Thursday, March 29, 2012

Noodle dishes

Bánh hỏi: An extremely thin noodle that is woven into intricate bundles. Often topped with spring onion and a complementary meat dish, such as thịt heo quay (roasted pork, often eaten at weddings). Also served with rice spring roll wrapper and beef, shrimp,Vietnamese ham (nem nướng), or ground shrimp (chạo tôm), and fresh vegetables.

Bún thịt nướng: A thin rice vermicelli served cold with grilled marinated pork chops and nước chấm (fish sauce, served with julienned daikon and carrot). A similar Northern version is bún chả with grilled pork meatballs in place of grilled pork chops.

Bún chả: Grilled pork (often grounded) and vermicelli noodles over salad, sliced cucumber, herbs and bean sprouts. Often includes a few chopped-up egg rolls, spring onions, and shrimp. Served with roasted peanuts on top and a small bowl of nước chấm. Egg rolls are often used as a substitute for the meat.

Cao lầu: A Hội An dish, made of specially "burnt-flavoured" egg noodles topped with meats.

Mì Quảng: A popular and extremely complicated noodle dish, originating from Quang Nam. Mi Quang varies in its preparation but features sharply contrasting flavors and textures in a shallow bowl of broth, noodles, herbs, vegetables, and roasted rice chips (bánh đa).

Mì xào dòn: A dish of crispy deep-fried egg noodles, topped with a wide array of seafood, vegetables and shrimp in a gravy sauce. This is a dish of Chinese origin.

Bánh tằm cà ri: A Cà Mau[disambiguation needed ] specialty, made of special rice noodles and very spicy chicken curry.

Hủ tiếu xào: A dish with flat rice noodles stir fried with mixed vegetables (sliced carrots, bell peppers, onion, broccoli, and snow pea) and with a combination of seafood, pork, chicken, or beef