Phở
Since about the 90s, pho has been popping up all over the place. It has been especially conspicuous after the turn of the millennium, and I think it adapted well to the pandemic as a quick and ready kind of street food. I've often wondered whether it had anything to do with French "fire" or Cantonese fan2 粉 ("noodles; vermicelli"). Rather than continuing to fruitlessly speculate in my waking hours, as I did again this morning, I figured it's about time I looked up what the authorities say. So here goes:
Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.
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That much we all agree on.
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