Comments on: Pho Nam Dinh: Pho Hanoi by the Multigenerational Co Family from Town of Nam Dinh, Part 2 http://www.lovingpho.com/pho-vietnam/pho-ha-noi/pho-hanoi-multigenerational-co-family-from-nam-dinh-part-2/ Pho Noodle for the Pho Lovers Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cuong Huynh http://www.lovingpho.com/pho-vietnam/pho-ha-noi/pho-hanoi-multigenerational-co-family-from-nam-dinh-part-2/#comment-3309 Cuong Huynh Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:31:02 +0000 http://www.lovingpho.com/?p=1009#comment-3309 Hi pertercuong: that would be an interesting thing to know, although I think many pho shops may claim their own to be the oldest. In any case, I think the difficult thing is that many "shops" can be mobile in nature in the form of pushcarts, or family owned places that can be closed temporarily and reopened, or various other forms of street vending that turned into more permanent restaurants. Here's something that may help. If you view the video above you'll see the UNESCO event that had the key original members of the Co family doing the demonstration. If somehow you can contact the organizer of the event, they may lead you to sources that can give us the info close to what you want. I know it's a lot of work, but this kind of info may require laborious detective work. Also in the Part 1 toward the end, there was mention of Mister Nguyen Dinh Rao, a specialist in Vietnamese cuisine studies and President of Unesco Club of Gastronomy, so he can be a good source too. I assume you are still working on your research. Good luck and keep us posted. Hi pertercuong: that would be an interesting thing to know, although I think many pho shops may claim their own to be the oldest. In any case, I think the difficult thing is that many “shops” can be mobile in nature in the form of pushcarts, or family owned places that can be closed temporarily and reopened, or various other forms of street vending that turned into more permanent restaurants.

Here’s something that may help. If you view the video above you’ll see the UNESCO event that had the key original members of the Co family doing the demonstration. If somehow you can contact the organizer of the event, they may lead you to sources that can give us the info close to what you want. I know it’s a lot of work, but this kind of info may require laborious detective work. Also in the Part 1 toward the end, there was mention of Mister Nguyen Dinh Rao, a specialist in Vietnamese cuisine studies and President of Unesco Club of Gastronomy, so he can be a good source too.

I assume you are still working on your research. Good luck and keep us posted.

]]> By: petercuong http://www.lovingpho.com/pho-vietnam/pho-ha-noi/pho-hanoi-multigenerational-co-family-from-nam-dinh-part-2/#comment-3216 petercuong Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:23:22 +0000 http://www.lovingpho.com/?p=1009#comment-3216 Anyone know what is the current oldest pho restaurant/shop on Hanoi? Regards, Peter Anyone know what is the current oldest pho restaurant/shop on Hanoi? Regards, Peter

]]> By: Pho Dynasty: Pho Hanoi by the Multigenerational Co Family from Town of Nam Dinh, Part 1 - Vietnamese Pho Noodles http://www.lovingpho.com/pho-vietnam/pho-ha-noi/pho-hanoi-multigenerational-co-family-from-nam-dinh-part-2/#comment-1989 Pho Dynasty: Pho Hanoi by the Multigenerational Co Family from Town of Nam Dinh, Part 1 - Vietnamese Pho Noodles Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:15 +0000 http://www.lovingpho.com/?p=1009#comment-1989 [...] The whole program is more than 16 minutes but hamivovn, the YouTube uploader of this video, had to break it into two 8-minute parts, because YouTube only allows 10 minutes maximum per video upload. So here’s part one, beginning with the video itself, followed by my loose transcript. Time stamps in brackets [ ] match video timecodes for easy reference. You can view part 2: ”Pho Dynasty: Pho Hanoi by the Multigenerational Co Family from Town of Nam Dinh, Part 2.” [...] [...] The whole program is more than 16 minutes but hamivovn, the YouTube uploader of this video, had to break it into two 8-minute parts, because YouTube only allows 10 minutes maximum per video upload. So here’s part one, beginning with the video itself, followed by my loose transcript. Time stamps in brackets [ ] match video timecodes for easy reference. You can view part 2: ”Pho Dynasty: Pho Hanoi by the Multigenerational Co Family from Town of Nam Dinh, Part 2.” [...]

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