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Pho with Vegan Egg Roll

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Pho with Vegan Eggroll I have been a fan of well-made soups for quite a while.   Soups are an opportunity for a cook to show their skills.   Anyone can deep fry.   Most cooks can grill.   Better ones can saut é to the point.   The best ones can make excellent sauces, soups and braises. Since I am still learning how to cook, I am not sure I belong in the classification of best cooks.   But I have been known to put together a nice soup, every once in a while. The Pho shown in this picture came about because I had a small amount of leftover flank steak that I wanted to use up.   It was not enough to make a meal.   Not enough to freeze for future use.   It was just right for a bowl of Pho! I had some very nice gelatinous chicken stock in the freezer.   The stock served as the starting point for this soup. It was a simple matter of seasoning the stock appropriately and assembling the garnishes.   As much as I enjoy soup, I felt like we needed something crisp for textural cont