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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.

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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, garlic, shallots, black pepper, rice vermicelli, lettuce, perilla, mint, cilantro, pickled green papaya and carrot. Recipe: 1) Marinate sliced pork and mince in fish sauce, sugar and shallots; form small patties. 2) Grill both over charcoal until charred at the edges. 3) Simmer a light broth of water, fish sauce, sugar and vinegar; add pickles. 4) Serve pork in the warm broth with noodles and herbs alongside for dipping. Serve: dunk noodles and herbs, chase with bites of smoky pork. Flavor: smoky, sweet, sour and herbal — Hanoi in a bowl. History: a beloved Hanoian lunch for over a century; it leapt to global fame in 2016 when Anthony Bourdain ate it with Barack Obama in a Hanoi noodle shop. See also: Phở, Bánh Mì.

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