The Surprising Noodle Vietnam Loves Most!! It’s Not Pho!!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
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1. BÚN GIẤM NUỐC
ADDRESS: 2 Đ. Chi Lăng, Phú Cát, Thành phố Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế
OPENING HOURS: 7:30am-10pm
INTERVIEWEE: Ms. Lanh
🇻🇳BÚN GIẤM NUỐC - BÚN JELLY: Assembly: bún, herbs, add shrimp, add jelly, add fish cakes, add the sauce (shrimp fat, peanuts, sesame, soya). Serve with mắm tôm (fermented shrimp).
PRICE: 30.000 VND / $1.29 USD
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2. BÁNH CANH CÁ LÓC DÌ HƯƠNG
ADDRESS: 14 Lê Thánh Tôn, P. Phú Hậu, TP. Huế
INTERVIEWEE: Dì Hương
🇻🇳BÁNH CANH CÁ LÓC - BANH CANH SNAKEHEAD FISH: Make dough using rice flour, add hot water. Flatten the dough out and roll on a PCV pipe. Use a knife to cut each noodle into a pot of boiling water. Assemble: fish meat, fish cheek meat, fish intestines, and crispy pork skin. Cook the broth from fish bones for 5 hours.
PRICE: 30.000 VND / $1.29 USD
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3. BÚN BÒ THUỶ
ADDRESS: 17 Kiệt 42 Nguyễn Công Trứ, Phú Hội, Thành phố Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế
INTERVIEWEE: Ms. Huy
🇻🇳BÚN BÒ HUẾ ĐẶC BIỆT - SPECIAL BUN BO HUE: Make broth using: shrimp paste, lemongrass, ginger, beef bones, garlic, onions, and annatto seed oil. In a bowl, add: beef cuts, minced meat cake, crab cake, blood cake, and pork leg.
PRICE: 50.000 VND / $2.16 USD
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4. HOA ĐÔNG
ADDRESS: 64/7 Ưng Binh, Vỹ dạ, TP. Huế
🇻🇳MÌ HẾN ~ CLAM NOODLES: Cook the noodles and add in a bowl. Add indian taro, herbs, chicharron pork skin, fermented shrimp, shacha sauce, stir fried clams, bean sprouts
The clam broth are made from the boiled water when Chu Ba tried to detached the meat from the clams.
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First here Sonny!
Love you dad
early!!!
please do China
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We can't deny the fact that Calvin and Sonny are made for each other for this show... No one beats their vibe
he should finally justg be part of the show as a co host all the time. i love the episodes with him the most. They both synergy so perfectly as if this channel was those 2 all the time.
@@Erunest agreed 👍
Nah - there are better co-hosts in my opinion.
@@rg20322 the Cuban dude was hilarious. I forgot his name tho
Their lovemaking together must be intense
CALVIN NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT, I never thought someone can outdo Sonny’s energy but Calvin has surely stepped up his game and his explanations after eating are very professional
Yes but we need different co-host for different country.
Agreeeeed 🤩
Yea, he’s very likable!
He's been taking night classes at the Mark Wiens university of facial reactions...
Calvin is like his long lost asian brother
I broke down laughing for a solid minute when Calvin tried to translate at the first place 🤣🤣🤣
Cause north south middle and 54 groups people speak defend Vietnam way
Me from north born in south can understand middle people talking
@@HieuLe-ht7ob but his translation was not* grammatically correct in any of the viet dialect 😭 but he really tried, and the effort is appreciated
This is literally me when I try to explain a concept to my mother in Viet lol. We communicate best using half and half lmao. And pointing 🤣
i absolutely love calvin and sonny together they are the best pairing i binge watch all the episodes with the two of them
Calvin's attempts to translate, explain stuff, and his reasonings are hilarious and priceless. Please more episodes with him. ♥
My favorite one is when they're visiting crocodile farm and he asked the worker if any people ever got eaten by the crocs 🤣
Calvin is a treasure
They r my favourite duo
@@linnathsoi1987 I still miss Thuyen Vo Would be nice seeing all 3 together
Kinda disappointed in Calvin’s vietnamese….thought it would be better 😂
I just left Vietnam and had the most amazing time! Food was incredible!
In Indonesia we called that microscopic clams as "Kupang". Paired with Lontong (Indonesian rice cake wrap in banana leaf), fried tofu, fried shallots, and serve with shrimp paste base broth/dressing. Its surprising for me to see it in Vietnam and looking at the way it served make me realize how close our food source and cuisine are.
