nuke_diver
Riding Solo
Chopsticks and spoon. I'm a lefty, so chopsticks in the left hand, spoon in the right.
Oh -- and just don't dump a basil stalk into the soup -- shred a couple of leaves and put them in. Also -- never put in bean sprouts; they cool down the broth quickly and screw it up.
Damn -- it's getting to be close to lunchtime here...
Then your broth isn't hot enough . The broth should already have the base flavour, and the basil/bean sprouts/shirachi is added to personalize it. We get extra bean sprouts. I eat it about once a week during the colder weather and alternate between pho and bun in the warmer days. Always with cafe sua da
oh and never with a fork.