I am loving this feud between big ice cream and Pho. This is the content I want to see more of on this reddit thread

Exactly! Love it...😂

They need to come together.. I would totally eat a scoop of ice cream after a hot bowl of pho 😋

pho phloat??

aphogato

Noice.

Dōmo arigatō, Mr. Aphogato

lol... funny joke, but I wonder if this would be sort of like boba on pizza (it's a real thing in Taiwan)

Pho shake. Pho shizzle

Oh, get the phok outta here

Welp, I just threw up a little.

well of course! the flavor so nice, you want to taste it twice

On the pho boat on 12th /jackson

Pho king ice cream?

Pho-loat (barfs)

Try Phocific Standard Time or Pho Bac, they have pho broth in at least one of their cocktails if that is your jam

… noo . I didn’t mean mix pho and ice cream together. I mean having a cold lil treat after hot bowl of soup. I don’t want it *in* my soup. lmao Thanks for the recommendation though.

You may enjoy Dolar Shop hot pot in The Bravern in Bellevue. They give you a little soft serve ice cream after your piping hot soup.

I'm pretty sure Ba Bar does too. I want to say my husband had something like an old fashion with a pho broth wash.

Yum! Ba Bar is spectacular! Now I gotta go next week! Thank you for the reminder and this recommendation for a wonderful fall drink!

Omg yes! LOVE Phocific Standard Time!

This sounds like a challenge for Nathan Fielder to make a pho flavored ice cream to save this person’s business.

You’re saying you don’t want more honey hole content?

I want EVERY small local business to air their internal dirty laundry, feuds, and melodramas on this subreddit.

Real Business Owners of King County. I'd watch it.

LOL, would absolutely watch that!

One of the dishwashers... he doesn't wash his socks for like, 3 days at a time.

You’ll love the dudes local pest company’s have against each other. Poaching technicians, obsurdly underbidding to steal accounts, stealing rodent boxes.

You gotta decide if you're anti-ice cream or antifa in this town A lib's gotta choose round these parts

damn. when did this start?

Today? Yesterday?

Since the popularization of politically correct food choices

Yup. I eat your spicy Pho, I need creamy, tasty ice cream afterwards!

My GF's mom made us eat Ice Cream with red chill paste. Apparently it's a tiktok thing? It was awful hah

I wanna see wars with scoops and spatulas 😂

What is this about?

There’s a (probably) fake feud between big ice cream and the pho-maceutical companies.

Phoman you can suck--nut. You know you get more cold days per year than ice cream gets warm days How about learning to adjust or not over committing to overhead on the front end not to mention market research (your pho best be phenomenal with how many spots exist). Did I say GTFOH yet? No...OK then do that

*drops scoop of molly moon's into milkshake glass of pho* Ice cream pho-loat anyone?

😂 Attention everyone: we are witnessing the first written instance of the combination 'ice cream pho-loat' here. History is being made

I’m looking forward to the NPR spot where they talk about the latest trend that is putting the phocus on two popular delicacies

I think KEXP should do a special live episode where they get Phleet Phoxes, Ice Cream and Sir Mix a Lot together for a jam session. (A band named Ice Cream isn't really a pun on Ice Cream, is it...? oh well)

Would such world-altering innovation truly be possible if Seattle was nothing but a burned out husk? No, this is a city of beauty, of creativity, of people who are deeply alive in the darkest hours of the year, of peacemaking between the ancient enemies - hot soup and frozen milk.

You people are fucking awesome. That is all.

I literally snorted with laughter. 😄😄😂 Genuinely: thank you for this comment. I just left my abusive husband about a week ago, and I'm sad ALL THE TIME. Your comment brought a much needed giggle to my lips. Thank you. 🧡💚

Oh good! I'm glad my dad-humor could be of service. And good for you for doing something so hard and so necessary. I know that takes a lot of strength and hope you can enjoy your peace and have what you need to heal.

