At one point, wise Hanoi cooks chopped Tet leftovers into an attractive mélange for a final feast they called bun thang. Bun is all things to all people in Vietnam, but the world knows it best as bun ...

Bánh mì and pâté, for example, became Vietnamese staples after French colonization; bún thang, a type of chicken noodle soup ...

“What would porridge be without dill, peanut cabbage soup without lettuce, or a bowl of bun thang without mam tom?” “Hanoi's deliciousness is both intricate and fussy” – Vu Bang. Bang’s obsession with ...