Wah barusan mau komen ternyata udah ada yg komen duluan hehe
I really love lontong kupang, in fact this vid making me craving for lontong kupang in the middle of the night!
Btw in the previous vid Sonny and Calvin showed us a dish with weird smelling black goo from fermented shrimp paste, I was wondering is that the same thing as petis?
i'm Vietnamese and i love your food too :D
That sounds so delicious! Here in America, we don't have nearly enough restaurants that offer food like this! Thank you for sharing a little piece of your culture. 🙂
Because we're the south east asian countries ! our cuisines are definitely a lot of spices, savoury and flavourful in common
Bun Bo Hue is my absolute go to dish... You need to do one of those comparison vids of cheap vs expensive Bun Bo Hue dishes... Had jellyfish noodles before, they are mostly just tasteless, but keto friendly...lol... Blood cake in asian soup noodles is common place, no shock value for me...but great for keto too... lol... Great vid, but everything's better with Calvin...
The chemistry you guys have together is so natural. You bring out the Sonny in Calvin, individually you guys are awesome together you guys break the sound barrier.
Watching these videos has made me want to go to Vietnam and Japan and everywhere in between. Such a beautiful area and everyone seems so humble and happy. Not a world that takes things for granted as we do in America. I am talking about what we just expect to have when we wake up. Like air condition, heat, electricity, running water etc. All the things we don't consider a luxury. We are a very spoiled group of people and certainly can not survive if we didn't have all of our luxuries. I was the first to whine about no electric after the several hurricanes that hit Florida in the past 6 years. I shut my mouth when I saw the devastation in places like Haiti and Puerto Rico.
Let's be Honest We knew it
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@@nunuofficial5146 wtf does this have to do with anything here?
very wonderful thank you. I'm waiting for you all on my channel. Let's watch the preparation of Uzbek food together. Delicious food
@@nunuofficial5146 Open your eyes! ruclips.net/video/rv0v1sSoQ00/видео.html
@@melanielangham7033 Nunu is saying absolutely nothing 🤣
OMG, I lived in Hue for 2 years! My favorite city! Tuyet Bun Bo Hue! Nguyen Cong Tru! The absolute best in Vietnam!!!! I love this!! My girls❤️❤️ I miss them so much🌹 Dope 75 Cafe across the street!
Wow this guest host travel guide is probably one of my favorites you've had, your chemistry is phenomenal on screen. Really enjoyed all of his episodes so far! I wish him success.
I had Bun Bo at that exact place in 2017. It’s right next to my hotel. Didn’t know it’s a famous place but it was absolutely delicious. My second favorite Vietnamese dish after Bun Thit Nuong😋
As a white guy, id say your tastes are decadently fine and point on. Thats also my two one punch for the most ambrosia-tic of Vietnamese cuisine.
Bun Bo hue is definitely Vietnamese people’s favorite noodle dish.
Calvin and Sonny are the best pair! More shows of them together please. This show is the BEST review show ever!
"Fish don't smile much..." I am dead now! Laughed so long and have a tic in my jaw! More Sonny and Calvin! The sun shines brighter where they are!
I rode 1500 miles across Vietnam on a motorbike from Hanoi to Ho chi min city.
We stayed in hue on my 39th birthday
It was a big lively busy city
2:30 Calvin’s attempts to translate a simple sentence somehow turned into an attempt to translate the US. constitution into Vietnamese 😂
Bun Bo Hue is the best noodle dish to come out of Vietnam. For those who are fans of Pho I suggest you try this dish!!
Bun Hen, Definitely my most memorable dish in HUE. I heard its only found there too, and a specialty in that region because of those tiny clams. I long crave for that dish since I traveled there back and forth many times. It was like 50 cents for a decent bowl of that. You can have Ramen, Rice, or Bun noodles. Chili oil, pork cracklings, veggies, peanuts, broth and man that was it.
I missed bún hến too. Refresh dish to have when need something light and easy.
@@manhkhoanguyen5788 It is so good. I was not born in Vietnam but my mom grew up in Hue. So every 4 years I come to visit and get to enjoy this dish. Its so good.
FORTY-FOUR CENTS !!!
This is an excellent example of how you can feed a nation on clean, fresh affordable and sustainable food.
Price gouging isn’t a common occurrence that is encouraged by their government....unlike the US and other western countries. 😞
This dish is junk food, like snack and low calo. I usually ate 3-4 bowls. Hihi.
