Pho

This article is about the Vietnamese soup dish. For other uses, see PHO (disambiguation).
Phở
TypeNoodle soup
CourseMain course
Place of originVietnam
Region or stateNorthern Vietnam
Invented1900–1907[1]
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsRice noodles, bone broth, and beef or chicken

Phở or pho[a] (UK: /fɜː/, US: /fʌ/ FUH, Canada: /fɔː/ FAW; Vietnamese: [fəː˧˩˧] ⓘ) is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles (bánh phở), herbs, and meat – usually beef (phở bò), sometimes chicken (phở gà).[3][4] Phở is a popular food in Vietnam[5] where it is served in households, street-stalls, and restaurants country-wide. Residents of the city of Nam Định were the first to create Vietnamese traditional phở. It is considered Vietnam's national dish,[6] and is said to be influenced by Chinese and French cultures.[7]

Phở originated in the early 20th century in Northern Vietnam, and after the Vietnam War, refugees popularized it throughout the world. Because phở's origins are poorly documented,[8][9] there is disagreement over the cultural influences that led to its development in Vietnam, as well as the etymology of the name.[10] The Hanoi (northern) and Saigon (southern) styles of pho differ by noodle width, sweetness of broth, and choice of herbs and sauce.

In 2017, Vietnam made 12 December the "Day of Pho".[11]

  1. ^ Trịnh Quang Dũng (December 8, 2017). "Phở Việt - Kỳ 1: Khởi nguồn của phở". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese). Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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  3. ^ Ha, Michelle (2017-06-30). "Pho: A Tale of Survival (Part 1 of 2)". The RushOrder Blog. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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  6. ^ History of Pho, the National Dish of the Vietnamese, Vocal media.
  7. ^ "Dish Spotlight: The Multicultural Origins of Vietnamese Beef Pho". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
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  9. ^ Greeley, Alexandra (Winter 2002). "Phở: The Vietnamese Addiction". Gastronomica. 2 (1). Oakland, CA: University of California Press: 80–83. doi:10.1525/gfc.2002.2.1.80. ISSN 1529-3262.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vuong Trung Hieu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Vietnam officially makes December 12 'Day of Pho'". Tuoi Tre News. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2024-06-02.


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