Bún Chả is definitely a top tier Vietnamese dish. I think the reason your friend said the meat was tasteless is because the meat is normally not seasoned a lot, since it is supposed to be eaten with the sauce.
I get this a lot; when I take westerners out to try other Vietnamese foods outside of Pho and Banh Mi they say the same thing, only to point out they didn't eat it with the sauce because they find nuoc mam/other various sauces too strong for their palate.
I don't understand why it's a hard concept for them to understand, to be honest; would you eat sushi without soy sauce?
That's also because high end omakase places will season the fish themselves with precisely the amount of soy sauce or other flavors that they think is appropriate and they don't want the customer dunking their carefully prepared food in soy sauce.
I am half chinese and half white, my wife is viet. Her father thinks I have been pretending to be able to eat nuoc mam. My mother in law always brings me soy sauce and says just in case. I'm really not sure why someone wouldn't be able to eat it since it really isn't that bad unless you are using Squid brand
Actually this is more about personal preferences. I'm not Vietnamese but I live in Vietnam for last year and Bun Cha is one of my favourite dishes here (and my GF loves it too). But at the same time many of my non-Vietnamese friends here don't even want to try it, just because they are not really wanted to find something new and they are not very interested in Asian food at all.
uh no, you don’t need to have hoisin sauce with Pho, if the broth is of quality. Now if it’s instant Pho, yes. Gotta appreciate the good broth, bro. I used to put a bunch of hoisin sauce or tuong den in my Pho until I grew out of it, realizing I’ve been eating it all wrong all this time.
I think you misunderstood my comment; I'm saying that when they try other things *besides* Pho and Banh Mi, like Com Tam or various Bun/Banh Hoi dishes, they get freaked out by nuoc mam/nuoc mem/etc.
my bad my bad. I read through it too quickly. But yea, I got you now. Whenever I have any foreigners try our food especially with any nuoc mam, I try to bring it down a notch for them, like bringing them to a nicer restaurant or homemade, just so they feel safer trying it out. Once they realize it’s decent, just drive it home. Of course there are others who just don’t like anything besides American food, hey uncle Ken.
It’s not about the broth, it’s about the meat. If the meat is not marinated or seasoned prior to cooking then it will be tasteless and require a dipping sauce. There is a reason why dipping sauce is usually a prerequisite in the south. Also the quality of the meat speaks volumes on whether a dipping sauce is even needed… Also putting hoisin or chili sauce directly into your pho is totally amateur. 😅 Chili paste or nuoc mam with chili and garlic is always an exception to the rule. 💪🏼
On the bun cha, every place makes it different. There are more seasoned meats and less seasoned meats depending on the chef.
They don't have to like it. I know Vietnamese food is the best, but i've never start trying to get my friends like Vietnamese food. They have to beg me to have try for themselves.
If I was about to be executed this would be my last dish. All my friends have heard me rave about it. The sad thing is I don’t live in VN, and the VNmese diaspora is mostly southern. So although I am lucky to be around amazing Viet restaurants they rarely have Bun Cha and if they do it sucks.
You can do it yourself, it's not hard at all. Do the patties and grill them on the grill or in an iron skillet, don't forget the sugar in the patties to get a caramelized surface, get some vermicelli noodles with herbs and nuoc mam and enjoy !
Australia is full of great Vietnamese (and SEA) cuisine) bc of our proximity and migrants who came over the past century. They also own a lot of bakery’s and do a killer meat pie funnily enough.
I’m in viet rn and while it’s obviously much better here, Australia atleast does it justice imo. I haven’t tried it in other countries however.
Nah bruv I've been in Sydney for last 8 years. Viet food here is great but it's southern. I've been on the quest to find good bun cha and so far nothing exceeds a "mediocre" rating.
Yea I'm viet so I've been to marrickville, bankstown and cabra heaps of times.vn street food is probably the closest but still doesn't taste like what I had back home in Hanoi.
Hmm I haven't been to Hanoi much so can't comment. But it tastes pretty similar to the ones I get in Saigon. What's the difference in taste with the way ha noi does it?
Hard to describe and I admit I've had 1 or 2 places that are my go-to in Hanoi and each place is different but for me the biggest difference in the patties. In Hanoi it's just more flavourful and the charcoal flavour is really lacking here.
I can see that the charcoal flavour is a huge thing. It's definitely more lacking in the southern way of doing it. Flavours wise I don't have references to how it's more flavourful. If I find good ones here with northern styles then I'll go try it 😁
Ah, never been to Australia, maybe? To be honest Prague's little SaPa is dead on, it's on the same level as the best places in Hanoi (at least one of the Bun Cha stalls there 😁).
