Famed soups from around the world

Few dishes carry a country’s identity quite like its national soup. Built from local staples and refined over generations, these bowls tell stories of climate, history, and trade. Here are ten of the world’s most celebrated soups, one from each of ten countries.

1. Pho  ·  Vietnam

Perhaps Vietnam’s most famous export, pho is a fragrant noodle soup built on a clear broth simmered for hours with beef or chicken bones, charred onion, ginger, and warm spices such as star anise and cinnamon. Served with flat rice noodles and finished at the table with fresh herbs, lime, chilli, and bean sprouts, it began as a northern breakfast dish and is now eaten across the country at all hours.

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