Pho is the de facto national dish of Vietnam, as iconic as pointy hats and Revolution Red t-shirts with the gold star. Cambodia — being a close, friendly neighbour of Vietnam – is, by geography, one of the best places in the world outside Vietnam to discover the dish. Fortune Pho on Street 51, and now in a new location on Street 288 in BKK, serves the soup Southern-style with slightly thinner noodles and just a hint of sweetness in the broth. The menu lists a dozen variations and just as many interpretations of the word ‘beef’. Try the No 2: raw beef and meat balls. It’s foreigner friendly (no intestines or other unrecognisable bits) and a bowl costs just $2.50.
Fortune Pho, #128 Street 51 and #45 Street 288.
