The French did leave their culinary influence in Vietnam but its mainly in their pastries. Baguette, Flan, Pate Chaud (pate-so) etc. The Vietnamese never changed their names. Despite the attempt of some random reddit post, pot-au-feu is definitely not Pho. Pho is named after the type of noodles(Banh Pho), not the broth. The Vietnamese call their soup Canh.
The French also left their governing system, technology and also arts. South Vietnamese songs before 1975 are "exquisite" masterpieces and the Commies only allowed them to be sung/heard after year 2000s. Many songs are still banned. Got it?
@TS-JungleMonkey Jesus, I know we are only less than a month into the new year but that is the dumbest thing I read all year. The Vietnamese government is a socialist/communist republic. So not sure how you think the French left their governmental system in Vietnam.
as a Vietnamese, I am so proud to watch the video. Everything you mentioned was accurated. That showed you had research about the cuisine and the culture. Phở sốt vang or bò né may not very common for people who have never been to Vietnam but I appreciate your efford of putting those things in the video.
Useful idiot. All of what he said in the video are lies and distortions. Banh mi originated from Proto-Austroasiatic O1b ancestors of Vietnamese, not the Yakubian cave dwellers
Vietnam and the food could be more enjoyable if the people didn’t throw garbage everywhere and the vendors practiced hygiene. Sad, isn’t it? Biết ăn ngon mặc đẹp nhưng rất đáng tiếc đầu óc tư tưởng xả rác như chuột.
I love your take on the Vox-style editing (assuming you are inspired by them). It was captivating to see my culture be covered in a way that captured the cultural history of both regions.
This was the first video of yours I've watched, and without looking at the runtime I thought that this would be a feature length documentary. The production quality is insane!
Vietnamese food is quite eclectic and it's so fascinating to see how much it varies from region to region. Dishes like phở cuốn which I've enjoyed on countless occasions are rare to find in the South. Not to mention the differences in food related vocabulary as well (pork in the North is usually called "thịt lợn", and "thịt heo" in the south.) Hope you can do another video on Central Vietnamese food in the future ;) Về Việt Nam thôi bạn ơi!
Great video. I’m Chinese born in Saigon living in Canada and have been back a few times. I love how you mix history with food. I thought I knew all the dishes, but wasn’t aware of red wine pho broth and egg coffee!
I hope you visit the Philippines soon. I've loved your content since you first started posting and I really appreciate you highlighting the effects of culture and history on food and vice versa in Asian cuisine!
there’s a unique genre of South East Asian Chinese cuisine in Saigon with adaptations to the Vietnamese palate. I live in Vancouver where there is a very large Chinese diaspora but there are no dishes like Mì Vịt Tiềm, duck leg braised noodle soup. It’s interesting!
as a Vietnamese, thank you for this video.. the stories, history, drone shots are on point, i have to stop in the middle of the video just to write this comment. im really enjoy watching this 🙌🙌❤❤
It's also worth noting that despite the size difference, Vietnam has almost just as many ethnic groups including the majority as does China, at least in terms of nationally recognized ones (54 of them including the Kinh majority isn't far from 56 including the Han majority, with both majorities themselves being cultural rainshades/umbrellas rather than being ethnicities per se). Think of what that could mean for native minority representation for both & especially Vietnamese people beyond the well known Hmong in terms of food & other cultural showings
This really is one of the best TH-cam food channels. Each video is the perfect mix of history, interview, travelogue, and of course food. I love seeing a notification for a new Matthew Li video and try to watch it while eating something tasty to enhance the experience! P.S. The pho bo sot vang dish reminds me of a regional dish from northern Italy, where I live. In Emilia, tortellini are one of the best and most well-known fresh filled pastas. They are an egg pasta with a filling of pork loin, prosciutto crudo, mortadella, parmigiano reggiano, and nutmeg. Typically served in a mixed chicken and beef broth, one of the most old-fashioned and classic ways to dress the dish further is to pour a little of the local sparkling red wine, Lambrusco, into it upon serving at the table. It's great and reminds me a lot of the pho bo sot vang you ate! Buon appetito e buona continuazione!
So many incorrect information in one video. Ben Thanh market has never been a floating market. It was first built next to a river. The more recently built (by the French) was built on a flattened pond. "Nam Tiến" movement before modern time was not even a concept or a desire. It was a logical thing to do. Up North, you got the Chinese and their empire (and countries). To the west (of North and Central modern Vietnam) is the Annamite Range (dãy núi Trường Sơn). It was unlikely (or suicidally) to move an army cross this mountain range. So the only logically way was to move South. Phụng Sơn Tự (or Chùa Phụng Sơn in Vietnamese) was built in 19th century, by Fujian people. By the early of 17th century, Nguyễn lords (especially Nguyễn Phúc Chu) has already got permanent fortifications in Gia Định area (modern HCMC). So saying Saigon started at this temple is just plain wrong.
i'm a chef..I just got back from touring Vietnam..This is a great and informative video... The food was wonderful, only thing is it takes a getting used, is the lack of western sanitation. That said , we never had a problem
You know i'm native Vietnamese myself. How can a foreign tourist can have Vietnamese history and Culinary understanding better than a native Vietnamese like me, i'm very impressive with your knowledge🤩
Vietnam is a wonderful Country and the food is fantastic. I see a lot of French Influence in Vietnam especially in the Architecture and food. As foreign eyes I see a lot where as my wife who is Vietnamese does not see it. I must say the Vietnamese Emperor asked the French to come in and remove Chinese warlords and bandits who controlled much of the country. I look at Vietnamese food as somewhat fusion cooking. The blending of food from 2 or more cultures. I often tell my wife that certain foods that have a distinct French flavor and that the Vietnamese made it better. Hats off to Vietnam that has a Great culinary history and I live here now and hope that Vietnam and America will draw close together. I love Vietnamese history and the culture and have been treated well by many Vietnamese.
