Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

VIETNAM’S SPECIAL SOUP CALLED PHO

Writers who travel to different countries have often written that the soup in Vietnam, known (1) ______ Pho, is very (2)_____. The noodle soup is typically associated (3) _____ the capital city. “Pho is a specialty of Hanoi. You can taste it in other places. But the pho is better in Hanoi than (4)___.”

Visit the capital, especially in the early morning, and you're likely to (5) ____ people queuing up and sitting on plastic stool, at street stalls for a hot (6)___ of pho. The dish has become favourite breakfast for the (7) _____ of local residents, as well as some foreign expats.

“The dish is not (8) ____ a type of food, but a culture that I miss the most whenever I am far away from the city.” “Pho was very special, almost a status food. We loved it because it had everything we (9) ____ rice noodles, broth, meat and vegetables. It was complete, nutritious, infinitely delicious and yet so easy to (10) ______ that we could eat it morning and night, day after day,” said Huu Ngoc, a renowned expert on Vietnamese culture.

“Pho was very special, almost a status food. We loved it because it had everything we (9) ____ rice noodles, broth, meat and vegetables.