Vietnam
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Phở
Vietnam's beloved noodle soup: a clear, star-anise-scented beef broth ladled over flat rice noodles with rare beef, herbs and lime. Ingredients: beef bones, oxtail, onion, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom,…
Bánh Mì
The Vietnamese baguette sandwich: crackling crust, pâté, cold cuts, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber, cilantro and chili. Ingredients: baguette, pork pâté, Vietnamese sausage, roasted pork, mayonnaise, pickled carrot…
Gỏi Cuốn
Fresh, translucent rice-paper rolls of shrimp, pork, vermicelli and herbs, dipped in peanut-hoisin sauce. Ingredients: rice paper, shrimp, pork belly, rice vermicelli, lettuce, mint, cilantro, chives, hoisin, peanut butt…
Bún Chả
Hanoi's grilled-pork noodle bowl: caramelised pork patties and slices swimming in a warm, sweet-sour fish-sauce broth, with vermicelli and a basket of herbs. Ingredients: pork shoulder and belly, fish sauce, sugar, garli…
Chả Giò
Vietnam's crisp fried spring rolls: glass-noodle, pork, crab and wood-ear mushroom filling in a shattering rice-paper (or wheat) shell. Ingredients: rice paper or wheat wrappers, ground pork, crab meat, glass noodles, wo…
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