What Is Pho?
August 24, 2010 7:14 pm Food and DrinkPho noodles soup (pronounced ‘fuh’), or can also be called briefly as “Pho noodles”, or “Pho soup”, or most of the time, just as “Pho”, is a delicious Vietnamese soup packed with spices, fresh herbs and rice noodles. Sounds simple, yet the taste is anything but.
Complex flavors. Healthy ingredients. Some believe Pho noodles originated in the 1920s in Vietnam as a marriage of French-style cooking and local Vietnamese ingredients. Traditionally, the broth takes 4 to 7 hours to prepare, with a mixture of ingredients that vary from recipe to recipe, from region to region, resulting in interesting variations of Pho soup. Nowadays, there are a few delicious and healthy types of pho noodles that can be made quickly in your own home.