A wonderful book on vietnamese cuisine with colourful pictures..........

I thoroughly enjoyed this cookbook. I love to cook and Pho is one of my favorite foods, especially when I'm not feeling the best. This book was just in time. As I came down with a cold, I was able to read this and decided to make a few recipes from the book. With the tips and tricks included, it made the recipes simple and the little extra things provided with the tips made the meal exponentially better. I love this book and can't wait to make more from it!

A brilliantly complied treasure trove of recipes, laid out in a beautiful fashion. The pictures are not just artistic and vivid, they also serve as a great guide to what you're attempting to achieve. The introduction to Pho and its constituent ingredients means anyone can start to cook pho like a profession. The recipes themselves are easy to follow and utterly delicious.

I absolutely love Vietnamese food, but so far haven't attempted making any myself (the fact that I have a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant close to where I live doesn't help with that). This book made me want to give it a try, though.

I love the variety of the food in here - the title made me think it would be just about pho, but there are recipes for other noodle dishes, soups, appetizers, sandwiches, condiments and snacks and even desserts included as well.

The first section is dedicated to pho, though, and it shows just how to build a perfect bowl of pho, combining detailed instructions and helpful pictures while leaving plenty of room for creativity.

The majority of the recipes include meat or fish, but there are some vegetarian and vegan options. Most recipes are intermediate or advanced, so I wouldn't recommend this to beginners in the kitchen. You also (unsurprisingly) need a good store where you can buy the necessary ingredients. As someone who likes ingredients to be as short as possible, some lists seem a bit intimidating, but authenticity beata convenience in this case. It's also not a cookbook for when you don't have a lot of time.

The book is well structured and overall the layout is well done, too. I'm not a fan of ingredients lists continuing on the next page, especially if you have to flip the page, but sometimes it can't be help. The food looks appetizing, although some pictures are a bit too dark. The scenic pictures included add a nice touch and there aren't too many to be distracting.

Overall a well done cookbook for people interested in Vietnamese cooking and with some cooking experience and not necessarily for day to day cooking.

I feel intimidated by this cookbook, but once I read it and even started 2 of the recipes I realized how wonderfully well detailed and inspirational this cookbook is.

I am going to purchase this in hard copy once it is available.