Most of our influences come from Vietam brah. There's just banh mi and pate that the French brought. Don't forget Vietnamese civilization is 2nd oldest after China. We knew how to cook b4 the French arrived bra. But thanx for the baguette.
I’m sorry but when exactly did the Vietnamese emperor asked the French to kick out the Chinese warlords exactly? Because I have never heard of any Chinese warlords ruling the country at all. In fact it’s a know fact that the French favors the Chinese over the native Vietnamese populatiob
@ 50 something ethnic groups. Regional dialects and cuisine and influences flows down all the way down to the individual to individual influences and makes it way back all the way up ;) Vietnam has one of the most organic evo food cultures
Kudo to you for recognizing that the culture and cuisine of the northern and southern parts of Vietnam are quite distinct, a fact that not a lot of Vietnamese would try to deny 😅
Phở sốt vang or "Red wine braised beef pho" is often made from beef tendon and other small part that can't put in main dish that pho vendor normally sell. I believe in the beginning it's served with bread - banh mì like another option on the menu. North Vietnam at that time under French colonization so a lot of dish from western cuisine become popular like Pate, Bread, and Wine braise dish too. Just some guy try to put pho into that braise broth and find out that make a good combination, especially for cold weather in the north winter. In Southern we have another dish that have same idea is Hủ tíu bò kho - Beef braise noodle which is the mix of India and Chinese cuisine. Vietnamese people love noodle and do everything with it. Each province, city have their own signature noodle dish, Vietnamese cuisine not only about pho or banh mi and hope you guy can discover and enjoy our beloved country cuisine.
The first time I had Vietnamese food was home cooked food so I don't know the names of anything I ate but it was delicious! Also, I can't stand coffee but Vietnamese coffee is the best!
Yep, I'm more inclined to believe that it come from Chinese influence, considering that southern region got a noodle very similar to pho, and Sichuan style banquet soup stock have existed forever. They don't need French influence for Pho.
I only heard people mentioning that Pho comes from Pot-au-feu after I settled in Canada reading and watching the news. In my own opinion, This saying is from some Vietnamese refugees live in US after the war running Pho restaurant and when Americans people ask about its crigin and these Vietnamese try to asscoiate Pho with French cuisine to make it sound more like haut cuisine. I believe Pho is a Vietnamese pronunciation of Cantionese word "Fanh" meaning vermicelli and Pho is extremely close to one Cantonese dish called "Hu Tieu" from cooking technique, using bones to achieve quality broth and ingredients. I don't know if Hu Tieu exists in Hong Kong or not but Hu Tieu is exclusively sold by Chinese in Vietnam. Like Tofu Banh mi it doesn't exist in Vietnam. Vietnamese include dried tofu in Banh Mi to please those American vegerarian customers. Thai chilli is very expensive in North America, so those Banh Mi stores owners began to substitute jalapenos to Thai chilli to save money and some American food cretics believe it's authentic to have jalapenos in Banh Mi.
@@thumtlnguyen3626I am really skeptical about the idea that Pho comes from China. This dish is heavenly based on COW, which in the past was considered one of the most valuable products, it was even referred to as the backbone of the industry, 'Con trâu là đầu cơ nghiệp' (an old saying which means 'The buffalo is the backbone of agriculture'). Also, there were even an old laws that prohibit the killing of young, healthy buffalo or cows (Luật Hình thư). So for Pho to become a common breakfast for the middle or even lower class, I believe it had to be influenced by the French.
@@thumtlnguyen3626 I am really skeptical about the idea that Pho comes from China. This dish is heavenly based on COW, which in the past was considered one of the most valuable products, it was even referred to as the backbone of the industry, 'Con trâu là đầu cơ nghiệp' (an old saying which means 'The buffalo is the backbone of agriculture'). Also, there were even an old laws that prohibit the killing of young, healthy buffalo or cows (Luật Hình thư). So for Pho to become a common breakfast for the middle or even lower class, I believe it had to be influenced by the French.
@@thumtlnguyen3626Why don’t we just accept that Pho is a unique Vietnamese dish? Yes, it took influence from somewhere both French Pot-au-feu and Cantonese Fan. However, why it can’t be Vietnamese Pho??? It does represent both the creativity and the resilience of Vietnamese culture, doesn’t it?
The only thing remotely close to pot au feu could be bun bo, but even this one is very different, I don't think this dish had any influence as you can find very similar things all over Asia.
@@TS-JungleMonkey Your name is Jungle Monkey and you call Chinese people typical commies when Vietnam is also communist. What type of troll act is this? Cause it clearly didn’t get the attention you wanted.
They sell Pho everywhere in Palawan island. But it may not be authentic and they call it Chao Long, but it is Vietnamese Noodle Soup. Vietnamese is so great. But on my first few visits I only ate in KFC. The video is awesome. The French Bread in Vietnam love it so much with cream cheese and Vietnamese coffee.
I've been to Vietnam on two or three occasions and can honestly say... what the hell is the big deal about a Bah Mi?? I mean in most cases it's just a plain simple cheap white bread roll with some salad stuff and whatever else inside that is quite ordinary. I mean, give me a 'focaccia' with eggplant, chicken, etc, or even a 'kebab' anytime.
