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Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)
bún
 noun
 vermicelli
 | [bún] |  | danh từ. | | |  | rice vermicelli, soft noodles | | |  | má»m nhÆ° bún | | | limp as vermicelli, very soft, (as) soft as butter | | | | bún riêu | | | vermicelli and sour crab soup | | | | bún bò | | | vermicelli and beef | | | | bún chả | | | vermicelli and grilled chopped meat | | | | *Bun (Rice vermicelli) is made of rice flour which is turned into small, circular and white threads wrapped up into small coils called Con Bun (coil of rice vermicelli). There are a variety of ways to enjoy rice vermicelli, each dish having its own unique taste (Bun Cha, Bun Oc for example). | | | | *Bun Cha (Vermicelli and grilled chopped meat) includes rice vermicelli, grilled pork and spicy, raw vegetables and well mixed fish sauce. For a dish of Bun Cha, you take a dish of rice vermicelli, a dish full of vegetables and a bowl of fish sauce combined with vinegar, sugar, hot chilly, garlic and pepper. The sauce will then contain all the essential tastes, sour, hot, salty and sweet. Grille of well cooked pork would be opened and the contents dropped into the bowl of fish sauce. There are two kinds of Cha (grilled por used, depending upon the cut of the meat. If the pork is cut into small pieces, it is called Cha Mieng (piece of grilled pork). If it is minced prior to being shaped into small cubes, it is named Cha Bam (minced grilled pork).
*Bun Oc (Rice vermicelli with fresh water snail) has fresh water snails as main ingredient. These snails will have been kept in clean fresh water for about ten hours before being boiled for the dish, to allow sufficient time for the snails to release any organic matter they may have in their shells. The boiled snails after being taken out of their shells would be cleaned. The soup for the dish is made from the water in which snails have been boiled in. To the soup is added tomatoes and several kinds of flavour and vinegar. |
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