18/12/2024
How to enjoy a bowl of Pho?
It can be said that cuisine is an art that gives birth to all arts in life. And in the culture and culinary arts from the East to the West of many countries around the world, in many famous dishes that are unique and rich works of art, Pho is a dish that deserves its attention and well-knowness.
Pho, a famous Vietnamese dish, was born from the cultural and culinary exchange between the East and the West in the history of Vietnam about 100 years ago, from the time of French colonial rule in Indochina peninsula.
With a blend of traditional and modernity, pho is both sophisticated and convenient, and at the same time represents the balance between nutrition and health, excitement and tranquility.
Each bowl of Pho is created from a balanced combination of many ingredients - meat, starch and green vegetables. In particular, the ingenuity in combining many processing methods such as grilling and roasting spices to simmering beef bones for 12 hours helps create a nutritious, delicious and attractive broth.
It is not too much to say that Pho is not only a dish but also a work of art of flavor. It truly harmoniously converges all seven basic elements in culinary art such as: ‘umami, salty, sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, astringent". Similar to the seven basic colors ‘red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet’ of painting. Or the seven basic notes ‘do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si’ of music.
And above all, Pho, although a normal dish, is also a delicate work of art, helping to move the senses of the person enjoying it.
So how can you enjoy a bowl of Pho?
Of course, you should go to a Pho restaurant that you love. You can choose traditional beef Pho or a little variation with chicken Pho or vegetarian Pho with vegetables and tofu depending on your preference.
Each bowl of Pho is usually presented and served with some coriander, bean sprouts, lime, chili and dipping sauce.
When the bowl of Pho is brought before you, take a few seconds to admire the bowl of Pho with its ingredients, meat, green vegetables, and pho noodles with hot steaming broth. Then, bend down slightly, and get a feel of the lovely aroma emanating from the fragrant bowl of food. Use a spoon to scoop up some hot broth, blow on it gently, and appreciate the flavours. Don't forget to mix yourself some dipping sauce from hoisin, chili sauce with a little lime, or add some lime, chili, or greens to the bowl according to your preferences. Finally, enjoy. Use chopsticks and pick up the noodles with vegetables, sip the soup, dip the meat in the sauce, then fully feel all the delicious flavors from the meat to the salty, sweet, sour, spicy richness of the spices, mixed with the bitterness, astringency of the green vegetables and enjoy a bowl of Pho with all five of your senses.
From Pho Express.