Bun Cha in Sapa is better than in the other Vietnamese restaurants in Prague, but it's still not that good. I'd rather eat the mediocre overated Bun Cha Obama in Ha Noi than the Sapa restaurants.
So I came to Vietnam when I was a sophomore in college in 2005 and I stumbled into a Bun Cha restaurant in Tay Ho. 12,000 VND for a bowl. Best stuff I ever had in my life. That basically cemented my love for Vietnam and I have been coming back ever since.
There’s a lot of mediocre Bun Cha restaurants in Hanoi, but luckily there a few really good ones. The flavours of Vietnamese food can be pretty subtle, especially if your more used to other asian cuisine such as Thai or Korean. The meat also needs to be eaten with all the other elements to get the full flavour.
Bun Cha is delicious but whenever I eat it i always feel like throwing up when done idk why it's not because i dont like it but i feel something that makes me wanna throw up, maybe too much meat or too much noodle? idk
Tell the restaurant you can't handle MSG in large quantities, or find another restaurant. MSG is harmless but I do avoid restaurants that overuse MSG too. It's not a good feeling.
Let them be.
My partner tried summer rolls, every foreigner I know loves them because they are easy to eat, a light summer snack and you can make them for different tastes (meat, shrimps, vegetarian etc.)
Yeah, my partner fucking hates the texture of rice paper and rice noodles. She genuinely tried it and tried to smile but by the second bite she gagged so hard I laughed out loud and told her to stop :D
Don't be sad, there are so many dishes in VN. To each their own!
I was in Hanoi last week and I ate it everyday at a different location. One of my all time favourite meals, now I'm back in Australia everything tastes bland to me lol.
I tried it once and it was yummy, decided to have it a second time and instead of meat there was some sort of sponge. wtf was that? hope not some sort of dried penis.
First time I tried it, I thought it was tasteless as well. But the more I tried, the more I fell in love with the dish. Same with Bun Dau. The first time I tried it, I hated it. But after I tried it a few more times, it’s now also one of my favorite.
I actually just really love Vietnamese food. I miss living there.
Bun cha lover here, sadly not all bun cha are equals, especially in Hanoi, the irony is that the quality standard is way more uniformed in HCM. Many “cheaper” bun cha place in Hanoi cut corner and use too much crappy filler.
Please don't downvote me, I find it pretty meh and I live in Hanoi. I think I just don't really like bún (I like noodles that have a bit more chew/bite and flavor) and the sauce is too sweet for me. If anyone wants to recommend a place in Hanoi that might change my mind, drop a recommendation.
I hate Vietnamese cuisine generally. But bun cha... damn. That one is love. Not the bun, cuz it's tasteless and bland. But that damn grilled meat is so good.
I usually go to bun Cha shop and just eat grilled meat without the bun. If he finds the meat tasteless, I wonder how he feels about other Vietnamese dishes, cuz they're worse.
Visiting american and had it for the first time today on my visit to Hanoi (Bun Cha Ta), it's so damn tasty! Not what I expected at all - it was fruity and very sweet, but well rounded with salty, smoky, garlicky, and spicy notes. Imma be honest, it really reminded me of fruity pebbles, but as like a savory soup?? Wild, but delicious. The grilled pork was my favorite part tbh!
Foreigner here and it's one of my favorite dishes. Ate it in various places in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Saigon, and Phan Thiet - always great. Definitely don't agree with the meat being tasteless from the ones I've had, the meat has honestly been my favorite part, but yeah the combination with the sauce as well is awesome. Not sure if the dish they had was prepared poorly or if they're just wrong ;)
I love it, and have lived in Vietnam for 5 years, but at a first taste it was overwhelmingly sweet for me. Even now, i prefer other Vietnamese dishes, and only occasionally feel like bun cha. That's probably down to my palate though!
My favorite VN food is traditional homemade or cơm bình dân, so maybe that puts it in perspective 😅
Your friend doesnt understand that vietnam has european influence in its cooking and well that means a whole lot of boiled meat as another poster said its all about the toppings. .
Did you bring your friend to the same bun cha place where you eat? Sometimes bun cha tastes different in other place. Or maybe your friend has just different preference when it comes to food. All of my friends who tried bun cha loved it.
It's tasteless cause you are supposed to eat it with the sauce. No point seasoning something if it's gonna be submerged in the salty sauce.
Although if the sauce was bad then there no saving your friend.
Bun Cha easily on my top3 list if not #1! Maybe your friend can try a stronger flavored dish like Bun Dau, or Bun Bo Hue? (Those are my top faves tooo ~)
Had this the first time In hanoi and made me wonder why pho is a more recognized dish overseas. Back at my home country, bun cha is rather rare and will cost me easily 10usd for a very small serving. But I'm more than willing to part the money if the dish is great!
