Herb Noodle Salad

Bún

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Little Saigon Cookbook: Vietnamese Cuisine And Culture In Southern California's Little Saigon

By Ann Le

Published 2011

  • About

The herb noodle salad known as bun is a traditional Vietnamese dish. (Note: Bun is also the word for plain rice vermicelli, but in this book we generally use it for herb noodle salad.) On a restaurant menu, there is often a whole section devoted strictly to bun dishes. Bun is often served as its own meal, topped with fresh seafood, grilled meats, and meat pies like cha lua or thit mam. Each geographic region has its own bun recipes. In South Vietnam you will find more seafood-based d