Pho is a traditional Vietnamese dish, also considered one of the most typical dishes for Vietnamese cuisine. The main ingredient of noodles is rice noodles and broth with sliced beef or chicken. Also included are spices such as: pepper, lemon, fish sauce, chili, ... These spices are added depending on the taste of each user. Pho is usually used for breakfast, or dinner. Pho is usually beef noodle soup, but also chicken noodle soup.
The broth is generally made with beef bones, beef or chicken and spices including cinnamon, anise, ginger, cardamom, cloves, coriander, etc. The system is made from rice flour, thinned into thin sheets and then cut into strands. Pho always has to eat hot new delicious, however, to get the bowl of pho delicious depends on the experience and traditional know-how of pho.
Perhaps not too exaggerated when Hanoi is the cultural space of Vietnamese cuisine is now known around the world: Pho! Pho can appear in many parts of the world. But, where diners can enjoy the most exquisite Pho flavor, only Hanoi
No one knows for sure when pho Hanoi appeared. Only know that the elders of Hanoi, since growing up have known this cuisine in life and also in poetry. And, perhaps, there has never been any food that writers have so much fondness for in their works. Simply because Pho is not only delicious food with adequate nutrition but also contains in it the sophistication of the food culture of Hanoi people.