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Vietnam has a complex history, which its unique cuisine is shaped from. This time, I went to Vietnam to see the influence of French colonization on its food. From banh mi to red wine pho, I journey through the making of the Vietnamese identity through its mosaic of dishes that have conquered French cooking styles/ingredients.
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Credits:
Producer – Matthew Li
Production Assistant – Mana Chuabang
Script Supervisor – Louis Govier
Special thanks:
Yusef Iqbal
Yeevonne Lim
Dylan Payne
Brandon Goddard
Kevin Thomas
Nhu Nguyen
Tin & Yun
Lien Nguyen
Bò Né Cô Út (restaurant that served bò né)
Timestamps:
0:00 – French influence in Ho Chi Minh City
2:36 – Banh mi
4:41 – The history of Saigon
7:12 – Bo Ne, Banh Pate So, Banh Flan
9:05 – The five elements of Vietnamese food
10:16 – Egg Coffee
11:02 – The Vietnam War
11:49 – Pho Bo Sot Vang
14:14 – How Vietnam became Vietnam
Sources:
– Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam: Food and Drink in the Long Nineteenth Century by Erica J. Peters
– Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City by Justin Corfield
– The Pho Cookbook by Andrea Nguyen
– Indochine : baguettes and bánh mì : finding France in Vietnam by Luke Nguyen
– Rice and Baguette: A History of Food in Vietnam (Foods and Nations) by Vu Hong Lien
26 Comments
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.
should have stayed in Vietnam
Full of lies
is Matthew from Hong Kong?
Banh mi (IPA panmi) originated from Proto-Austroasiatic *pun ('cake') and *mil ('barley'). Vietnamese have been baking and eating banh mi since 5,000 BCE. Your lies are excessively unprecedented about the origin of banh mi which has been long distorted and manipulated by white supremacists
Yakubians made this video. Never expect anything good from their tricknology
The Vietnamese word Banh ('cake') is found cognate with incorporated element 'pu' in the polysynthetic incorporating Austroasiatic language Sora in India. 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.
You need to bring back your old haircut
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!
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!
So excited to see this video
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.
awesome video, so cool to see how influential the french were in many aspects of vietnamese culture, especially the cuisine of the south
wow such amazing quality ! not much sub ??? how!!
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.
American brought hamburgers, however it was rejected by the locals as they preferred to stay healthy and fit.
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.
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.
Interesting point of view from Asian Westerner young guy.
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!
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!
Another great video.
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 bread in vietnamese is Bánh Mì, means cake of wheat, some sources say it from original french word "pain de mie", who know….
Bro my favorite food youtuber came to my city and I didn't know!!