Chargrilled Pork Patties with Vermicelli Salad

WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS OF HANOI YOU ARE OFTEN ENGULFED IN A THICK CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM BURNING COAL AS IT CHARS PORK PATTIES. THE FRAGRANT SMOKE GRABS YOU, PULLING YOU IN AS YOU WALK PAST. EVEN WHEN I’M NOT HUNGRY, I FIND IT HARD TO RESIST THEM. THERE ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO BUN CHA STALLS THAT LOCALS TELL YOU TO GO TO IN HANOI, BUT I’VE EATEN AT OVER FIFTEEN STALLS AND HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED WITH ANY. IN HANOI, BUN CHA IS USUALLY SERVED WITH NEM RAN (ON THE NEXT PA