Podcast: Second Wave (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)
Episode: Pho
Pub date: 2017-10-17

Notes from The Listener:

Personal stories of Vietnamese life in America, beyond the stereotypes and the hangovers from the Vietnam War. This episode is about food, specifically pho, which the host describes as "the definitive Vietnamese noodle soup". Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, this dish marked her family out as different. When her parents wanted to start their own restaurant, they had to learn to cook Thai food because that's the Asian cuisine Americans wanted — then. Now pho is extremely trendy, which brings its own set of problems

When Thanh Tan was growing up, pho wasn’t cool. Now, it’s an “it” dish and it’s taking on a life of its own as more Americans eat and serve it. We look at the origins of pho and how it has come to define who Vietnamese-Americans are in their adopted country.

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