谷歌面条热度报告:越南河粉、拉面、荞麦面

Pho, Ramen or Soba? Google's Noodle Report

Do you prefer ramen, pho or soba?

If you live in India, chances are you are most interested in pho -- a Vietnamese soup with a light and flavorful liquid base, rice noodles, spices² and meat, such as beef or chicken.

If you live in Spain, you are most likely to seek ramen -- a Japanese soup. It is rich and dark, with wheat noodles and toppings such as pork and seaweed.

Those are some of the findings³ from a recent Google Trends⁴ study. Along with comparing pho and ramen, the search engine company also looked at trends for soba -- thick Japanese noodles made from buckwheat. They can be eaten cold or served hot in a soup.

Google measured the percentages of all three search terms in 24 countries and 28 cities around the world.

It found that Google users⁵ in India show the strongest preference⁶ for pho over the other two kinds of dishes. Pho had 73 percent of searches. Ramen had 21 percent, and soba just six percent. Other countries with a high percentage of pho searches were: Canada, France, the United⁷ States and Australia.

The top five areas for ramen searches were Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Spain and Mexico. Japan, the birthplace of ramen, is 11th on Google’s ramen list. Google users there search for soba noodles more than any other country. Other top soba-searching areas include Russia, South Korea⁸, Brazil and the Netherlands.

Vietnam¹ was not among the 24 countries that Google included in the study. But Ho Chi Minh City was among the cities included in the report.

Not surprisingly, it is the top pho city on the list, with 98 percent of searches being for pho. The next three on the list? Denver, Seattle and Houston - all major American cities.

All of the top five ramen cities are in Japan. Number six through nine, though, are all U.S. cities: New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

It is a pretty close race between pho and ramen here in the U.S. Pho got 50 percent of Google searches, while ramen had 46 percent.

Here in Washington⁹, D.C. there are popular pho and ramen restaurants all over. And people often wait in long lines to eat their favorite bowl of either.

But, the winner in America’s capital? Pho. The Google report, which also examined all 50 states plus the capital, says 61 percent of D.C. searches were for pho; 35 percent for ramen; and four percent for soba.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

Words in This Story

soup - n. a food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid?

flavorful - adj. full of good taste; tasty

noodle - n.?a thin strip¹⁰ of dough¹¹ that is made from flour, water, and eggs and that is cooked in boiling liquid?

preference - n.? a feeling of liking or wanting one person or thing more than another person or thing

1 Vietnam   

n.越南

参考例句：

• Vietnam is suffering from food shortage.越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
• Laos is on the west of Vietnam.老挝在越南西面。

2 spices   

n.香料( spice的名词复数 )；调味品；趣味；情趣

参考例句：

• common spices such as ginger and cinnamon 姜和肉桂等常见香料
• They carried on trade in tea and spices with the orient. 他们同东方国家做茶叶和香料的生意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 findings   

n.发现物( finding的名词复数 )；调查（或研究）的结果；（陪审团的）裁决

参考例句：

• It behoves us to study these findings carefully. 我们理应认真研究这些发现。
• Their findings have been widely disseminated . 他们的研究成果已经广为传播。

4 trends   

n.趋势( trend的名词复数 )；（海岸、河流、道路等的）走向；流行；时尚v.伸向( trend的第三人称单数 )；趋向；倾向；使趋向

参考例句：

• The figures were obtained by extrapolating from past trends. 这些数据是从过去的趋势推断出来的。
• fashionistas who are slaves to the latest trends 被潮流牵着鼻子走的赶时髦者

5 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。

6 preference   

n.偏爱，优先，优先权，优先的选择

参考例句：

• What is your preference?你有什么嗜好？
• A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。

7 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

8 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

9 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

10 strip   

n.长条，条状；连环漫画；n.脱衣舞；vt.脱衣，剥夺；挤干(牛奶)；vt.拆卸；去除(烟叶的茎)；vi.脱衣，表演脱衣舞；剥落

参考例句：

• I need one more strip of cloth to finish this decoration.我还要一根布条来完成这个装饰品。
• We had to strip the old paint from the doors.我们只好把门上的旧漆刮掉。

11 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。