Many pho restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City are named
Accordingly, recently, restaurants and eateries in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City when named by Michelin awards have received great attention from Vietnamese cuisine lovers. Among the 29 Bib Gourmand restaurants (restaurants with delicious food at affordable prices) announced by Michelin, the list of pho restaurants attracted great attention.
Many gourmets in Saigon wonder why pho restaurants are "favored" while banh mi, bun mam, bun rieu, bun bo... are "missing" in this event.
There are 7 pho restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City that have won the Bib Gourmand restaurant award.
4 pho restaurants in Hanoi are also on this list.
Of these, 7 pho restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City were included in this list, including: Pho Chao, Pho Hoa Pasteur, Pho Hoang, Pho Huong Binh, Pho Le, Pho Minh, Pho Phuong. Meanwhile, 4 pho restaurants in Hanoi including Pho Au Trieu, Pho Ga Nguyet, Pho Gia Truyen, Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su received this prestigious award.
Until now, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (owner of Pho Phuong restaurant in District 1) is still elated by the good news that her nearly 40-year-old restaurant is one of the 7 pho restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City named in the Bib Gourmand restaurant list. Moreover, Pho Hoang restaurant, also on this list, is owned by Ms. Phuong's younger brother.
Pho Phuong restaurant opens from 5:30 am to 8:30 pm every day.
“I heard that Michelin Vietnam awards restaurants in Saigon and Hanoi, so I went online to check. I was surprised to see my restaurant's name on it. Of course, I'm happy to receive an award. This is a great motivation for us to try harder and serve customers better and better," the owner said.
Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, Pho restaurant owner
Reviewing Pho Phuong on its website, the Michelin Guide says that like most pho restaurants, you can order the house special to sample different cuts of beef. But the most popular ingredient here is the oxtail – stewed for 40 hours until the meat is tender and the skin is gelatinous.
Each bowl of pho at Phuong restaurant costs from 60,000 VND - 110,000 VND.
Pho Phuong broth.
Ms. Phuong (57 years old) said she opened the restaurant when she was 18 years old. She lives "single and cheerful" and has been attached to this restaurant for the past several decades. The restaurant is the passion of her life.
Ms. Thanh Huyen (35 years old, living in Binh Thanh District) also visited the restaurant today. She said she is a regular customer of Pho Phuong restaurant. The day before, she accidentally found out that the restaurant had won a Michelin award, so today she arranged a schedule to visit with her family.
“I like the broth here the most, it has the sweet aftertaste of bone broth that suits the taste of Southern people. I have also tried Northern pho restaurants many times but it doesn't suit me. Of course, I can't say which restaurant is better than the other because it depends on each person's taste and regional differences. If the restaurant suits my taste and has good service, I will stick with it for a long time," the customer expressed his opinion.
Pho Phuong restaurant is popular with many diners.
Meanwhile, Ms. Hong Nhung (27 years old, living in District 1), a regular customer of Pho Hoa Pasteur (District 3), said she was not surprised that the restaurant was on Michelin's "golden list". She said that with the rich flavor of Pho that suits the taste of Vietnamese people, especially foreigners, along with professional and clean service, the restaurant deserves to be visited many times.
“Pho in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have many differences”
Culinary artist Anh Tuyet, who has more than 50 years of experience in the kitchen, has a deep understanding of Vietnamese pho and was once given the responsibility of cooking for 21 heads of state at APEC 2017, also gave her opinions on the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand list of restaurants. Ms. Anh Tuyet also attended the "Announcement Ceremony of the first list of restaurants selected by Michelin Guide in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City" on June 6.
The female artist said that Michelin Guide will have their own criteria to select this list, so it is difficult to judge whether it is accurate or not.
Pho Hoa is also one of 7 pho restaurants nominated for the Bib Gourmand restaurant award.
“Cuisine is very difficult! Five people have ten opinions, this pho restaurant may suit one person but not another and vice versa. It is not easy to define: “What is delicious?”, because it depends on each person’s taste. When the pho tastes to the diner’s taste, it is delicious. I do not know the criteria for others to evaluate, so I cannot evaluate it,” the artist expressed.
According to artist Anh Tuyet, Hanoi pho and pho in Ho Chi Minh City will have certain differences in flavor to suit the weather and regional culture. In particular, the highlight is that Ho Chi Minh City pho will have a more prominent sweetness than Northern pho.
Artist Anh Tuyet believes that the appearance of Michelin in Vietnam is a miracle of Vietnamese cuisine.
“Whoever cooks and captures the spirit of the guests, that is, harmonizes the flavors to suit the most people, that is a success. For example, if 100 diners come to your restaurant and eat, 90 people praise the food, that is a victory. I am referring to the flavor along with other factors such as food hygiene and safety, beautiful view, customer service attitude…”, Ms. Anh Tuyet shared with Thanh Nien reporter.
For the female artist, the appearance of Michelin in Vietnam is a spectacular event for Vietnamese cuisine. Before that, she had hoped and expected that one day this award would return to Vietnam to affirm its position and spread Vietnamese cuisine more widely to the world. According to her, the appearance of Michelin will create favorable conditions to stimulate tourism and promote Vietnamese culture because there is no more attractive tourist route than the culinary route.
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