@@brunskiyoskiit's just a personal reference thing. Im a viet myself but i'm not crazy about banh mi (even the higher price, fancy ver is not that appealing to me) while my foreign friend is, in a way, addicted to it.
@@brunskiyoski Well that means you just don't like Banh Mi. 😂 The thing about it is that Banh mi is really diverse, the owners all make it differently - unlike Döner Kebap which is almost the same every where in Germany.
@@minhnguyenphanhoang4193 well, it's still a cheap, ordinary, white bread roll. Whatever turns you on man. Some lame-ass people eat McDonald's & KFC every other day.
What's confusing about phở is that "phở" is the name of the noodle, and I would intuitively assume that that came before the French, so yeah "Pot au Feu" MAY be related (maybe a Vietnamese bloke heard "feu" and just added the noodle in" but this noodle is not just consumed into the soup so... Still a mystery. And in the North if you go to Phở Thìn they also stir fry the beef which is bloody lovely!
I think so too. Considering that “pho” references the actual noodles, I have a good feeling it is of Chinese influence since rice noodle in Chinese is mi/mai-fan/fun/fen.
Bahn mi is incredible. I was in Taipei in Ximen and there were a brother sister illegal stand (typical in asia). But it was cheap and killer marinated grilled meat. Chicken pork or beef. One of my favorite foods. Then the police drive by on their scooters with lights on as a warning and all the illegal vendors run with their stands and hide. Then 3 mins later they drive by again and any dumbass who didnt hide gets a ticket.
Yeah there’s a few minor incorrections here. Reunification of ethnic Vietnam was not the reason for Nam Tien. Back then both Central and South was a primarily non-kinh (Vietnamese). It was just an attempt at territory expansion. South/Central/Northern all do have their differences due to geography and to a much lesser extent cultural contact. All three are still very recognizably one cuisine no different from each other than any country with more than one region. Vietnam was already reunified by the Nguyen dynasty. Edit: Watching this a bit more it became extremely apparent that the person saying any this in the vid doesn’t know anything about Vietnamese history. Emperor Minh Mang did not “make everyone eat with chopsticks or brought Han culture to Vietnam” that’s been happening since the Trieu dynasty and later on the Chinese domination era.
The French colonial influence is really strong in Vietnamese cuisine, kind of like how when Taiwan was a part of Japan, Japanese cuisine strongly influenced Taiwanese cuisine.
@@tritran5095 Can i ask how? Or is it just bc "communism is when people die", people dies from various reasons, we need to solve the problem behind it, not just blamed the party
One more time, very enlightning. I like your approach. Mixing historical facts with eating food wit your local friends not only explains about food, but ir shows how everywhere, people adapt to the terroir and to novelty.
So glad I subscribed to your channel. This is like both a fantastic travelouge showcasing the world, and an informative deepdive into cultural history. And you always make me hungry for new foods I doubt I'd hear about anywhere else.
Like almost people living in Saigon. We only want to call it Saigon, we really "hate" the current name of the city! Because the south old Government was very great, rich, people lived well and they come to South then robbed a lot from us!
Chỉ có loại bán nước cầu vinh, thích ăn mà không muốn làm mới thích VNCH, một thể chế bù nhìn và theo như lời ông Thiệu là 1 chính phủ" Nô lệ viện trợ"
Only 95 likes?! Easily one of the top food history shows. I like it as much, if not more than Tasting History! Only complaint....please....more shows! It's a good day when there is a new Matthew Li video!
This guy sums up the South of Vietnam cuisine, which has a touch of foreign cultures that Vietnam came across. The South of Vietnam cuisine is heavily influenced by French, Chinese, Khmer, India.
@@gold-toponym One, give me an example of heavy Khmer influence on the Southern region foods. Two, what does the second half of your comment even mean?
@@numerals8939 @numerals8939 you guys know very well what I mean. Unless somehow Vietnamese expansionist were totally disconnected with the Viet populace which is wrong. And unless this history is avoided with due excuse. Influence in these areas mostly relate to food as the political base is entirely Vietnamese. Genetics is something else. Uses of lots of coconut and veggies in the south are influences from Southeast Asia. And the taste bud is different from northern Vietnam. Subtle It's not too hard to accept that there is some cross cultural food influences in the adjacent Southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Non french food. Same could be said to Cambodians who do not want to accept there is a lot of Viet food that is popular in Khmer taste but they still keep the names Fish sauce can be debated and it does not need to always "come from China"
"How Vietnam conquered French Food" is a REALLY stupid title and statement you made in the video. You could use words "incorporate", "merge", or "adapted" then it would make more sense. No colonial food cuisine has displaced a local cuisine ever in history unless the local people was exterminated. When has a local people ever stop cooking their own cuisine? So how does one country "conquer" another cuisine anyway? Make it disappear? Well, that hasn't happened either.
Please please please invest in a stablizer or gimble for your videos! I get motion sick watching many of your videos, especially the parts where it looks like youre holding your phone and recording yourself as you walk. I really want to support you but i have to often tap out because the shakiness of all of your recordings make me so dizzy
6:03 that's wrong. Nam Tien was the result of the Trinh - Nguyen conflict. As the Trinh occupied the North, the Nguyen had to go to the South. There's no unification of the Vietnamese people whatsoever.
The word pho does not come from pot-au-feu, and it's sad to see how you've just parroted that same Eurocentric narrative that most non-Vietnamese speakers regurgitate.
