecnydk wrote

Homemade Bo Kho is one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes. Restaurant, not so much.

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James--Trickington OP t1_jed65n9 wrote

Yeah it's always such a let down even from really amazing Viet restaurants. This dish always seem to be every restaurant's Achilles heel somehow

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tibearius1123 t1_jed9hwp wrote

It’s the meat, they seem to always use the toughest meat ever.

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Arrasor t1_jedaebd wrote

Good meat can cost 3-4x more than whatever they use. If the dish isn't their signature/bestseller it doesn't make sense cost-wise to use the good meat for this instead of their bestseller.

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TomNguyen t1_jeectwj wrote

I mean the dish is supposed to used the toughest meat as the way to utilize it.

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tapsongbong t1_jedafx0 wrote

I had this dish in many restaurants and its not their specialty. You know how hard it is to convince my wife to make this?

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kappakai t1_jedj476 wrote

Haha. It’s not hard to make tho.

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tapsongbong t1_jefmwog wrote

I bet it’s not hard to make and can definitely try my best but it won’t compare to my wife’s cooking . She’s makes it taste so damn good.

Trust me I tried copying her other dishes and flavor profile doesn’t come close.

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PineappleLemur t1_jedf4c3 wrote

Can't keep the price down with a good cut of meat.

Best case they put noodles and very little meat.

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icywing54 t1_jedbftp wrote

This is interesting. Opposite for me, I like it much better at restaurants. Meat is usually incredibly tender

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prplx t1_jegcz92 wrote

I use to go to a Vietnamese restaurant that made a Phò with this stew as a base and it as fantastic specially on a cold winter day.

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