When used correctly, chopsticks are just like fingers, except longer and less often inserted into bowling balls and pencil sharpeners. Show off your chopstick savvy with today’s Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of beef-noodle soup, bubble tea, and more at Pho Vietnam Restaurant and Bar in Southaven.

Pho Vietnam Restaurant offers a menu full of authentic Vietnamese cuisine that blends traditional flavors such as earthy basil, sour tamarind, and moderately spicy jalapeño. Open up the appetite with a sautéed quail and garlic-butter combination known as chim cut ($6) and encounter various flavors of pho, Vietnam’s oft-lauded and generously garnished beef and rice-noodle soup ($6.95 regular, $7.95 large, $8.95 extra large). Those who eschew broth can toss back some noodly chow mein or low mein ($12.95–$13.95) and a helping of the battered crispy squid that makes up muc chien don ($14.95). Coat spice-specked throats with a fruity bubble tea ($4), or finish off the night with drinks at a bar guarded by a Buddha statue and a sticky-rice-flinging monkey.

Complete with colorful aquarium and miniature stone lions that come alive at night, Pho’s white- and crimson-lighted interior impresses the eye and stimulates the stomach. Observe proper Vietnamese etiquette by polishing your chopsticks before a meal, keeping both upper-body appendages above the table at all times, and fashionably slurping soup to indicate your appreciation of the spicy, steaming goodness.

Reviews

Ninety-four percent of Urbanspooners recommend Pho Vietnam:

• The fresh home made spring rolls and the Pho broth are delicious, but really what isn't good here. Disappointment isn't even a factor when you speak of Pho's Vietnam Restaurant and Bar!!!! – Anele, Urbanspoon
• I like going here when I need a simple escape from home or work. Delicious Asian food yet affordable - even their white rice alone is really good. Pleasant staff. Nice to catch a game on their flat screen TVs. – T, Urbanspoon