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Taste trumps price for 60 years at Saigon duck vermicelli soup stall

Duck vermicelli made northern style. – Món bún vịt làm kiểu miền bắc.

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A Saigon market stall sells slightly pricey duck vermicelli soup, but customers do not begrudge a single extra dong.

 

The eatery in Ban Co market in Saigon’s District 3 is slightly difficult to find but always crowded.

 

A bowl of vermicelli soup costs VND50,000 ($2.2), much higher than the average price even in the downtown area of VND40,000 or less.

 

Trang, the owner of the eatery, said her mother, a Chinese-Vietnamese woman who married an ethnic Chinese man, opened it 60 years ago. Her family has been running it ever since.

 

Her mother made this dish in northern style. Unlike southern dishes, the vermicelli does not have any sugar in it. The broth is cooked from bones. Trang cooks a dozen ducks every day. Perhaps because the Ban Co area has a large northern populace, the taste was to their liking.

 

The taste of the broth is extracted from a dozen ducks. – Vị [ngọt] của nước dùng là từ cả chục con vịt.

The stall uses vermicelli made in the north. This variety is chewy and can be soaked in the broth for a long time without it turning soggy. The dipping sauce, however, is made in southern style, with garlic, chili and finely chopped ginger for a sweet and sour taste. The side vegetables include cabbage, banana flowers and popular southern herbs.

 

The boiled duck meat is chopped into large pieces instead of into fine slices like at most other shops. Often a bowl of vermicelli soup is separately served with a plate of duck meat and bamboo shoots. In the bamboo shoot season Trang will put fresh bamboo shoots in the soup instead of dried or pickled ones. If fresh bamboo shoot is not available, the dish is served without it.

 

Duck meat is chopped in large pieces. – Thịt vịt được chặt thành những miếng lớn.

The shop is very small with just a few tables and chairs. Guests walk in non-stop from 6 a.m. to noon (around 12 a.m). It usually sells more than a dozen ducks a day.

 

Despite being inside a market, the eatery is very clean. It is located between clothes stalls instead of in the food court. From the main market gate on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street walk straight in for a few dozens of meters and you can see the store.

 

Source: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel/food/taste-trumps-price-for-60-years-at-saigon-duck-vermicelli-soup-stall-3919765.html

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