The canonical version and where to order it.
A bright, room-temperature noodle bowl: cold rice vermicelli topped with charcoal-grilled lemongrass pork, fresh herbs, pickled vegetables, cucumber, crushed peanuts and often a crisp fried spring roll, all dressed with sweet-and-sour nuoc cham poured over and tossed.
Bun thit nuong is a Southern Vietnamese staple and a Saigon lunchtime workhorse, a dish built to be light and cooling in the heat. Cold noodles carry the smoke of grilled pork marinated in lemongrass, garlic, fish sauce and sugar, and the whole bowl is unified by nuoc cham rather than a hot broth. Sidewalk specialists like the Chi Tuyen stall on Co Giang have run for decades on this one dish, grilling pork over charcoal through the lunch rush. Add a fried cha gio spring roll and it becomes bun thit nuong cha gio.
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Chi Tuyen is a Co Giang sidewalk stall known for bun thit nuong, cold rice vermicelli piled with charcoal-grilled pork, herbs and a crisp fried spring roll.
OrderBun thit nuong with an extra grilled spring roll.
TipPour the whole cup of fish-sauce dressing over the noodles and toss before eating.
Bun thit nuong makes more sense with someone from Ho Chi Minh City explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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