PICKUP & TAKE-AWAY 3- COURSE DINNER
I’ll be preparing one of our neighbors (and my) favorites – Phở Gà – Vietnamese CHICKEN rice-noodle soup. You might enjoy reading about my favorite Phở Gà eatery in Saigon. 
I begin my Phở Gà broth by boiling whole chickens (not just a few select pieces) with a blend of Vietnamese herbs and spices. The chicken is free-range, of course. (In Saigon, free-range chickens roam the busy streets and alleys of the city of 15 million! Here, they’re more relaxed as they roam the gardens and fields of Petaluma.)
My Phở broth will be filled with tender & moist chicken meat and topped with cilantro and chopped green onion. In a separate container, you’ll find my classic phở rice noodles and fresh Vietnamese herbs & greens to add to the soup.
I hope you’ll enjoy my Phở Gà as much as Emeryville’s Quyen (originally from Vietnam) did when she said,”Phở Gà so delicious. I tried Phở Gà a lot of time before, but this time made me so missing home.”
Next, you can enjoy a scrumptious portion of Joe’s “nearly famous” pork-stuffed mushrooms (usually 5-6 mushrooms, depending upon the mushroom size).
Finally, dessert!
Desserts, as we know them here in the West, are not popular in Vietnam. While things are beginning to change in Vietnam, traditionally, chocolates, sugary cakes, and ice cream desserts have not been available – and still are not widely popular.
Instead, the Vietnamese dessert of choice is Chè. Chè, otherwise known in Vietnam as “sweet soup”, is served both hot and cold, and consists of a wide variety of beans, vegetable, gelatins, and seeds, presented in a sweet liquid “soup.”
Tonight, I’ll be preparing a dessert treat of sweet corn kernels, blended with sticky rice with a coconut cream topping (no eggs; no dairy). Sweet, delicious, and almost healthy. :-Đ
ALLERGENS: Ingredients in this meal that might concern some are: Phở Gà – Fish & Wheat (in fish sauce); Mushrooms – Fish & Wheat (in fish sauce), Wheat & Egg in the mushroom stuffing; Corn pudding – coconut. If you have any allergy concerns or questions, please let us know in the comment section of your order (or by email).
unhei kang (verified owner) –
Absolutely delicious! We can’t wait to try your other dishes!
Is there lemongrass or kaffir lime in the green onion/ginger dip? I love it, whatever’s in it!
shoshana (verified owner) –
Food was scrumptious: fresh, good quality ingredients skillfully seasoned and cooked. The ginger dipping sauce was to die for. Very good value considering the quality and quantity of the food.
Kenichi N. (verified owner) –
Delicious, homecooked, and authentic Vietnamese food with fresh ingredients! Everything was so good. Highly, highly recommend, especially for those missing homecooked Vietnamese food. Generous portions! and compostable containers 🙂
My partner’s mom makes amazing chicken pho and since moving out here and with COVID19, we haven’t had a chance to visit her family and have her mom’s food. Chicken pho is really only something you can have at home, so we have missed it. When we saw Chef Hai’s menu featured pho ga (chicken pho) as the main course, we jumped at it! Both she and her sister were brought back to their mom’s with Chef Hai’s pho–it was just right! The broth was so flavorful, the noodles cooked just enough, and the chicken was juicy and tender–with the skin of course! All the right garnishes were there.
The stuffed mushroom appetizers and the dessert (che bap) was delicious as well. Che bap was just the right amount of sweetness.