Pho Bo appears as a signature dish in 1 Vietnam cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Phở Bò · Hanoi
Hanoi pho bo is the canonical Northern beef noodle soup: clear bone broth, anise-led, ladled over thin rice noodles with rare or well-done beef.
Pho was born in the early 20th century in Nam Dinh and Hanoi, drawing on Chinese noodle and French boeuf bouilli stock traditions. The dish spread north as workers commuted to French-built Hanoi. Pho Gia Truyen Bat Dan, Pho 10 Ly Quoc Su and Pho Bo Lam all hold Michelin Bib Gourmand status for the classic clear-broth Northern style. The 1979 Pho Thin Lo Duc invention of the stir-fried beef pho bo tai lan broke from the lighter Hanoi tradition with a richer garlic-and-onion broth.
Where to eat in Hanoi:
- Phở Gia Truyền Bát Đàn
- Phở 10 Lý Quốc Sư
- Phở Bò Lâm
- Phở Tiến
- Phở Thìn Lò Đúc