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Bun Bo Hue at Cong Ly – NYC
06.29.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Do C restaurant grades scare you? Not me, if they did, I wouldn’t be a frequent customer at Cong Ly where they serve bun bo Hue. I wrote about bun bo Hue a few months ago when I had it at a restaurant in Los Angeles dedicated to the dish. It was aptly named Bun Bo Hue So 1. Unfortunately, in New York, such dedication doesn’t exist, but when the mood strikes, Cong Ly delivers. MORE »
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Noodles at Bun Bo Hue So 1 – LA
Most people are all about pho at Vietnamese restaurants, but personally, I love bun bo Hue, a spicy, lemongrass flavored rice noodle soup originally from Hue (a capital city in central Vietnam) with sliced beef shank, pigs’ feet, and if you’re lucky, blood cubes. (Coagulated blood is a beautiful thing.) So when I discovered there were two restaurants in Los Angeles named after the dish, I knew I couldn’t leave without eating it at least once. On Day 6, the second to last day in LA, it was all about getting some bun bo Hue. MORE »
