Barbie Doll Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 The AnQi Phở is no piddling bowl of broth, noodle and tendon, gulped down in some Westminster dive at 2 a.m. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) This is phở of another caliber, and at a minimum cost of $5,000 per bowl, it's definitely meant to be savored. Made with A5 Wagyu beef, white alba truffles, a foie gras broth, hand-raised bean sprouts and "noodles" created, through some sort of gastronomic wizardry, from rare blue lobster meat, it's quite likely the world's most expensive bowl of soup. This staple of Vietnamese cooking, elevated here with luxury ingredients, will be auctioned off at the Bash Benefactor Dinner on Friday. Proceeds benefit the Children's Hospitals of Los Angeles and Orange County as well as the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Bidding for the bowl of soup starts at $5,000, but will only go up from there. Don't worry if you can't attend the invitation-only dinner and auction, held at Tiato, a Vietnamese café opened last summer in Santa Monica as part of the House of An, the group that owns Crustacean in Beverly Hills. The $5,000 AnQi Phở will also be featured on Crustacean's permanent menu with proceeds continuing to benefit the Children's Hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Is it wrong that I just checked my bank account to see if I had a spare $5k? Tight-Lines 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbie Doll Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Is it wrong that I just checked my bank account to see if I had a spare $5k? Maybe we can go halfsies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 you'd pay $2500 to watch me eat all of 'our' soup? SELFLESS. dari and IAS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I told my Viet friend about this and he brought up a good point- phở is a "poor man's soup", so it's pretty ironic that it's so pricey. Sounds awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I want to pay for it, sit down and taste it. Then like in Mullholland Drive, spit it into a napkin with a disgusted look on my face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammy Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 uhhhh...sounds so good...i good bowl of pho is a treat...can you imagine this. when we traveled to vietnam all the hotels we stayed at were "westernized" and had these breakfast buffets but in addition to the omelette, pastry stations they had a pho station where they had their regional pho that you could order and customize to your taste. it was so awesome and a great way to start the day. i love beef pho but the spicy seafood was to die for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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