#05 of my top ten favorite Vietnamese dishes: Bún bò (Huế)

Bún bò Huế (beef noodle soup from Huế) is a rice vermicelli soup with beef, associated with the royal cooking of the imperial city of Huế (around where my Dad originated). It offers the balance of spicy, sour, salty and sweet flavors and the predominant flavor is that lemon grass - usually including thin slices of marinated and boiled beef shank, chunks of oxtail, and pig's knuckles. It can also include cubes of congealed pig blood, which has a color between dark brown and maroon, and a texture resembling firm tofu.

You serve it with lime wedges, cilantro sprigs, diced green onions, raw sliced onions, chili sauce, thinly sliced banana blossom, red cabbage, mint, basil, perilla, persicaria odorata or Vietnamese coriander (rau răm), saw tooth herb (ngò gai) and sometimes mung bean sprouts.(Wikipedia)

My Dad loved this dish, and once you've tried this soup, you'll come back for more. Unforgettable!