Pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup considered a national dish, ranked 34th in a list of 100 most popular dishes in the world as complied by international food magazine TasteAtlas.

The numbers represent the history of war and sacrifice, hidden in plain sight for this popular cuisine in Los Angeles. The number can be personal to the owners by representing the year the shop opened. After nearly a decade of hard work and savings, Tiffany Nguyen's mother opened Pho 86 in Westminster in 1986.

Not only does this dish have amazing flavor profiles but its nutritional value should not be overlooked either. Pho generally contains lean proteins like beef or chicken along with plenty of vitamins and minerals from the fresh vegetables that are often added for extra texture and flavor.

While most historians agree that pho was invented in the late 19th and early 20th Century in northern Vietnam during French colonial times, its origins are murky. Some believe pho was an adaptation of the French one-pot beef and vegetable stew pot-au-feu, which shares a phonetic similarity to "phở".