Do you love pho????

[GQBalla]

http://phogardensf.com/page.php?Page=team


PHO GARDEN CHALLENGE!
2109 Clement Street
Between 22nd Ave & 23rd Ave
San Francisco, CA 94121
415.379.8677

For all of you pho lovers. Your opportunity has arrived. The biggest bowl of Pho you could ever get your hands on.! Do you think you have what it takes to beat the Pho Garden Challenge? Three large bowls of "Pho Garden (Xe Lua)" in one massive bowl. Containing 2 pounds of noodles and 2 pounds of combination beef with tripe.
It's on us if you can finish this huge bowl of pho within 60 minutes!
Plus we hang an 8x10in personal photo of you on our wall of Pho Garden Champions. The meal cost $22 if unfinished within the alloted time. No substitutions of any food products may be made. Challengers must eat all noodles and combination beef with tripe to successfully beat the Pho Garden Challenge. Please view our Rules & Waiver of Liability Form for more details.

[403ep3]

Oh man that's a lot of food..damnnn

[petoria]

damnn!!!
i'd definately wanna try hahaha
i love pho!!

[n1zm0]

if you drained all the soup from every spoonful of noodles/beef/tripe you could probably do it, but holy crap that's alot of pho, sodium levels through the roof after that one lol

[GQBalla]

werd ^^^

i would request extra green and white onions though

[Dave P]

If I could get all beef instead of the beef/tripe i would for sure give it a go

[SR240SX]

Thanks for the heads up:clap:

[kenny]

I wonder if a local restaurant would be willing to host something similar :rofl:

[GQBalla]

Originally posted by kenny
I wonder if a local restaurant would be willing to host something similar :rofl:

if they did.

id be all over that shit
AHHAH

[Despair*]

Wow, that bowl is huge! I'd do the challenge just to say I tried, but there would be no way I'd be able to drain the entire contents!

[topmade]

It's not bad for $22, that could feed a family haha.

[malcolmk14]

Pfft, I have a friend that could finish this easy.

He did five Peters' Drive-In Triple Cheeseburgers and a milkshake in an hour last year.

[JfuckinC]

Originally posted by malcolmk14
Pfft, I have a friend that could finish this easy.

He did five Peters' Drive-In Triple Cheeseburgers and a milkshake in an hour last year.

Thats fucking terrible hahaha :barf:

[GQBalla]

Originally posted by malcolmk14
Pfft, I have a friend that could finish this easy.

He did five Peters' Drive-In Triple Cheeseburgers and a milkshake in an hour last year.

that is gross..

AHHAH

[Quizzes]

I'd give it a try.
If you have to finish the soup too, then pho-get about it.

[Strider]

biggest scam ever...
the whole bowl of pho probably costs less than $3 to make

[gretz]

Originally posted by Strider
biggest scam ever...
the whole bowl of pho probably costs less than $3 to make

Drive around until you find an non-profit place to eat or one that only charges you for what you eat (like propane) :rofl:

Damn scammers lately (or fukin tools)

I have never tried this 'Pho' - 4lbs is a lot of food

[gretz]

edit - doubler

[Strider]

Originally posted by gretz


Drive around until you find an non-profit place to eat or one that only charges you for what you eat (like propane) :rofl:

Damn scammers lately (or fukin tools)

I have never tried this 'Pho' - 4lbs is a lot of food

Point is that at least if you do 72oz steak challenge, you get free $30-$40 piece of meat...
Even if you win the pho challenge, you only win about $3 worth of rice noodles

[Phenix]

I love it, but that would kill me . lol

[Mibz]

Yeah, if I could get just straight rare steak I'd be all over that. I'd fail miserably but I'd go home and pass out in bliss.

[nj2Type-S]

mmmmmmmmmmm....tripe :drool:

[LongCity]

That's actually a really smart idea since it's insurmountable by the majority of people who try and at $22/bowl, the restaurant would make a killing off this. It looks like 2 extra large bowls of pho.

[Pihsiak]

I think it's possible, but like someone said, if you have to also drink the soup, that would suck

[szw]

Originally posted by Strider


Point is that at least if you do 72oz steak challenge, you get free $30-$40 piece of meat...
Even if you win the pho challenge, you only win about $3 worth of rice noodles

If you lose the 72oz steak, you probably pay $70. I really doubt that $70 steak is actually worth $30.

Yeah the pho is probably more of a "markup" but hell....stop being a nit, this is something you do when drunk then throw up noodles in the parkign lot after.

