“Pho” v.s “Flat Noodles”
This Saturday, my partner and I went to the Vietnam restaurant in Myeong Dong.When we decided what to eat, I found some interesting in the menu. There is similar food to Taiwanese food, so I ordered it. It is “Hot Seafood Fried Pho”. Before eating that, I observed what ingredients that be used. There are Jew’s-ears, shrimp, clam, octopus, onions and green onions. The color is yellow with a little bit red, and maybe it is because of the chili. After eating that, I found that it is strong spice taste. I think that maybe Vietnam food was often added Vietnam spice in it. Although this dish is spicy, the taste is really delicious. I think I would try that again next time.
“Hot seafood Fried Pho” is really like”Hakka Style Fried Flat Noodles�?in Taiwan.The group of Hakka is one of the races in Taiwan. And they are famous for”Flat Noodles”.”Pho” in Vietnam and “Flat Noodles” in Taiwan are really similar. However, the difference between these two is the ingredients. They use the different kind of rice to make. The texture of “Pho” is soft; on the other hand, the texture of “Flat Noodle”is more chewing than “Pho”. And the other difference is the cooking methods. A long time ago, the group of Hakka lived near the mountain not close to the sea, so they usually ate rail meat. In that case, “Hakka style Fried Flat Noodles” is seldom cooking with seafood but with pork and some thing like that. Although the “Pho” and “Flat Noodled”is similar to each other, you could tell these two dishes from not only tastes but also cooking methods.
(Hot Seafood Fried Pho)