I have my doubts on whether the creation of phở took any inspiration from French cuisine. The name, I believe, might have. Here is a little story my grandfather told me about the origin that I would like to share: There used to be a street vendor going around town during winter with a simmering stockpot on a stove with visible fire. The bones in the hot soup continued to be cooked for the entire day, adding more flavors, and the fragrance was very inviting. The French, living in Vietnam during the colonization period, did not know how to call the dish, so to get the seller's attention, they would call out "feu" (fire), and that later took on a more Vietnamese pronunciation to become its name. How much truth is in that, idk, but the story and memories still stay with me.
The Vietnamese word Banh ('cake') is found cognate with incorporated element 'pu' in the polysynthetic incorporating Austroasiatic language Sora in India. Both derived from Proto-Austroasiatic *pun ('cake') 3,000 BCE. The Sora are an ancient Asiatic tribe who migrated into India 2000 BCE. And the Sora people know how to grow wheat and bake bread.
It doesn't come from French, it comes from mixing 2 Chinese words. 餅 + 麵. Bánh is just another way to say bính which is 餅. And mì is just a way to say 麵. Using Vietnamese grammar, it combines to form the word for bread.
Completely wrong. Pho, as in the shortened way to say banh pho, just means rice noodles. It has Chinese origins from the word fen which also means rice noodles.
fun fact: "banh mi" comes from "pain de mie" (french for soft bread), and "phở" might (but that's debatable) come from "(pot au) feu" ("pot on fire", a vaguely similar french dish). or at least I've been told so when I visited a few years back.
Is it though? Bánh is a broad category that is typically a baked or steamed dough products. Mì means wheat. So a baked product out of wheat. Bánh is a word that was used a long time before the French came for different types of rice "cakes".
no, that is not true. "Bánh mì" is from chinese word "餅麵" (bǐngmiàn) and the word "bánh" meaning bread and "mì" meaning flour. The word "phở" was first mentioned in the Sino-Vietnamese dictionary "Nhật dụng thường đàm" (日用常談) in 1827 (the French began invading Vietnam in 1858) and there is no basis to confirm that, everything is just a hypothesis, not a fact.
Pain de mie is a particular type of bread - a white rectangular loaf, the same shape as the sliced bread you buy in a supermarket, so that doesn't at all resemble the bread which banh mi is made from, which is clearly derived from the baguette. Pot au feu is also nothing like Vietnamese pho. They both use beef as ingredients, and both dishes incorporate a broth, but otherwise completely different.
The French did leave their culinary influence in Vietnam but its mainly in their pastries. Baguette, Flan, Pate Chaud (pate-so) etc. The Vietnamese never changed their names. Despite the attempt of some random reddit post, pot-au-feu is definitely not Pho. Pho is named after the type of noodles(Banh Pho), not the broth. The Vietnamese call their soup Canh.
The French also left their governing system, technology and also arts. South Vietnamese songs before 1975 are "exquisite" masterpieces and the Commies only allowed them to be sung/heard after year 2000s. Many songs are still banned. Got it?
@TS-JungleMonkey Jesus, I know we are only less than a month into the new year but that is the dumbest thing I read all year. The Vietnamese government is a socialist/communist republic. So not sure how you think the French left their governmental system in Vietnam.
@@TS-JungleMonkey and if you dive further into south vietnamese song you will see that some of them are song stolen from north vietnamese composers
@@nghialuong3414 What a moron. They fled your Commies in 1954 to the South before your mass murderer robbed and killed millions Hanoians,.
@@nghialuong3414 Give proof or names of any songs stolen my BoDoBungBo friend. Otherwise STFU. ROFL
as a Vietnamese, I am so proud to watch the video. Everything you mentioned was accurated. That showed you had research about the cuisine and the culture. Phở sốt vang or bò né may not very common for people who have never been to Vietnam but I appreciate your efford of putting those things in the video.
Useful idiot. All of what he said in the video are lies and distortions. Banh mi originated from Proto-Austroasiatic O1b ancestors of Vietnamese, not the Yakubian cave dwellers
Vietnam is land of fighter
Vietnam and the food could be more enjoyable if the people didn’t throw garbage everywhere and the vendors practiced hygiene. Sad, isn’t it?
Biết ăn ngon mặc đẹp nhưng rất đáng tiếc đầu óc tư tưởng xả rác như chuột.
@ Viet people are tough and smart. Government officials are "jungle monkeys"
3 decade ago, Japanese also through gabage everywhere. When economy go up everything will be changed, even human consciousness!
I love your take on the Vox-style editing (assuming you are inspired by them). It was captivating to see my culture be covered in a way that captured the cultural history of both regions.
This was the first video of yours I've watched, and without looking at the runtime I thought that this would be a feature length documentary. The production quality is insane!
Vietnamese food is quite eclectic and it's so fascinating to see how much it varies from region to region. Dishes like phở cuốn which I've enjoyed on countless occasions are rare to find in the South. Not to mention the differences in food related vocabulary as well (pork in the North is usually called "thịt lợn", and "thịt heo" in the south.)
Hope you can do another video on Central Vietnamese food in the future ;) Về Việt Nam thôi bạn ơi!
I’ve only watched 3 minutes and i instantly subscribed, Great Job Mathew, Amazing editing, thank you.
Great video. I’m Chinese born in Saigon living in Canada and have been back a few times. I love how you mix history with food. I thought I knew all the dishes, but wasn’t aware of red wine pho broth and egg coffee!
I hope you visit the Philippines soon. I've loved your content since you first started posting and I really appreciate you highlighting the effects of culture and history on food and vice versa in Asian cuisine!
Awesome video mate. Now with Vietnam and Italy covered, can't wait to see you cover Mexican cuisine next 🇲🇽
To me "Sốt vang" is more or less just a soup/broth. It can be eaten with anything, Banh mi, Bun, Pho. Personal favorite is with Banh mi though.