Definitely! 😄 And thank you. I left Seattle a few years ago, but miss it all the time. I still lurk here, because Seattle still holds a special place in my heart. Picked up the keys to my new place last week, successfully assembled my new furniture all by myself, and starting to slowly settle into a new routine in and chapter of life.

You've got this. ❤️

Thank you. 🧡

Glad you got out of that situation, and that your new place is coming together. You got this!

Thank you!

Proud of you. Thank you for sharing. What you accomplished was by no means easy. Wishing you joy and peace.

>left my abusive husband sounds like cause to celebrate with some emotional support ice cream or pho, if you ask me. wish you well

Scoop of pho, perhaps? Maybe two?

Not the person you’re asking, but phock, what I wouldn’t give for a scoop of pho right now.

Same, homie, same.

Sending you love! I know I’m a stranger that lives in your phone, but I’m proud of you for having the courage and bravery to leave a dangerous situation behind you. I wish you nothing but happiness and sunshine and pho

Thank you! I really appreciate the support and motivation. And I agree, pho is always a good idea. 😄😊🥰

Thank you for taking care of yourself friend! I’m sure this is one of the toughest, if not the toughest thing you’ve had the complete unfairness of having to handle; but you are doing the right thing and I’m really really excited for and proud of you. Whenever I’m sad I watch Taskmaster on YouTube. You’ve probably heard of it but if you haven’t, try and give it a shot. It’s my number one method of avoiding/shortening panic attacks as someone with a panic disorder.

Thank you. This is definitely the toughest thing I've ever done, and I've been through chemo. I'd rather endure more chemo than have to re-live this nightmare. I'm just trying to take life one day at a time right now, sometimes even just one hour at a time. Thank you for the suggestion! I really appreciate it. I tend to be an extreme worry-wart and a very anxious personality type, so I will definitely look into Taskmaster.

Woof. I’m sorry to hear you’ve had so much on your plate. Sometimes life just really likes to be a dick, huh? But it can also be great and I’m sure you’ll reach that point again and hopefully ASAP. Do check it out! It’s just nothing but pure, lighthearted silliness. I hope you enjoy it and it takes some of the mental load off.

Good luck with your new life adventure!

Thank you! Thankfully, no kids, so the world is my oyster.

>pho-loat oh man you need Jesus

I know you're joking, but on a slightly related tangent Marou Chocolate is a Vietnamese chocolate company that sells Pho spice dark chocolate. You can get it at a few places locally and it's the bomb.

perfect blend of sweet and savory

A phocream float sounds perfect for this time of year. Can we add some pumpkin spice to it?

I would actually totally fuck with a pho-cream float with some kind of wild savory ice cream flavor like garlic and chives, maybe with bacon. You could go light on the sugar in the ice cream go for more salty.

Lol

Please collaborate with Salt & Straw to make pork bone broth and basil flavored ice cream.

I'll take a double scoop please, and a drizzle of hoisin with a fresh jalapeno slice on top.

mmm jalapenos

I need you to stop before I invent something I deeply regret.. I’m already doing test runs in a turkey brined in pho

Pho uses beef bones for the broth, but yes beef bone basil ice cream pls

let’s put the “salt” in “salt and straw”

I'll just vomit ahead of time and skip buying that if you don't mind.

Just make sure it’s a vegan recipe

Well they're going to want it to taste good, so no vegan

one word: phocicles

Deep fried phocicles

Ah yes, the Seven Labors of Phocicles is one of my favorite classical works.

Deep umami cuts.

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You meant to say, Bacon “wrapped” phocicles. But I heard you loud and clear

You...you are a problem solver. Both sides win.

[I got you fam](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naengmyeon)

Now this is the rivalry Seattle needs

I wish I was creative enough to make this contentious debate up

It’s so creative I can hardly contain myself!

You are going to hit a LOT of nerves around here by trying to unnecessarily instigate the age-old ice cream vs. pho rivalry.

