Vietnam’s Pho, fresh spring roll among world’s best 30 dishes

Vietnam’s Pho and Goi cuon (fresh spring rolls) have been named in the list of the best 30 dishes of the world under a survey by CNN (Cable News Network).
Vietnam’s Pho, fresh spring roll among world’s best 30 dishes ảnh 1A bowl of Pho Vietnam (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Pho and Goi cuon (fresh spring rolls) have been named in thelist of the best 30 dishes of the world under a survey by CNN (Cable News Network).

Phowas ranked 28th while Goi cuon stood at the 30th place in the list.

Asa symbol of Vietnamese cuisine culture, Pho is present anywhere around theworld where Vietnamese people live. In addition to rice noodle, a few herbs,thinly-sliced beef or chicken meat and broth as the main ingredients, a sliceof fresh lemon and a splash of chilli sauce are indispensable to a deliciousbowl of Pho. 

Meanwhile, themain ingredients for making Goi cuon dish consist of boiled pork, shrimp, herbs,rice vermicelli and rice paper. It is served at room temperature with theerupting flavours of refreshing herbs.

Vietnam’s Pho, fresh spring roll among world’s best 30 dishes ảnh 2A dish of Goi cuon (fresh spring roll) (Photo: CNN)

The sauce forGoi cuon is made from a variety of ingredients, such as a dash of fish sauce,coconut milk, a squeeze of tamarind, chopped garlic, hot pepper, onions, groundpeanuts, fried sesame seeds and cooking oil. 

In the CNN’slist, the top 10 dishes of the world are chicken muamba of Gabon, ice cream,tom yum goong of Thailand, Penang assam laksa of Malaysia, hamburger ofGermany, Peking duck of China, sushi of Japan, chocolate of Mexico, Neapolitanpizza of Italy and Massaman curry of Thailand.-VNA

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