20440 Wed Jul 03 15:11:08 -0700 2002 2 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 70952 This morning I read the following news. The New Jersey-based company failed its ramen business before. How about its next move? Link: http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/taste/story/3440213p-4467210c.html Wed Jul 03 15:11:08 -0700 2002 0 Hiko Ikeda 1 71143 Unreal! Well, it does say that the pho base is targeted to restaurants, so we won't be seeing it on the grocery store shelves. Asian markets already sell pho base, like US markets sell bouillion (sp?). So really the remarkable thing here is that a major company sees this as a business opportunity. It's a good sign for the refining of the American palate! Sat Jul 06 16:00:59 -0700 2002 70952 0 Sashi 2 71192 One of possibilities is that we may see posts about pho, on this board, complaining about some restaurants' sudden downgrade of its taste within a few month. Nobody knows the result, as of July 7. Sun Jul 07 18:36:35 -0700 2002 71143 0 Hiko Ikeda