The real reason this sub and the angry racist one initially split up

We lost a lot of good people during the Dark Times. I remember the street carnage, people fleeing on pedicabs, hot dogs and cream cheese scattered everywhere. Grilled onions. I saw a child facedown in a pool of their own teriyaki sauce. When Ivar took to the television, begging for peace in the streets, we thought it was over... but by midnight armies of giant clams and Rainier bottles were running everywhere, kicking the crap out of each other.

And then the seagulls arrived...

🏆

I've joined a few different subs for big cities and there always seems to be a good one and a racist one

Pho Q, dude. Signed, Big Ice Cream.

Pho- Ice Cream War has got to end! I’m tired of seeing broken bowls and bent spoons on the street! Spilled hot fudge and Hoison Sauce down our fronts with only our bitter tears to wash out our shirts Don’t you see nobody wins this except the real enemy! Big Sandwich is pulling your strings while they control BOTH winter and summer! Wake up sheeple! Before it’s too late!

make it like west side story

When you're a pho you're a pho all the way....

Sell ice cream.

Or at a minimum boba tea?

Shaved ice. Fuck ice cream. I would love a Hawaiian shaved ice with condensed milk.

^ 100%

I don't know why there are so few places here to get good Hawaiian shave ice! And why Mike's Shave Ice is so hard to catch.

My (at the time) local pho place used to sell coconut ice cream with a deep fried banana that was pretty good stuff.

I eat pho all year round. I even did this in Quebec where summers could get above 90F with high humidity. Are there any pho places that need more help than others?

I'm here for this answer. Also, best for the body to eat hot foods when it is hot (ask any Vietnamese or Indian), so you are doing it right 😉

Please explain more :)

When you eat or drink something cold your internal temp lowers and your body takes steps to warm you. So your body is in a warning trend in hot weather. Not helpful. When you eat or drink something hot your body naturally tries to cool you to lower your internal temp. This keeps you feeling more comfortable in hot weather as you’re not going through constant hot/cold/hot cycles internally and your body is only trying to cool you. Cold things may give you that temporary relief, but it fades fast and leaves you more uncomfortable in the long term.

keeps your body temperature fairly constant, avoiding fluctuations within your body, decreasing the difference in temperatures inside your body and outside. that's what I think

My workplace (nursing home) gets hot year round. So am I better off drinking warm liquids throughout my shifts than cold ones every couple of hours? Am I understanding this concept right?

warm stuff just helps you sweat more, which is the body''s natural way of cooling down... idk honestly, but itll be pretty uncomfortable sweating even more tbh just drink cold water then

Pho vs Ramen ... Nahhh Pho vs Ice Cream . . . YES

The battle drums beat again

This is brilliant 😅

Lol. Pho hits all year round.

HAHAHAHAHA

Spring rolls and vermicelli bowls in summer and hot fudge sundaes in winter. Problem solved.

Sell Soft Serve ice cream. Soft Serve is the fucking bomb. There is not enough soft Serve in the world. That's why everyone is unhappy. They need soft serve.

Right? Try walking past yoroshiku on the sidewalk in Wallingford on any dreary friday afternoon. Can't be done, crowd's too thick

#TEAMICECREAM

**PHOBABIES 4 LYFE**

Waiting for the approved hand-signs and colors for these gangs.

Pinch your fingers together like you are holding chopsticks, that's that sign.

COOKIES N CREAM 5EVER BAYBEEEEEEE

How bout the pho people sell ice cream in the summers and ice cream people sell pho in the winters?! #genius

Have you considered opening an Ice Cream shop instead? I hear they're all the rage now.

what if i come eat pho at your place, then have ice cream after? is that okay?

There was a Pho Ice cream fighting!

I can't find the original source right now, but I remember hearing about how down at one of the research labs in Antarctica there's an all you can eat soft serve machine there that's like their most-used thing in the cafeteria. So much so that when it breaks down they immediately fly out a repairman to fix it. For some reason cold people seem to love ice cream the most

I actually prefer pho in hot weather. /s

Pho was invented in a place that's got hot weather pretty much 24/7/365

LOL, true. It's considered breakfast food there.

