The Taste of Pho

The Taste of Pho is a drama about a Vietnamese chef living in Warsaw who works hard to find his place in a European culture that his ten-year-old daughter already treats as her own. While he remains attached to the traditions he grew up with, the girl hides the food he prepares for her from her classmates. When his long-time employer returns to Vietnam, the chef must deal with the demands of the restaurant's new owner, and learning new kitchen skills proves easier than raising his increasingly grown-up and observant daughter on his own.

The film was directed and written by Mariko Bobrik and produced by Mariusz Włodarski and Benny Drechsel, with Opus Film, Rohfilm, Lava Films and EC1 Lódz behind it. It is a German-Polish production running 84 minutes. Thang Long Do plays the father and Lena Nguyen plays Maja, with Aleksandra Domańska as a neighbour and Bogusława Pawelec as the grandmother.

Released in July 2020, the film holds a rating of 6.3 out of 10 on IMDb from just over two hundred votes, which suggests a modest but real audience response rather than a wide breakout.