Bun Rieu Ban Me, eat it once and you will be addicted!

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 dish that is not too fussy, easy to eat, affordable and popular. Rieu is a mixture of minced pork, dried shrimp, chicken eggs, minced shallots and a little seasoning, mixed well, rolled into balls or steamed into cakes and then dropped into the pot of broth. The deciding factor for a delicious bowl of bun rieu is first of all rieu, then broth. To make the broth delicious, it must be stewed with bones. Depending on the restaurant, 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 rich in flavor. This special flavor is a family secret, not found in a bowl of crab noodle soup anywhere else.

Bun Rieu Doan Ket with very special crab soup

A proper bowl of Bun Rieu is eaten with thin rice noodles, served with bone broth with a little annatto color, and topped with crab, tomatoes, pork rinds, and fried onions. Some places add pieces of blood, tofu, and pork skin like Di Hoang Bun Rieu on Nguyen Duc Canh Street (open in the afternoon), Bun Thu on Dinh Tien Hoang Street, or a separate bowl of pork rinds like Huong Restaurant on Pham Hong Thai Street. If you want a bowl of Bun Rieu to be truly flavorful, you must 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, along 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 have more choices such as rare beef, beef ribs, fried pork roll, chips, crab cakes...

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 it the best!".

Source: https://nld.com.vn/bun-rieu-ban-me-an-mot-lan-la-me-196241024221910476.htm