@@haiphong691 bạn đang nói món nào vậy
always so happy to see a vietnamese food review, as a vietnamese australian its hard to find real authetic food here in sydney
saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷😊🙏👍
Ever heard of Cabramatta or Bankstown or Marackvile?
I would avoid the noodles with pvc shavings.
true, I went back to Viet Nam few months ago and try Pho there, it's so nostalgic and authentic compare to Vietnamese Pho in Australia
@@willlastnameguy8329 they usually use stainless steel tube. First time I see someone use pvc.
i want a whole series just Sunny and Calvin. Best ever friends
It's great to see you and Calvin working together again. You guys make great content together.
One more thing to add, from my experience throughout Vietnam, I think food in Central Vietnam is the best. Even dishes originated from elsewhere tastes better in Central Vietnam, and cheaper also😎
It's true, but also correct for many small towns in Vietnam, the thing is if you run a food stalls here, your only customer is the local so if your food suck, you wouldn't last, the stalls that sell food has been doing it and perfected their trade for years, that's why everything taste good. In big city like HCM and HN you will have way more random customers so crappy food is weeded out much slower
I knew it was going to be Bun Bo Hue. I've always been team Bun Bo Hue over Pho since my first time in Vietnam.
Phở is my least favourite noodle dish I’ve tried. I’m Vietnamese myself but always opt for something else if offered Phở. Love Bún bò Huế!
Your videos make me happy and reduce my anxiety and depression, Sonny. I hope you don’t stop creating.
I always feel like I’m with your travels too 💕
Endless entertainment when you two are together! As always an awesome video, thanks guys.
Yay Sunny and Calvin! I can't get enough when you're together, you two are meant for each other, nothing but good laughs! More please 🥰
Honestly you two crack me up, so much positive energy, always look forward to this duo🤣
Claim noodles look scrumptious. My favorite duo is back! Its definitely a great Sunday morning when you two pop up in my feed. Cheers 🍻
Just love it when sonny and calvin comes up with a new content together… It’s just amazing and fun watching them
I love bun bo hue more than pho and that is my go to when I have Vietnamese. However, I can never seem to find it served with the congealed blood in restaurants (at least in PA). It usually only has the pork trotter, slices of beef, and a type of fish patty. I'm not sure if I have to ask for it, I am Chinese American so I wouldn't know how to.
When I lived in the southwest US, I went to a restaurant that offered bun bo hue on the menu and they actually asked if you wanted it "Vietnamese" style, of course I always said yes and that had all the traditional ingredients. Otherwise, most menus call it "spicy beef noodle soup", where it does not have any of the more "adventurous" meats for simpler palates, just a broth similar to bun bo hue and thick vermicelli noodles.
Blood cake is usually considers as "barbaric and unhygienic" ingredients to add into a dish by people's perception in the US. That why you rarely find a Vietnamese restaurant in the US that has blood cake in the food. Unless you asked them to be "authentic"
@@xboxstudent Yes I am aware of the perception, but people who are likely to order bu bo hue would generally be Asian. I think it would be safe to say most non Asian Westerners new to Vietnamese food would be ordering pho. Bun bo hue usually isn't even easy to find on menus as it is not under "pho" or sometimes not even in the "noodles" section.
All ethnic foods in the US have some restrictions on their traditional foods to be more marketable to the native customers with the exception of Cantonese dim sum places. That seems to be the only time where chicken feet, congealed blood, century eggs, etc. are carted around for everyone (non Chinese/Asian) to see and try!
I don’t know where you are in PA...but if you’re close to the NY border, there is an excellent Vietnamese restaurant in Vestal, NY. They serve with the blood cakes....but it’s not duck blood.
Vietnamese restaurants in southern Florida serve it with blood cake and all the meat protein whenever I ask for bun Bo hue. I prefer it to pho.
@@esteeculbreth Oh, Florida and Louisiana are different though. They do serve blood cakes
It's such a delight to see you two guys working together, you're such a great duo! Greetings
I love you guys together. You are in tune and harmony. Enjoying your presentations.
thanx for another awesome informative vid sonny, i was so stoked to c calvin , use gel so well together and r so funny, love ya both
Great stuff and a shout out to the photography, editing and support staff! It cant be easy to put these together. I get my good pension in 2024 and Vietnam is on my bucket list. I will buy you guys cheap beer!
The amount of diverse content you create on such a regular basis is so impressive
The thing that truly impress me is how these small stalls take orders. They just memorise EVERYTHING.
What people order where they sit when they came in.
