When it comes to the history of Vietnam, it’s simply
fascinating as well as complex. So, let’s travel to the time of peasants,
colonization, emperors and revolutions to find the history of Vietnamese
cuisine.
The
birth of noodles
The history of Vietnam starts at around 12,000 BC.
People mused to hunt and harvest plants in those days. After six thousand years
agricultural advances took place and the Vietnamese people started farming wet
rice. This is the reason, rice has always been one of the most favorite staple
for Vietnamese people. The farming of rice kept changing with the evolution of
tools and cooking system as well as influences from other foreign countries.
In the 2nd century BC Vietnam was known
as Nam Viet and was a province of China. These people lived under the reign of
various Chinese dynasties and thus, came to know of a by-product called
noodles.
Noodles were actually invented in China and they
were originally made of millet and native grains. When the Chinese ruled
Vietnam, they brought in the recipe of noodles and thus, it kept on expanding
with different forms like wheat, rice and eggs.
The
invention of Pho
The invention of Pho does not come from the
evolution of noodles made by Chinese. It was in the early 20th
century when Pho was invented. By then the Chinese rulers left Vietnam and the
colonization of France had begun. Therefore, the French colonization played a
major role in the invention of Pho. If you want to taste traditional Pho simply
visit a traditional Vietnamese cuisinein Denver.
The
touch of France
When it comes to the traditional Vietnamese cuisine
like Pho, it is simply a fusion of Vietnamese noodles and herbs with French
beef broth. There’s a word in French called “pot-au-feu. It means pot in fire.
The tradition is used to boil beef bones along with veggies with the addition
of meat to make a soup. Therefore, the concept of Pho comes from the
traditional French cuisine pot-au-feu.
The
beginning of Pho
At past, Pho used to be a simple peasant food.
Nomadic vendors from early 1900s were seen carrying a flexible stick with huge
barrels of soup attached at both ends. They used to sell the soup to the
interested people who love a good meal on the roads.
To this day, you don’t have to wait for these
nomadic vendors to taste the traditional Vietnamese cuisine. All you can do is,
visit a renowned Vietnamese eatery house that sells traditional cuisine.
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