Pho

Dozens of chefs and restaurants are finalists for this year's prestigious James Beard Awards. Longtime family-owned Seattle pho shops were included as finalists.

14 chefs and restaurants from Washington state were named James Beard semifinalists.

Vien Dong's owners were a part of the wave of Vietnamese immigrants who settled in Washington. The iconic pho restaurant opened in Tacoma's Lincoln District in 1989.

The James Beard Foundation narrowed its list down to the finalists for the prestigious food awards.

Pho has a rich role in Vietnamese, Vietnamese-American, and now, American culture. That's why a video featuring a white chef explaining how to eat pho as the next trendy food angered so many.

Seattle hip hop artist DJ Sabzi's tribute to a Northwest favorite: The Vietnamese noodle soup called phở.