And they never get it wrong. It's insane. I feel like this is the skill we lost.
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1) Usually 80% are regular customers, usually regular customers will order the same thing everytime.
2) They have servers as well, that will also will hear/see who order what and where they sit.
3) I work in one and they always tell what you need to do/remember.
Love the street food!
Well they do give wrong order occasionally.
But usually we just accept it, unless it is allergy related
You should try doing a skilled trade like tool maker. We have to memorize a lot more than orders like this.
I was waiting so long for Calvin to come back …. Thank you 😭😭😭😭 LOVE seeing you two together
I am so in love with Calvin! His smile is contagious and the animation in his beautiful face when he tastes something he really likes... he is perfect!
Sonny brings out the best of Calvin and vice versa! Despite the foods they review, they both deliver their best performance in what they do as always.
It's always great seeing Sonny and Calvin
how does calvin ball taste like?
Vietnam and its noodles culture. Dying to go there, hope i can make it one day. 🇲🇾
Calvin and Sonny, thank you for making this video! Thank you for bringing back a huge part of my city memories!
You are a man of international taste! Love your videos, you have nothing bad to say, you are the ambassador of international cuisine and doing it like a boss!
This might be my favorite video since the day you guys comeback to VN ! The food look unique and delicious ! Good job !
Dude!! The chemistry is something else!! You guys looks good together!! More of him pls
CalSun is the best partner ever. Those smiles and laughter when they see each other eyes realizing what they just have said. 😅😅🤣🤣 more to go . 💞💞
Calvin is the best co host ever ! I love his energy and vibes ....
This episode makes my mouth watering ...😋😅
lol Calvin’s Vietnamese translation is hilarious, relatable to my level of Vietnamese as an American born 🤣
I love seeing you guys together. Such a perfect couple (of food reviewers) 😇😇😇
You guys are the best duo out there period. Much love and respect for both of you.
Sonny I love the quality of your videos.... the songs and editing... Omg everything is so on point!
I like the way she's making the noodles very unique. J'adore les nouilles 🍜. Calvin you're funny.
I love videos with this dude! Glad to see him back. You guys should do a road trip.
I love your and his energies together they match so well! Best food buds!
Calvin is on another level man..both of you are super fun to watch together
you and calvin are perfect presentors.... kudos to both of you
Ive been binge watching a lot of videos w/ calvin in it. Perfect timing!!!
I swear, you and Calvin are comedic GOLD! Love you two!
What a great video to watch to start my Sunday! Sonny and Calvin is such a great team! You almost feel that you’re right there eating with them. They’re so natural and fun to watch. I would like to see Sonny and Calvin being together in another country exploring more extraordinary food and culture. Calvin should be Sonny’s primary co-host! They’re so much fun to watch being together!!!! Looking forward for the next video with Sonny and Calvin being together again!!
Hey Calvin!!!! Love him! Such a treat with Sonny. Thanks guys. Great time!!
Love every videos with Sonny and Calvin! Always entertaining!
Love this..., especially the clam hunter. Best Ever Food Review Show should get thousand of awards from Vietnam Tourism & Culinary.
We have loads of excellent pho places where I live but I've never had a bowl of bun bo hue I liked. Your video has convinced me to give it another try.
These 2 guys are simply amazing they share world cuisine taking us to placrs we'd nvr see great chemistry guyz...
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Been watching Sonny for two years now and its at the point I'll just put on his youtube channel and fall asleep to his vids. Always so comforting and easy to listen to I feel like Im just falling asleep so some cooking show my parents used to watch on national television.
The last dish was call "Bún Hến" in Vietnamese and to our VNese, it can be our main dish as well. It contains 5 types of flavor in 1 bite: sourness from starfruit, bitterness and sweetness from shredded greens and herbs once blended with fermented shrimp paste, umani and saltiness from the small clam meats and also fermented shrimp paste. That's pretty delicious, and you can get all 5 flavor in a dish from 40-60 cent (10k - 15k vnd)! Thanks Sonny for bring this delicious dish up
This guy is your soulmate Sonny! Bring him to all your videos 💕 great chemistry you guys
saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷😊👍
Dunno if you mean friends, and that's definitely quite nice
But if not, I think sonny already has a soulmate
it’s incredible how much effort is put into creating a hearty bowl of noodle! definitely wanna try that clam noodles one day.
also not calvin forgetting how to speak vietnamese😹
do you want extra pvc pipe in your noodles too? coz thats what you're getting
Best duo of all time. Absolutely love the vibe nd energy they bring.
