Takeout Chicken Pho from Pho Le in Red Bank.  (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge)

By JIM WILLIS

Last week found PieHole in the grip of the grippe. When we finally emerged from the covers, we needed something not only restorative but with flavor that would agree with our still-finicky tastebuds.

Enter Red Bank’s only Vietnamese restaurant, Pho Le, and it’s $8 Chicken Pho.

Imagine your standard Jewish penicillin chicken broth enhanced with tons of ginger and flu-destroying spices.

Added bonus: when you get it to-go, the soup comes totally deconstructed and you assemble it as you like it.

Pho Le is at 90 Broad Street.