"Sốt vang". Vin in French is Wine, so it is a wine sauce. Got it?
The egg coffee looks amazing
Can confirm it absolutely slaps.
It's probably packing 400 calories but it tastes so good
awesome video, so cool to see how influential the french were in many aspects of vietnamese culture, especially the cuisine of the south
there’s a unique genre of South East Asian Chinese cuisine in Saigon with adaptations to the Vietnamese palate. I live in Vancouver where there is a very large Chinese diaspora but there are no dishes like Mì Vịt Tiềm, duck leg braised noodle soup. It’s interesting!
as a Vietnamese, thank you for this video.. the stories, history, drone shots are on point, i have to stop in the middle of the video just to write this comment. im really enjoy watching this 🙌🙌❤❤
Thank gawd someone giving the shout out to phở bò sốt vang and pointed out the difference between north & southern phở
this was a well crafted and interesting video. i really enjnoyed gaining insight into the complex history of vietnamese cuisine. thanks!
It's also worth noting that despite the size difference, Vietnam has almost just as many ethnic groups including the majority as does China, at least in terms of nationally recognized ones (54 of them including the Kinh majority isn't far from 56 including the Han majority, with both majorities themselves being cultural rainshades/umbrellas rather than being ethnicities per se). Think of what that could mean for native minority representation for both & especially Vietnamese people beyond the well known Hmong in terms of food & other cultural showings
small channel, super skilled editing and narrating, cool job
This really is one of the best TH-cam food channels. Each video is the perfect mix of history, interview, travelogue, and of course food. I love seeing a notification for a new Matthew Li video and try to watch it while eating something tasty to enhance the experience!
P.S. The pho bo sot vang dish reminds me of a regional dish from northern Italy, where I live. In Emilia, tortellini are one of the best and most well-known fresh filled pastas. They are an egg pasta with a filling of pork loin, prosciutto crudo, mortadella, parmigiano reggiano, and nutmeg. Typically served in a mixed chicken and beef broth, one of the most old-fashioned and classic ways to dress the dish further is to pour a little of the local sparkling red wine, Lambrusco, into it upon serving at the table. It's great and reminds me a lot of the pho bo sot vang you ate!
Buon appetito e buona continuazione!
So many incorrect information in one video.
Ben Thanh market has never been a floating market. It was first built next to a river. The more recently built (by the French) was built on a flattened pond.
"Nam Tiến" movement before modern time was not even a concept or a desire. It was a logical thing to do. Up North, you got the Chinese and their empire (and countries). To the west (of North and Central modern Vietnam) is the Annamite Range (dãy núi Trường Sơn). It was unlikely (or suicidally) to move an army cross this mountain range. So the only logically way was to move South.
Phụng Sơn Tự (or Chùa Phụng Sơn in Vietnamese) was built in 19th century, by Fujian people. By the early of 17th century, Nguyễn lords (especially Nguyễn Phúc Chu) has already got permanent fortifications in Gia Định area (modern HCMC). So saying Saigon started at this temple is just plain wrong.
At the cost of Champa and Khmer's Mekong Delta
Not "the only logical thing to do"
The Pho bo sot vang restaurant is here. Google hasn't updated the street view yet: 210 Nguyễn Khắc Nhu, Phường Cô Giang, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
you are young Anthony Bourdain!
i'm a chef..I just got back from touring Vietnam..This is a great and informative video... The food was wonderful, only thing is it takes a getting used, is the lack of western sanitation. That said , we never had a problem
You know i'm native Vietnamese myself. How can a foreign tourist can have Vietnamese history and Culinary understanding better than a native Vietnamese like me, i'm very impressive with your knowledge🤩
Vietnam is a wonderful Country and the food is fantastic. I see a lot of French Influence in Vietnam especially in the Architecture and food. As foreign eyes I see a lot where as my wife who is Vietnamese does not see it. I must say the Vietnamese Emperor asked the French to come in and remove Chinese warlords and bandits who controlled much of the country. I look at Vietnamese food as somewhat fusion cooking. The blending of food from 2 or more cultures. I often tell my wife that certain foods that have a distinct French flavor and that the Vietnamese made it better. Hats off to Vietnam that has a Great culinary history and I live here now and hope that Vietnam and America will draw close together. I love Vietnamese history and the culture and have been treated well by many Vietnamese.
Most of our influences come from Vietam brah. There's just banh mi and pate that the French brought. Don't forget Vietnamese civilization is 2nd oldest after China. We knew how to cook b4 the French arrived bra. But thanx for the baguette.
I’m sorry but when exactly did the Vietnamese emperor asked the French to kick out the Chinese warlords exactly? Because I have never heard of any Chinese warlords ruling the country at all. In fact it’s a know fact that the French favors the Chinese over the native Vietnamese populatiob
@@catsNcode how does a country influence itself exactly?
@ 50 something ethnic groups. Regional dialects and cuisine and influences flows down all the way down to the individual to individual influences and makes it way back all the way up ;)
Vietnam has one of the most organic evo food cultures
@@catsNcode So it would be more accurate to say the different ethnic groups influenced the dominant culture (This isn’t entirely true either).
Kudo to you for recognizing that the culture and cuisine of the northern and southern parts of Vietnam are quite distinct, a fact that not a lot of Vietnamese would try to deny 😅
About 75% of Vietnamese agree with you. The remainders are Commies.