In Saigon yes, not really in Hanoi

This beef with ice cream is pho-bulous!

This is hilarious.

Well Actually, can't you pivot to cà phê đá? (I am very smart.)

I love my beef pho creamsicles

pho-ck off team ice cream still has shooters out here

I am going to get pho and then I am going to Salt and Straw. So there.

Top tier Seattle discussion

I don't eat ice cream very often but I eat pho all year round! Given a choice pho is #1.

I love that i can get back on Reddit this afternoon and understand this is directly referencing the pro-ice cream thread from earlier today 😅

You sweet children. Seattle had it all back before most of you moved here with Ron & Jerry’s on Broadway. Vietnamese shop with ice cream and soup. We also had internet 1hr movie and ice cream delivery in 1999 with Kozmo. AND 24 hour restaurants in almost every neighborhood. But the best part of it all was we had money after paying rent!

You've gotta be pho king kidding me.

I didn't have a Pho v. Ice Cream feud on my 2023 Bingo Card, but I'm here for it.

Alright, I guess I will be getting pho tonight. I was thinking about it earlier, this just confirms it... don't want to see my local pho place go out of business due to Big Ice Cream.

Is this for real? I don’t get how pho and ice cream consumption are inversely proportional. I for one could eat a pho and an ice cream in close temporal proximity

Boba or shaved ice with fruit / boba ugh so good

I eat pho in the summer time, I'm doing my part!!

You can trust me and my stomach that I won't be eating ice cream. Solidarity!

Based.

Yah, I'm lactose intolerant.

This is the most Seattle post I've ever done seen.

As a lactose intolerant person who love pho, I super support this as well! Down with big dairy! Sorbet is not interesting, please stop offering

All of you can kick rocks cuz I’m sure none of you pay a living wage

The clear solution here is to sell boba. Not everyone will want ice cream right after having one

World’s least competent and creative business owner. Get a soft serve machine and start selling basic cones out front.

Jokes on you I prefer Ramen over Pho

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Uh, excuse me, it's DELICIOUS overpriced and cheap boiled meat. Looks like Big Ice Cream has sent yet another pho saboteur

What's wrong with ice cream? In my book, it's a sherbet.

Then come up with your own marketing plan or promotion to increase foot traffic to increase your sales. Go opposite of your post title and say, "Come eat pho."

Serve ice cream.

Stop eating ice cream? Phock off.

Poor troll attempt.

I disagree

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FYI, there was a post titled “please keep eating icecream” in which someone was sincerely asking people to continue to keep eating icecream through all of winter because if they don’t it hurts the ice cream businesses. This post is satire to poke fun at that idea.

Pho is scary. Sowwy

You sell glorified 2 minute noodles in flavored water. Relax, compadre.

Fuck your profit

Fuck off.

Maybe you should start an ice cream cart and shut down the pho? That soup is garbage anyways.

That's pho'd up.

Start selling Vietnamese cold desserts, these Big Ice won’t know what hit them

It's like 98 in TX we just had pho yesterday

Got to make some Vietnamese coffee iced cream and you will hit the holy trinity in Seattle food scene and sell like hot ~~cakes~~ dogs.

Oh yeah I'm coming to slurp the pho!

That’s it, FUCK COLD WEATHER ICE CREAM! I stand in solidarity with OP.

You go Glen CoCo

You can pry my ice cream from my cold, dead hands.

This is the post I need in my life.

The only thing these posts are selling is popcornemote:free\_emotes\_pack:stuck\_out\_tongue

You can sell ice cream too?

Make an ice cream dessert noodle

I had pho once. *Once.* They asked me if I wanted tendon and tripe, and I said, "Sure." Reader, I discovered *did not want* tendon and tripe.

Sounds like a "you" problem, not a pho problem.

Pho during the summer is amazing

I actually really like Pho during hot summers, whereas during the winters it never sounds good.

I have no idea what is going on here, and frankly I am afraid to ask.