This got me excited the most out of all episodes!! Food looks so 😋
Tôi rất thích a gé thăm việt nam quê huong của chúng tôi và cho mọi nguoi trên thế giới biết đến nơi này.Mong a sẽ re nhìu video về ẩm thực Việt Nam.cho cả thế giới biết đến
Ông này sống ở Việt Nam luôn chứ ghé cái gì =)))
Trụ sở ở hồ chí minh mà, được cái a này review ở Việt Nam nhiều nhất 🤣🤣🤣
very wonderful thank you. I'm waiting for you all on my channel. Let's watch the preparation of Uzbek food together. Delicious food
Sonny and Calvin make a great team and have good chemistry together. And they get to eat some good and sometimes wild food. Was fun to watch. Great video
I watch from the start to the end ! Even all the ads! Love you 2.
Great video as always! Im so happy to see the best duo together again!
That Bun Bo Hue looks fantastic, it's like Pho but on another level!
No, completely different
@@JLT2342 nice to know, will travel to Vietnam some day and find out.
It’s 100% different.
From the way you prepare it to the stuff inside the bowl.
My first time having bum bo hue, I wore a light grey collar shirt just like Sonny's. At the end of the meal, my light grey collar shirt have turned into a dark grey collar shirt.
It was worth it!
You to are so fun love it when you two combined!!!
Calvin and Sunny need more colab!!! Their vibe together is through the roof!
Calvin really out here trying to boost tourism in Vietnam with his reactions 😂
Calvin adds the spice to these videos ♥️
That clam guy was amazing! Thank you for the video. All the food looked good
Sonny I absolutely love when you have Calvin around. You guys have great chemistry.
This is one of my all time favorite dish in Vietnam, besides Hu tieu bo kho with nice, airy loaf of vietnamese Baguette!
That is an amazing noodle-making technique!
I'll be in Vietnam next month, and I can't wait to try their dishes!!
Oh wow amazing, nothing better than a nice amount of PVC micro particles coming with the noodles into my bowl of soup....
@@raycigar6356 wait until you find out what water pipes are made out of.
@@kyo324 ideally metal pipes, also additional filtration before the water is save for consumption....that's standard for my vietnamese household....but not everyones i guess
@@raycigar6356in fact, Sound from pvc tube is less annoy than steel. One tube for one broth, and she sales hundreds of broths. In the pass, she used to steel tub and made so noisy. The last reason, if piece of pvc tube is in, they see and take it out right. In case of steel tube, the small piece is on the bottom and cook until the end.
I love the videos with Calvin, he is so funny and they are both made for each-other
Sonny & Calvin.....you two make the PERFECT TEAM !!! I am always on the lookout for your latest food adventures !!! Keep up the Great Work !!! Love your show !!! ❤️
love the content! I get so many cooking ideas from watching your show. Some good and bad ;)
Same! 🤣
I’ve recently been on a Pho kick...think I finally figured out my perfect recipe. 🥰😊 🍲 🍜
Calvin's looks hasn't changed a bit since I saw him in the last two years. He doesn't age, he doesn't change his dress fashion and he doesn't change his mood.😂
how does calvin ball taste like?
@@vnxdragon salty
@@vnxdragon Probably tangy with a hint of umami like the highest grade fish sauce.
Love this episode. Love the way Mr. Bai doing his job. And I wonder how much he can sell the clams after so many steps....
Thanks Sonny for sharing the new vlog with Calvin. Vietnamese food has gained great popularity in the West for its wonderful fish, hoisin, soy sauces and the large amount of vegetables and herbs. Amazing.🤟👍❤
I’m anticipating a Lao food review soon! You must, you must!!!! We’ve got phenomenal soups, salads, and we bring THE SAUCE. Please please please go to Laos! You’ve got to try mok pha, kao poon, gang nor mai, and of course some jeow with various fruits!! So saap 🤤
CALVIN is the man!!! Wow he is amazing. His duo with sonny brings out the best in Calvin compared to his solo vlogs on his channel
Sonny I love your videos hence the reason I've watched you for years... but... I also love watching you alongside Calvin you guys are awesome together ❤️
We love watching you guys working and eating together so fun 👍👍
You never disappoint us Sonny, I really appreciate your effort and dedication to make interesting videos for us.
come on Sonny, just let Calvin be a permanent co-host. It just makes so much sense
Love Calvin and Sonny together… the chemistry is freaking awesome!