So excited to see this video
Phở sốt vang or "Red wine braised beef pho" is often made from beef tendon and other small part that can't put in main dish that pho vendor normally sell. I believe in the beginning it's served with bread - banh mì like another option on the menu. North Vietnam at that time under French colonization so a lot of dish from western cuisine become popular like Pate, Bread, and Wine braise dish too. Just some guy try to put pho into that braise broth and find out that make a good combination, especially for cold weather in the north winter. In Southern we have another dish that have same idea is Hủ tíu bò kho - Beef braise noodle which is the mix of India and Chinese cuisine. Vietnamese people love noodle and do everything with it. Each province, city have their own signature noodle dish, Vietnamese cuisine not only about pho or banh mi and hope you guy can discover and enjoy our beloved country cuisine.
Egg coffee definitely sounds interesting!
Delicious
The first time I had Vietnamese food was home cooked food so I don't know the names of anything I ate but it was delicious! Also, I can't stand coffee but Vietnamese coffee is the best!
Been watching your videos for a while now, love them! Very underrated, you'll get the recognition you deserve soon
I'm a blasian and after one of my Vietnamese friends introduced me to a banh mi sandwich, I never touch Subway or Jimmy Johns sandwiches ever again.
omg, instant sub from me! because food + culture + vietnam = me
you can not dodge the oild, i thing "né" mean dodge the hot plate while serve
I'm pretty sceptical that pho comes from pot-au-feu. The very, very limited resemblance between these dishes is probably coincidental.
Yep, I'm more inclined to believe that it come from Chinese influence, considering that southern region got a noodle very similar to pho, and Sichuan style banquet soup stock have existed forever. They don't need French influence for Pho.
I only heard people mentioning that Pho comes from Pot-au-feu after I settled in Canada reading and watching the news. In my own opinion, This saying is from some Vietnamese refugees live in US after the war running Pho restaurant and when Americans people ask about its crigin and these Vietnamese try to asscoiate Pho with French cuisine to make it sound more like haut cuisine.
I believe Pho is a Vietnamese pronunciation of Cantionese word "Fanh" meaning vermicelli and Pho is extremely close to one Cantonese dish called "Hu Tieu" from cooking technique, using bones to achieve quality broth and ingredients. I don't know if Hu Tieu exists in Hong Kong or not but Hu Tieu is exclusively sold by Chinese in Vietnam.
Like Tofu Banh mi it doesn't exist in Vietnam. Vietnamese include dried tofu in Banh Mi to please those American vegerarian customers. Thai chilli is very expensive in North America, so those Banh Mi stores owners began to substitute jalapenos to Thai chilli to save money and some American food cretics believe it's authentic to have jalapenos in Banh Mi.
@@thumtlnguyen3626I am really skeptical about the idea that Pho comes from China. This dish is heavenly based on COW, which in the past was considered one of the most valuable products, it was even referred to as the backbone of the industry, 'Con trâu là đầu cơ nghiệp' (an old saying which means 'The buffalo is the backbone of agriculture').
Also, there were even an old laws that prohibit the killing of young, healthy buffalo or cows (Luật Hình thư). So for Pho to become a common breakfast for the middle or even lower class, I believe it had to be influenced by the French.
@@thumtlnguyen3626 I am really skeptical about the idea that Pho comes from China. This dish is heavenly based on COW, which in the past was considered one of the most valuable products, it was even referred to as the backbone of the industry, 'Con trâu là đầu cơ nghiệp' (an old saying which means 'The buffalo is the backbone of agriculture').
Also, there were even an old laws that prohibit the killing of young, healthy buffalo or cows (Luật Hình thư). So for Pho to become a common breakfast for the middle or even lower class, I believe it had to be influenced by the French.
@@thumtlnguyen3626Why don’t we just accept that Pho is a unique Vietnamese dish? Yes, it took influence from somewhere both French Pot-au-feu and Cantonese Fan. However, why it can’t be Vietnamese Pho??? It does represent both the creativity and the resilience of Vietnamese culture, doesn’t it?
The only thing remotely close to pot au feu could be bun bo, but even this one is very different, I don't think this dish had any influence as you can find very similar things all over Asia.
A few Chinese commenters here claimed that Pho is Cantonese. They have no shame at all. Typical Commies. ROFL
@@TS-JungleMonkey Your name is Jungle Monkey and you call Chinese people typical commies when Vietnam is also communist. What type of troll act is this? Cause it clearly didn’t get the attention you wanted.
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They sell Pho everywhere in Palawan island. But it may not be authentic and they call it Chao Long, but it is Vietnamese Noodle Soup. Vietnamese is so great. But on my first few visits I only ate in KFC. The video is awesome. The French Bread in Vietnam love it so much with cream cheese and Vietnamese coffee.
there may be a misunderstanding here, since Cháo Lòng literally means intestine porridge.
oh Chao Long is pork intestines congee, very solid dish if that store know how to clean the smell from intestines
There’s not enough Bahn mi in the US with dipping sauces. It’s so amazing when you add that into the mix. Organ meat sauce is the bomb
I've been to Vietnam on two or three occasions and can honestly say... what the hell is the big deal about a Bah Mi?? I mean in most cases it's just a plain simple cheap white bread roll with some salad stuff and whatever else inside that is quite ordinary. I mean, give me a 'focaccia' with eggplant, chicken, etc, or even a 'kebab' anytime.
@@brunskiyoskiit's just a personal reference thing. Im a viet myself but i'm not crazy about banh mi (even the higher price, fancy ver is not that appealing to me) while my foreign friend is, in a way, addicted to it.
@@brunskiyoski Well that means you just don't like Banh Mi. 😂 The thing about it is that Banh mi is really diverse, the owners all make it differently - unlike Döner Kebap which is almost the same every where in Germany.
