Vietnam's pho is the greatest culinary gift to the world: Australia’s tourism website (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – According to Australia’s tourismwebsite traveler.com.au, pho is surely Vietnam's greatest culinary gift to theworld.
An article posted on the web said people can argue long into the night aboutthe world's best soup. Maybe it's ramen, laksa, bouillabaisse orcaldo verde or even Moroccan bessara. What people can't argue, however, is thatVietnam's most famous soup, the pho, is in the conversation.
It affirmed pho is a fragrant, subtly powerful dish that'seven greater than the sum of its considerable parts. Its broth is a gentlysimmered stock of beef bones with onion, ginger and spices; it arrives pooledaround banh pho, or flat rice noodles, and rare beef slices, topped with beansprouts, fresh herbs, lemon and chilli. The aroma is transcendent. The taste isperfection.
Pho is surely Vietnam's greatest culinary gift to the world. (Photo: VNA) Phowas developed in the north of the country during the late 19th and early 20thcenturies. The pho obsession spread to the south in the 1950s, when the countrywas divided and millions of north Vietnamese brought theirsoup recipe with them to the south.
December 12 has been marked as the Day of Pho in celebrationof the nation's most well-known dish.
Earlier,the prestige food website TasteAltas included pho among the world’s 100 mostpopular dishes./.
