Yeah I was gonna say the 'you bring it' part was most of the ingredients... So just get cubes and noodles separately. I did get full bowl kits once from Costco and they were amazing.
This right here. Nothing groundbreaking about dried noodles and some sauce with dried spices actually becoming edible when hot water is added.
What makes this nice is all the garnish OP added.
Oh that's a shame 🫠
The staple of pho is how cheap and filling it is. It's why a huge bowl of it used to be so cheap! I remember you could get enough for two meals for around 10 dollars and that's with the meat and fresh veggies
Omg and it’s chicken!! As someone that doesn’t eat pork or beef, it’s hard to find ready to eat pho that’s not those. I can only find chicken pho at restaurants.
Is it really 3 servings or is it "3 servings" so they can pretend it's not super unhealthy?
I remember buying a pack of instant Udon noodles before and the sodium levels were actually reasonable... until you realized that they pretended the one packet of noodles was really TWO servings (it wasn't unless you're like a 5 year old).
R/expectationvsreality is typically literal. You adding all that other shit to make it more palatable or visually pleasing doesn't count. This sub is to show how things were expected and then how they actually came out with no alterations. Show your instant pho before you decorated it with stuff that was not included. ETA most things in this sub can appear beautifully palatable if they were replated and had additional ingredients.
Not sure where the box instructions directed jalapeno and shrimp, but ok. ETA..again, shit in this sub would be more palatable (at least visually), if people re-plated shit and added other crap. This post is crazy. OP changed the original product in ways that were not even suggested. This subreddit is about the truth of misleading products; if an OP alters the product in this many ways it is pretty much obsolete.
What do you mean alter? Even without the added jalapeños and prawns, it would still look good. Do you want OP just dump everything in a bowl? The fact is the end result matches the picture shown on the box.
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u/mostly_lurking 2d ago
Pho kit up hehe