@@minhnguyenphanhoang4193 well, it's still a cheap, ordinary, white bread roll. Whatever turns you on man. Some lame-ass people eat McDonald's & KFC every other day.
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What's confusing about phở is that "phở" is the name of the noodle, and I would intuitively assume that that came before the French, so yeah "Pot au Feu" MAY be related (maybe a Vietnamese bloke heard "feu" and just added the noodle in" but this noodle is not just consumed into the soup so...
Still a mystery.
And in the North if you go to Phở Thìn they also stir fry the beef which is bloody lovely!
I think so too. Considering that “pho” references the actual noodles, I have a good feeling it is of Chinese influence since rice noodle in Chinese is mi/mai-fan/fun/fen.
no spices in pot au feu. Not even the same veggies. Just onion. Its as related to pot-au-feu as it is to a cheesesteak sandwich
@@catsNcode The beef is the main thing related to it. As I understand it, beef was pretty luxurious so, the French had an easier access to it.
Bahn mi is incredible. I was in Taipei in Ximen and there were a brother sister illegal stand (typical in asia). But it was cheap and killer marinated grilled meat. Chicken pork or beef. One of my favorite foods. Then the police drive by on their scooters with lights on as a warning and all the illegal vendors run with their stands and hide. Then 3 mins later they drive by again and any dumbass who didnt hide gets a ticket.
"Feu" is pronounced like "pho" in French, not Fu
Yeah there’s a few minor incorrections here. Reunification of ethnic Vietnam was not the reason for Nam Tien. Back then both Central and South was a primarily non-kinh (Vietnamese). It was just an attempt at territory expansion. South/Central/Northern all do have their differences due to geography and to a much lesser extent cultural contact. All three are still very recognizably one cuisine no different from each other than any country with more than one region. Vietnam was already reunified by the Nguyen dynasty.
Edit: Watching this a bit more it became extremely apparent that the person saying any this in the vid doesn’t know anything about Vietnamese history. Emperor Minh Mang did not “make everyone eat with chopsticks or brought Han culture to Vietnam” that’s been happening since the Trieu dynasty and later on the Chinese domination era.
The French colonial influence is really strong in Vietnamese cuisine, kind of like how when Taiwan was a part of Japan, Japanese cuisine strongly influenced Taiwanese cuisine.
Nam Tiến is the Vietnamese version of the United States "Manifest Destiny", and Southwards instead of Westward.
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Great informative video! Enjoyable view and learning. Thank you!
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Interesting facts: 1. Ho Chi Minh, means bringer of the light in Vietnamese and was not the man’s original name.
2. He spoke French fluently too.
Bro he bring communism to Vietnam, millions die because of that shit, and that still happens today.
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Can i ask how? Or is it just bc "communism is when people die", people dies from various reasons, we need to solve the problem behind it, not just blamed the party
One more time, very enlightning. I like your approach. Mixing historical facts with eating food wit your local friends not only explains about food, but ir shows how everywhere, people adapt to the terroir and to novelty.
So glad I subscribed to your channel. This is like both a fantastic travelouge showcasing the world, and an informative deepdive into cultural history. And you always make me hungry for new foods I doubt I'd hear about anywhere else.
Interesting point of view from Asian Westerner young guy.
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Vietnam and the food could be more enjoyable if the people didn’t throw garbage everywhere and the vendors practiced hygiene. Sad, isn’t it?
according to my sister pho sot vang suck gyat but i think it's ok - some random guy i talked to in the street
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Saigon Notre Dame is always under goddamn construction
Because all construction materials were shipped from France, from the same place of original production so it took a lot of time 😄😄
Cambodia? the southern region was originally the kingdom of Champa
I second this!
No that’s the Central region. Please educate yourself first.
@numerals8939 I thought the Central and Southern parts of Vietnam encompassed what was once the Champa Kingdom.
@ Only the Central region was the Cham kingdom. South was part of the Khmer empire(though that’s somewhat complicated).
@@numerals8939 both the southern and middle region were originally Champa and Cambodia had also occupied the southern region which belonged to Champa
Like almost people living in Saigon. We only want to call it Saigon, we really "hate" the current name of the city! Because the south old Government was very great, rich, people lived well and they come to South then robbed a lot from us!
Nonsense. If the South government that great then the people didn't support the North 's
Chỉ có loại bán nước cầu vinh, thích ăn mà không muốn làm mới thích VNCH, một thể chế bù nhìn và theo như lời ông Thiệu là 1 chính phủ" Nô lệ viện trợ"
Without the American's supplies, the economy wouldn't be that great
Who's "we"
is Matthew from Hong Kong?
Another great video Mathew! Really interested how the food shows the relation between vietnam and their former colonizers, amazing work!
Only 95 likes?! Easily one of the top food history shows. I like it as much, if not more than Tasting History! Only complaint....please....more shows! It's a good day when there is a new Matthew Li video!
Too short! Needs to be 10 hours longer.
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This guy sums up the South of Vietnam cuisine, which has a touch of foreign cultures that Vietnam came across. The South of Vietnam cuisine is heavily influenced by French, Chinese, Khmer, India.
I’m sorry but I struggle to see the heavy Khmer and Indian influence in the regions culture
@@numerals8939food, but not much Culturally and politically.
You do sit on top of land that was never Culturally or ethnically Viet Kinh.
@@gold-toponym One, give me an example of heavy Khmer influence on the Southern region foods.
Two, what does the second half of your comment even mean?
@@numerals8939 @numerals8939 you guys know very well what I mean. Unless somehow Vietnamese expansionist were totally disconnected with the Viet populace which is wrong. And unless this history is avoided with due excuse.
