Pho is in the top 5 dishes Google honors in 2021, alongside specialties of Italy, Australia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Google often uses doodles on its display page on certain days of the year. This is a fun and sometimes spontaneous change to increase user interaction, to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and to honor famous artists, pioneers, and scientists… Year Recently, 5 dishes have been honored by this platform, including Vietnamese pho.
Yee Sang
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On February 18, Google honored Yee Sang, a Malaysian raw fish salad. This is a traditional dish that people enjoy on the 7th day of the Lunar New Year. Family members will pick (toss) Yee Sang’s ingredients with chopsticks while saying “Lou Hei” (tossing luck) in unison and wishing each other good luck in the new year. It is believed that the higher the food is tossed, the more prosperous that year will be.
This ritual originates from the Chinese myth of the goddess Nuwa, who is said to have created mankind on the 7th day of the new year. Chinese sailors and fishermen celebrated this sacred day by combining New Year’s leftovers to create yu sheng, a delicious and economical salad.
In the 1930s, the Chinese brought yu sheng to Malaysia, selling fish salad with ginger and lettuce on street vendors. In 1940, chef Loke Ching Fatta added and created more creativity for this dish to create the luxurious yee it is today. Fatte has combined about 30 ingredients with a sauce of her own creation to create an indispensable dish during the Lunar New Year in Malaysia.
One of the most common ingredients of yee sang consists of raw fish, ginger, grated carrots, radishes, grapefruit, leeks, seasonings like crushed peanuts, and mixed with some other oils and seasonings. together. Yee sang has countless variations.
Pizza
Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world. This dish was honored by Google on December 6, the 4th anniversary of the day that Napoli’s culinary art “Pizzaiuolo” was inscribed on UNESCO’s list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Flatbreads with rich toppings have been enjoyed for centuries in ancient civilizations from Egypt to Rome, but it is the city of Naples in southwestern Italy that is credited with the birth of the cake. Pizza is known today for its tomato and cheese toppings. That’s why the Neapolitan culinary art phrase “Pizzaiuolo” appeared.
Today, an estimated 5 billion pizzas are consumed worldwide each year. In the US alone, the number is 350 pieces of pizza per second.
Thai papaya salad
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Som Tum is a sweet and sour green papaya salad. Although this is a specialty of Thailand, it is also popular in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. On December 14, 2012, som tum was registered by the Department of Cultural Promotion of Thailand as a national intangible cultural heritage dish.
Like many other dishes in the world, the true origin of the salad is still a mystery. Most food historians believe that this savory salad originated in Laos due to its history in the Isaan region, which includes the northeastern regions of Thailand bordering Laos. This classic recipe includes spicy Thai chili tempered with jaggery, garlic, shrimp, fish sauce, peanuts, lemon, cherry tomatoes, green beans, and green papaya.
The term “som tum” is a combination of two Isaanite words, meaning “sour flavor” and “crushed”, representing the first step in the preparation of the salad, in which a mortar and pestle are used. to grind some ingredients into a sour sauce. This sauce is then mixed with the rest of the ingredients and topped with crispy roasted peanuts. The final product is a salad that is simultaneously salty, sweet, spicy, sour, and bitter – a flavor combination typical of Thai cuisine. The way to prepare this dish varies by region, but most are used with dishes made from glutinous rice.
Noodle Soup
The iconic image of pho we saw on the homepage on December 12 was illustrated by guest artist Lucia Pham, living in Hanoi. Previously, Google also honored Vietnamese cuisine with an illustration of bread in 2020. Photo: Google
Starting from 2018, December 12 is considered Pho Day in Vietnam, and this year, Google honors this dish. What makes pho different is the cooking process in which the chef puts all his heart into it, to create a unique flavor, clear broth, suitable for all tastes.
Traditionally, pho is a breakfast dish sold at street stalls. Today, pho is sold all over the world and has variations such as mixed pho and roll noodles. Historians believe that pho originated in Nam Dinh province around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Fairy bread
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November 13 was chosen for Google to honor “fairy bread”. This is a childhood dish, popular in Australia and New Zealand. Scottish scholar Robert Louis Stevenson was the first to name this dish in a poem “Fairy Bread” in his book “A Child’s Poetic Garden” in 1885.
The bread consists of 3 simple ingredients, including a slice of white bread sliced in triangles, then buttered and topped with rainbow nuggets. Some believe it was inspired by hagelslag, a Dutch toast covered with chocolate, while New Zealanders and Australians claim it was their invention. New Zealanders have been making rainbow grain cakes for over a century. Australians believe that this is the main dish in children’s birthday parties, which is not only delicious but also has a nostalgic taste.
(According to Google Doodle )