Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup (Bún Thang)
originally comes from North, but already found a new home in many
places in South, esp. in Ho Chi Minh City where has been considered as
the largest food hub. People now consider it as the traditional food in Viet Nam. Easy to find this dish around the city.
Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup (Bún Thang)
Hanoi
capital in the old days, this dish traditionally prepared on the fourth
day of our Lunar New Year (Tết), when we have a meal to see off our
ancestor. All the left-overs in the kitchen from ham, chicken, shrimp,
and pork to some veggie have been used for this dish. That is why
everything has been cut into shreds.
Today, Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup seems simplified a lot, from the ingredients to the cooking process, esp. in South where is far away from the origin place. This Traditional Vietnamese Food requires long preparation. How to keep the soups clear, how to make thin omelet, to cut it and Vietnamese pork ham into super thin shreds as you see from the photo. And also how to tear the cooked chicken meat into small strips, but we missed shrimp floss this time.
Today, Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup seems simplified a lot, from the ingredients to the cooking process, esp. in South where is far away from the origin place. This Traditional Vietnamese Food requires long preparation. How to keep the soups clear, how to make thin omelet, to cut it and Vietnamese pork ham into super thin shreds as you see from the photo. And also how to tear the cooked chicken meat into small strips, but we missed shrimp floss this time.
Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup (Bún Thang)
Otherwise
our color picture would look nicer with red shrimp floss, yellow egg
shreds, pink pork ham strips, green Vietnamese mint and ivory chicken
floss. Soup for this dish is chicken soup base; to keep it clear during
cooking process would take time and patience to do so. Among different
kinds of soup for rice vermicelli I probably prefer the taste of chicken
soup than the others, pork or beef.
Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup (Bún Thang)
This Traditional Vietnamese Food
is quite unique, outstanding from other dishes. We put all items in
the bowl - the mix of rice vermicelli with shreds of fried egg, pork ham
strips, chicken floss, Vietnamese mint, some slices of red chili and
finally the soup. Squeeze some lemon juice and a spoon of shrimp paste.
They are the combination of egg, ham, chicken with sweet taste from soup
and special flavor of shrimp paste. No words to describe! It is just
perfect. Especially strong flavor of shrimp paste makes this dish
tastier, richer.
Now you have more Traditional Vietnamese Food to enjoy, come and take it if you have a chance. Make sure that you already take note this dish on your travelling book before visit Vietnam. Good Luck for your Cooking.
Now you have more Traditional Vietnamese Food to enjoy, come and take it if you have a chance. Make sure that you already take note this dish on your travelling book before visit Vietnam. Good Luck for your Cooking.
Hanoi Chicken Vermicelli Soup (Bún Thang)