Influence in these areas mostly relate to food as the political base is entirely Vietnamese. Genetics is something else.
Uses of lots of coconut and veggies in the south are influences from Southeast Asia. And the taste bud is different from northern Vietnam. Subtle
It's not too hard to accept that there is some cross cultural food influences in the adjacent Southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Non french food.
Same could be said to Cambodians who do not want to accept there is a lot of Viet food that is popular in Khmer taste but they still keep the names
Fish sauce can be debated and it does not need to always "come from China"
"How Vietnam conquered French Food" is a REALLY stupid title and statement you made in the video. You could use words "incorporate", "merge", or "adapted" then it would make more sense. No colonial food cuisine has displaced a local cuisine ever in history unless the local people was exterminated. When has a local people ever stop cooking their own cuisine? So how does one country "conquer" another cuisine anyway? Make it disappear? Well, that hasn't happened either.
When you say pho comes from french "pot-au-feu" the right way to pronounce "feu" is... "pho" ;-)
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6:03 that's wrong. Nam Tien was the result of the Trinh - Nguyen conflict. As the Trinh occupied the North, the Nguyen had to go to the South. There's no unification of the Vietnamese people whatsoever.
Wouldnt it be more accurate to say how French Cuisine Conquered Vietnam ? Cuz that's basically more like it.
NOPE. The Vietnamese is worldly recognised as doing Banh Mi better than the French. It must have hurt the French pride. LOL
The word pho does not come from pot-au-feu, and it's sad to see how you've just parroted that same Eurocentric narrative that most non-Vietnamese speakers regurgitate.
I have my doubts on whether the creation of phở took any inspiration from French cuisine. The name, I believe, might have.
Here is a little story my grandfather told me about the origin that I would like to share: There used to be a street vendor going around town during winter with a simmering stockpot on a stove with visible fire. The bones in the hot soup continued to be cooked for the entire day, adding more flavors, and the fragrance was very inviting. The French, living in Vietnam during the colonization period, did not know how to call the dish, so to get the seller's attention, they would call out "feu" (fire), and that later took on a more Vietnamese pronunciation to become its name.
How much truth is in that, idk, but the story and memories still stay with me.
Pho is a mix of Guangdong beef noodles with French Pot-au-Feu, tada, that how it was born
The Vietnamese word Banh ('cake') is found cognate with incorporated element 'pu' in the polysynthetic incorporating Austroasiatic language Sora in India. Both derived from Proto-Austroasiatic *pun ('cake') 3,000 BCE. The Sora are an ancient Asiatic tribe who migrated into India 2000 BCE. And the Sora people know how to grow wheat and bake bread.
damn havent seen you in a while ducang, hows it been, still being schizo? i almost missed you haha
Aight bánh the Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 餅?
The bread in vietnamese is Bánh Mì, means cake of wheat, some sources say it from original french word "pain de mie", who know....
It doesn't come from French, it comes from mixing 2 Chinese words. 餅 + 麵. Bánh is just another way to say bính which is 餅. And mì is just a way to say 麵. Using Vietnamese grammar, it combines to form the word for bread.
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Pho is more of a Cantonese influence. The word comes from Cantonese.
What a joke. Are you also claiming Banh Mi and ALL noodle dishes and fish sauce as Chinese as well? A typical Commie can never tell the truths. ROFL.
Pho is Qign Tang Niu Nan with Ho Fun in Canton.
What a joke. Are you also claiming Banh Mi and ALL noodle dishes and fish sauce as Chinese as well? A typical Commie can never tell the truths. ROFL.
This video was so well made bro I thought I was watching a TV Documentary series 😭
American brought hamburgers, however it was rejected by the locals as they preferred to stay healthy and fit.
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Actually we don't know if Pho is from the French influence or Chinese influence 😂😂😂 Or just our own way of inventing new, cheap noodle
Phở prononciation is very close to the word "Feu" in french (fire) like in "pot-au-feu" but i don't know if its related (would make sense tho)
The etymology of that word is extremely debated
Completely wrong. Pho, as in the shortened way to say banh pho, just means rice noodles. It has Chinese origins from the word fen which also means rice noodles.
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Pho is definitely Vietnamese cuisine influence by Chinese from species, materials and the way of cooking, there is nothing of french there
fun fact: "banh mi" comes from "pain de mie" (french for soft bread), and "phở" might (but that's debatable) come from "(pot au) feu" ("pot on fire", a vaguely similar french dish). or at least I've been told so when I visited a few years back.
Is it though? Bánh is a broad category that is typically a baked or steamed dough products. Mì means wheat. So a baked product out of wheat. Bánh is a word that was used a long time before the French came for different types of rice "cakes".
Except bánh came from Chinese 餅 and mì came from Chinese 麵.
no, that is not true. "Bánh mì" is from chinese word "餅麵" (bǐngmiàn) and the word "bánh" meaning bread and "mì" meaning flour. The word "phở" was first mentioned in the Sino-Vietnamese dictionary "Nhật dụng thường đàm" (日用常談) in 1827 (the French began invading Vietnam in 1858) and there is no basis to confirm that, everything is just a hypothesis, not a fact.
yeah, nah. The term Mi is certainly of Minnan origin.
Pain de mie is a particular type of bread - a white rectangular loaf, the same shape as the sliced bread you buy in a supermarket, so that doesn't at all resemble the bread which banh mi is made from, which is clearly derived from the baguette.
Pot au feu is also nothing like Vietnamese pho. They both use beef as ingredients, and both dishes incorporate a broth, but otherwise completely different.
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