What kind of PHO? Loại phở gì đây?

Capital Garden Hotel's Pho

Cooks prepare pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

Chef Pham Van Son holds a piece of Kobe beef as he prepares to cook pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

A bowl of pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, is seen at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

Chef Pham Van Son displays a plate of Kobe beef as he prepares to cook pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

A plate of Kobe beef is seen next to a bowl of pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

Ton Lam eats pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in his Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

Chef Pham Van Son places pieces of Kobe beef on a plate as he prepares to cook pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.

A bowl of pho, Vietnam's signature beef noodle soup, is seen at a restaurant in Capital Garden Hotel in Hanoi March 30, 2011. The restaurant reported full bookings on weekends by people keen to eat pho made with slices of pricey Japanese Kobe beef, despite worries about traces of radioactivity found in food near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. Kobe beef pho costs about 850,000 dong ($40) a bowl -- as much as 40 times the price of a standard bowl of Vietnam's de facto national dish on the streets of Hanoi.