[Lagerstatten.ca]

Originally posted by LongCity
That's actually a really smart idea since it's insurmountable by the majority of people who try and at $22/bowl, the restaurant would make a killing off this. It looks like 2 extra large bowls of pho.

On their site it says it's the same as 4 XL bowls of pho, insane!

[gam0s]

sounds amazing haha will give it a try :drool:

[Atriux]

Originally posted by gam0s
sounds amazing haha will give it a try :drool:

You live in San Francisco? Let us know =P

[phreezee]

I'd like to see Adam from Man Vs. Food try this one.

[Strider]

$55 in TO... you should give it a try
http://foodto.blogspot.com/2009/04/lone-star-72-oz-steak-challenge_19.html (not me btw)
hmmm let's see 72oz / 16oz/lb = 4.5lb x $6/lb (avg) = $27.00 + potato, fixings... fine, not quite $30... but better than rice noodles


Originally posted by szw


If you lose the 72oz steak, you probably pay $70. I really doubt that $70 steak is actually worth $30.

Yeah the pho is probably more of a "markup" but hell....stop being a nit, this is something you do when drunk then throw up noodles in the parkign lot after.

[PremiumRSX]

I love pho, I thought I didn't think it sounded that bad until I saw the pictures.

That's a damn big bowl of pho...

[dj_rice]

http://phogardensf.com/files/image/thenewmain.JPG


That looks HUGE, and for the spoon, they are giving you a ladel :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Also that would be hard to finish as depending on how much noodles they put in there, the longer time elapses the more the noodles suck up all that broth and it becomes a nasty mess to eat as evidenced here after 30 mins

Start
http://x89.xanga.com/2d1f872bd5736251689779/z199862275.jpg


30 Mins Elapsed
http://x25.xanga.com/07bf903470c37251692589/z199864760.jpg

[GQBalla]

im wondering if you could request that they put half the noodles on the side for you?

[signature7]

yeah 30 minutes later looks gross. I'd take that pho over the steak though. I love them both, but pho looks tastier according to pics.

[nrt_vw]

Shit thats a big bowl

[Sal0]

lol, i love that pic!!! I actually thought I could do it, until I seen that bowl. That is insane! I wonder if anyone has completed it.

[malcolmk14]

How do you pronounce nuoc beo. Just curious.

[speeed]

shit i probably couldnt finish that but if i ever get a chance, i would do it just for kicks haha

[Disoblige]

I'm pretty sure I could do it, but I'm not sure if I can handle all of that in my gut for long. I'd probably be walking around the block for the entire night just to get it to settle. Burps are going to be the best thing in the world.

[MintRacer]

Originally posted by Disoblige
I'm pretty sure I could do it, but I'm not sure if I can handle all of that in my gut for long. I'd probably be walking around the block for the entire night just to get it to settle. Burps are going to be the best thing in the world.

I doubt you'd make it around the block,

for those pizza lovers. You can try the Vern's Pizza Challengehttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1108/1456037815_035fdaf24c.jpg

one regular vern's "mama mia" pizza with 3 guys under a hour.

Lets just say we were out 50 bucks each on the bet.

[Disoblige]

^^ Oh god that's way too much. Pho is not as greasy so it's easier to stomach and get down. I'd be done in 2 pieces MAX. Dude, I'm full just looking at that.

:whipped:

[MintRacer]

^^ after that escapade I'll never touch a vern's ever again. Each guy pretty much had to polish off 6 pieces first 3 pieces were fine.. but then it pretty much grinded to a halt on the fourth piece.

Who would have ever thought that they made a 10lb pizza.

[dj_rice]

So that pizza cost $150?

[cdnsir]

Originally posted by malcolmk14
How do you pronounce nuoc beo. Just curious.

Just to be clear, I'm not viet.

But I've been literally saying it as "Nuke Bell" in the most Canadian-sounding way. The servers at Dau Bo usually gives me a blank look, then corrects me in an accent that I can never seem to reproduce... LOL

[dj_rice]

Nuke Bell is pretty close


To me, its nook bell, with the nook sounding like look with a n

Fug I should just put up a sound clip haha

[MintRacer]

Originally posted by dj_rice
So that pizza cost $150?

nope 50 dollar pizza with extra 100 to the guy that said we couldn't do it.

[dirtsniffer]

verns pizza ftw.. soo good trex :drool: ummmmm im getting some for lunch you guys are awesome.. maybe me and my buddies will demolish the regular mama mia, update tomorrow