According to Mr. Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hue City, Hue beef noodle soup was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) in a document signed on June 27.
Mr. Hai assessed that the recognition of national cultural heritage is a driving force to preserve and promote the value of heritage. Currently, the locality has a plan to protect and promote the value of the newly recognized heritage, aiming to become a UNESCO Creative City in the field of cuisine .
Beef noodle soup is a famous dish both domestically and internationally, and is also the crystallization of folk knowledge preserved and passed down through many generations. The dish is associated with religious life, community activities and traditional craft villages such as Van Cu and O Sa noodle villages, deeply reflecting the lifestyle, soul and culinary culture of Hue people.
A bowl of authentic Hue beef noodle soup has a fragrant broth of lemongrass and shrimp paste. The chili not only creates a spicy taste but also adds more color to the bowl when combined with green onions. Each artisan has his own secret, making no two bowls of noodles the same, adding cultural depth to the dish.
In Hue, beef noodle soup not only appears in famous restaurants such as Me Keo, Mu Roi, Ba Tuyet, Ong Vong but also in street vendors, where the grandmothers, aunts, and aunties still preserve the soul of the dish with their hands and love for the profession. Beef noodle soup is available at all times of the day, becoming the "soul" of Hue.
In 2014, famous culinary expert Anthony Boudain introduced Hue beef noodle soup on the American television channel CNN as "the best soup I have ever tasted". In 2016, Hue beef noodle soup was included in the list of Top 100 valuable Asian dishes by the Asia Record Organization. In 2023, Taste Atlas, a famous international culinary website, ranked Hue at 28th place in the 100 cities with the best food in the world, in which Hue beef noodle soup was considered "a must-try Hue delicacy when coming here".
The criteria for recognition as national intangible heritage include representativeness, expressing the identity of the community and locality; reflecting cultural diversity and human creativity, being inherited through many generations; having the ability to recover and exist long-term; and being agreed upon by the community, voluntarily nominated and committed to protection.
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