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RE: PHO'? (Pha^`n 4 - Tie^'p theo) -Pho+? Ha`no^.i Sa`i go`n
Hello Huy,
The way to evaluate and enjoy the food differs from people to
people depend on the place they grew up, as I think. I have a friend who
is purely Hue, but for him Bun Bo Hue in SG is always better than in Hue
since he grew up in HCMC :). And it is not quite true when you say that
they always add up so much sugar and kill the real taste of foods. As I
mentioned above, that's the way they do to make food, as well as people in
the North and the Middle have their own way to soak food with spices. For
sure that the pure food without any spice is not always a good food, rite?
Even in the North they still have to use some kinds of spices to soak
meat or fish before cooking. And you know, in HCMC you can order Pho*?
without gia', rau que^', like me always had to say "la`m o*n kho^ng cho
the^m mi` chi'nh" khi order Pho*? in Hanoi, either at Pho*? Thi`n LoDuc,
Ho Hoan kiem or Pho*? ga` LeVanHuu... otherwise they always give me a full
spoon of that stuff, which I don't like any more.
Well, you have been in Thai for nearly a half of a year, how can
you survive here with Thai foods? As you knew, Thai foods have extremely
much more sugar than South of Vietnam foods, much more chili than Middle
of Vietnam foods, and usually have a lot of sa?, cu? rie^`ng... :)) I
don't believe that you have eaten only fried eggs and pizza here without
enjoying Thai special foods like To^m da(`m cung, To^m da(`m ka`y, da(`m
pla` -du.c phu`... :))
PBi`nh
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Huy Quang Nguyen (Global Trends) wrote:
> Hello bac AiViet
>
> As I ever said Pho+? Ba('c Ky` is better one for me because I'm purely
> the North. And as I am the North, I don't like foods to which they add
> too many spices such as sugar, Gia', Rau Que^'... It changed the real
> taste of the food. Let's take sugar as an example, my mom used to say
> Southern foods could not had the real tastes because they added up too
> much sugar. Different to the South, North people take the pure sweetness
> from fresh meat such as pork or beef.
>
> Like you do, I do like the traditional things but there are a lot
> exceptions. Pizza Hut must be better than some other Italiano ones I
> have ever tried and I would rather wear CK or other fake jeans than the
> real Levi's. I've got one question for myself which could not be
> answered, it seems. Pizza seems to be better as long as I have them. I
> could not like pizza for the first time but from the third one, I bet
> with you that pizza is the one of the best food ever in the world. How
> come?
>
> Quang Huy
>
> > ----------
> > From: Aiviet Nguyen
> > Reply To: vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 1997 6:19 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: RE: PHO'? (Pha^`n 4 - Tie^'p theo) -Pho+? Ha`no^.i Sa`i
> > go`n
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> > I enjoy the debate on Pho+? with ANh Huy. Please join us.
> >
> > I believe that Pho+? Hanoi is the traditional one. However,
> > Saigonese
> > and overseas are used to the taste of the modified version of Pho+?
> > that are
> > popular in Saigon. They think that Hanoi Pho+? is lacked of Rau Que^',
> > Gia',
> > Tu+o+ng ngo.t, ... and too much " Ba'nh Pho+?".
> >
> > I usually like the traditional things, but this time I have to
> > compromise that the non Hanoi taste might have some truth.
> > Pho+? Hanoi as Ba('c Ky` food in general is purer in taste. Let me
> > say
> > an analogue: that is like Sonata and Symphony.
> > Southern foods have more spices and more tastes.
> > It is for you to decide which one is better. It is not necessary that
> >
> > the original should be better: look at american pizza and the italian
> > one.
> > Cheers
> > Aiviet
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Huy Quang Nguyen (Global Trends) wrote:
> >
> > > Hello anh AiViet
> > >
> > > Your assumptions could not be applied to the everyone. On my own
> > > thought, the Pho+?'s tastes depends much on people who have Pho+?. I
> > > tried Pho+? in the Seattle's China town, San Jose... and believe
> > myself
> > > that Pho+? Thi`n Ha` No^.i (must be the one in LoDuc) is the best
> > one
> > > all around the world. But my Viet-American friend also tried this in
> > > Hanoi and he betted that the Pho+? in Seatte was better. However,
> > you
> > > eat your Pho+? and I eat mine.
> > >
> > > Quang Huy
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: Aiviet Nguyen
> > > > Reply To: vnsa-l@csd.uwm.edu
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 1997 11:08 PM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > > > Subject: Re: PHO'? (Pha^`n 4 - Tie^'p theo) -Reply
> > > >
> > > > Hi Anh TA Tuan,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for Pho+?. In the last year, I had Pho+? in Hanoi, but it
> > was
> > > > not
> > > > so good as I thought.
> > > > In fact, it is just a nostalgia about those the days. The
> > atmosphere,
> > > >
> > > > the memory of old days are more important than Pho+? itself.
> > > > Now I can bet that the Pho+?, my "Ba` Chi. ho." cooks is the best
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > world ( Seriously !!).
> > > >
> > > > It is a fact that we are loosing all habits. Attempts to keep
> > them
> > > > are
> > > > ridiculous. A lot of handy craft shops stopped their productions.
> > Su+
> > > > Ha?i du+o+ng cannot compete with low quality Chinese one.
> > > >
> > > > In 1986, one of my friend invited me to watch " Mu'a bo^ng". He
> > > > said,
> > > > we are the last people who can enjoy this culture. Now I regret
> > that I
> > > >
> > > > did not go because I had a meeting in my institute.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Aiviet
> > > >
> > >
> >
>