Noodle soup with brisket, well-done flank, marble brisket, soft tendon, and tripe. Pho begins with light-bodied boiling hot beef stock. It is a combination of all dried and fresh spices embodied in the cooked choicest of beef, poured over rice noodles and topped with your choice of beef; accompanied by fresh raw bean sprouts, chili peppers, lemon juice and everpresent cilantro and basil leaves.