If you come to Buon Ma Thuot in the morning and ask the locals what is the most popular dish at the beginning of the day, the answer will definitely be bun rieu.
Bun rieu is a simple dish, easy to eat, affordable and popular. Rieu is a mixture of minced pork, dried shrimp, chicken eggs, minced shallots, a little seasoning, mixed well, rolled into balls or steamed into cakes and then dropped into the broth. The deciding ingredient for a delicious bowl of bun rieu is first of all the rieu, then the broth. To make the broth delicious, it must be stewed with bones. Depending on the restaurant, you can choose beef bones, pork bones, some places add chicken bones to make the broth sweeter.
The cook can reduce or change the ingredients to create his own crab soup. In Buon Ma Thuot, Doan Ket crab noodle soup is mentioned by many people. Currently, the restaurant has many branches, all opened by the family's children. The crab soup in Doan Ket crab noodle soup has a characteristic light red color of shrimp paste, the smell of dried shrimp is stronger and very flavorful. This special flavor is a family secret, and cannot be found in a bowl of crab noodle soup anywhere else.
Doan Ket vermicelli soup with very special crab soup
A proper bowl of crab noodle soup is eaten with thin rice noodles, served with bone broth with a little annatto color, and topped with crab, tomatoes, pork fat, and fried onions. Some places add pieces of blood, tofu, and pork skin like Di Hoang's crab noodle soup on Nguyen Duc Canh Street (open in the afternoon), Thu's crab noodle soup on Dinh Tien Hoang Street, or a separate bowl of pork fat like Huong's on Pham Hong Thai Street. If you want a bowl of crab noodle soup to taste really good, you have to add some shrimp paste, lime, and freshly ground chili.
Bun rieu Buon Ma Thuot is also attractive for its accompanying raw vegetables including lettuce, shredded cabbage, with Vietnamese balm, herbs, basil, coriander, cilantro, banana flower and bean sprouts. Bun rieu used to be sold in the morning but over time it has become a dish sold all day, even late at night. In addition to traditional crab, Bun rieu also has many rich toppings for diners to choose from such as rare beef, beef ribs, fried pork roll, fried crab, etc.
If you come to Ban Me, you must definitely enjoy a bowl of authentic crab noodle soup. So that no matter where you go, or what kind of crab noodle soup you try, you will have to exclaim: "Bun rieu Ban Me, only in Ban Me is the best!".
Source: https://nld.com.vn/bun-rieu-ban-me-an-mot-lan-la-me-196241024221910476.htm
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