On November 17, CNN announced a list of the 20 best broth dishes in the world in 2024. This is considered a suggestion for culinary enthusiasts to enjoy on upcoming trips.

The selection criteria include not only the local popularity of the dish but also the delicious and unique flavor of the broth, as well as its health-enhancing effects.

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With Vietnamese beef pho, CNN editor Jen Rose Smith expressed her impression of the broth simmered for hours with cinnamon, star anise and other warming spices to create a wonderful aroma for this dish.

Nowadays, eateries and restaurants often have many different types of pho on their menus, but according to Andrea Nguyen, author of "The Pho Cookbook," beef pho is the most original pho.

Since the early 1930s, Vietnamese people have begun to blanch rare beef in broth to eat with pho noodles.

Beef noodle soup is also the most popular and favorite type of noodle soup in Vietnam with variations such as rare beef noodle soup, well done beef noodle soup, flank steak, brisket, tendon,...

Previously, in 2021, Vietnamese beef pho was also honored to appear on a similar list by CNN. In 2022, the famous American TV channel continued to include pho in the top 50 best street foods in Asia.

Taste Atlas also ranked beef pho 3rd in the top 10 dishes with the best meat broth in the world in 2023.

Vietnamese fish sauce and fermented shrimp paste are among the world's best dipping sauces . The culinary website Taste Atlas has just announced a list of the 100 best dipping sauces in the world, including Vietnamese fish sauce and fermented shrimp paste.