Bun Thang is an elegant chicken noodle soup of Hanoi in Northern Vietnam. It is a noodle soup that is particular in all the toppings being cut the same beautiful thin strands. It consists of rice vermicelli noodles in a chicken and sometimes pork broth, topped with delicate thing strands of shredded chicken, Vietnamese ham (Cha Lua/Gio Lua), scrambled eggs, shiitake mushrooms and salted dried shrimp floss. The bowl is beautifully garnished with thinly sliced green onions, Vietnamese coriander (Rau Ram) and fried shallots. An authentic bowl of Bun Thang also comes with a few slices of red chili peppers, a wedge of lemon and a dollop of a pungent and strong fermented shrimp paste on the side for those who like to enhance the flavor of the broth on their own.
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Hanoi Noodle Soup with Ham, Chicken and Shrimp (Bun Thang)