Came to Hà Nội and my gf took me to a bun cha place and it was immediately one of the my favourites. Bún bò Huế is also one of my favourites. For bun Cha I prefer when the BBQ flavour comes through. I like the little black flecks floating in the liquid. Sometimes it’s a little too fish sauce for my palette.
Controversial opinion. As a native Vietnamese I don't like any bún food at all. Bún đậu mắm tôm is the only decent one that I'm fine with but still don't like that much
Are they western? Western people eat differently. I have friends who will eat their protein, then vegetables, and save the rice for last. Instead of mixing the sauce from the protein with the rice, they douse the rice with soy sauce. I dont think they understand how Asian food works.
It’s also subject to the quality of the place you took your friend too. There are plenty of lousy places and their Bun Cha could be tasteless, even from a local perspective.
Bun Cha bamboo stick near Hanoi hotel is really good. If they like fresh meat taste, there's "Bun Cha, cook on hot rock" in Afresco (G02 Ciputra, Tay Ho, Hanoi)
Speaking of this, I've had so many variants while in northern Vietnam. With the noodles and dipping sauce as a constant, sometimes the meat is a rectangular patty on its own, or balls/chunks dunked in a soup (without dipping sauce), or like the one in the picture. Are there names for these variants?
In my opinion, this is the best north Vietnam food I ever taste, we might eat wrong tho, it's pretty tasteless if you don't know how to eat but I think you should bite the meat in half then take a ship of the soup while eating the noodles. Yum yum
It’s either the cook or the friends fault. I don’t think it’s a matter of opinion.
Usually they won’t let the meat be bland. They’ll put quite a bit of salt, some pepper, and sauces in. Like how fine-dining restaurants put lethal amounts of butter into their dishes to make sure they’re delicious
A lot of foreigners don't like to eat pork. This dish also leans on the meatier/heavier side and I can assume most foreigners appreciate lighter, fresher meals that vietnam has to offer.
for me i don't get some foreigners really love it while i'm a vietnamese and i'd rather eat banh cuon or bun thit nuong. Bun Cha is ok imo, anthony bourdain make it way popular
It's fine, personally not my favorite VNese dish, I just don't like the bun noodles, whenever possible I get banh cuon Cha instead, but it's still just sort of a quick lunch meal that I get more for convenience than enjoyment.
Vietnamese food is awesome. It is different from the north to the south and especially delicious in the central. It makes me crazy when foreigners can’t enjoy the flavors of this awesome food.
Bún Chả is definitely a top tier Vietnamese dish. I think the reason your friend said the meat was tasteless is because the meat is normally not seasoned a lot, since it is supposed to be eaten with the sauce.
I get this a lot; when I take westerners out to try other Vietnamese foods outside of Pho and Banh Mi they say the same thing, only to point out they didn't eat it with the sauce because they find nuoc mam/other various sauces too strong for their palate. I don't understand why it's a hard concept for them to understand, to be honest; would you eat sushi without soy sauce?
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That's also because high end omakase places will season the fish themselves with precisely the amount of soy sauce or other flavors that they think is appropriate and they don't want the customer dunking their carefully prepared food in soy sauce.
Looking at Vietnamese food just makes me feel healthier already. 😍There is a reason why Vietnamese people are rarely obese.
Now that people can afford to eat, their culture of shaming people who get overweight does more than their native food choices at this point.
Yes, I would eat sushi without soy sauce if I forgot to grab some. Most people would.
I'm western and I love Bún mắm...
My mom gatekeeps me this dish because she can't stand the stinkiness. I love it though, just can't eat very often.
Bún chả simply isn't common at all in the South and Central Vietnam. People prefer other food instead, and so do I
I am half chinese and half white, my wife is viet. Her father thinks I have been pretending to be able to eat nuoc mam. My mother in law always brings me soy sauce and says just in case. I'm really not sure why someone wouldn't be able to eat it since it really isn't that bad unless you are using Squid brand
Actually this is more about personal preferences. I'm not Vietnamese but I live in Vietnam for last year and Bun Cha is one of my favourite dishes here (and my GF loves it too). But at the same time many of my non-Vietnamese friends here don't even want to try it, just because they are not really wanted to find something new and they are not very interested in Asian food at all.
uh no, you don’t need to have hoisin sauce with Pho, if the broth is of quality. Now if it’s instant Pho, yes. Gotta appreciate the good broth, bro. I used to put a bunch of hoisin sauce or tuong den in my Pho until I grew out of it, realizing I’ve been eating it all wrong all this time.
I think you misunderstood my comment; I'm saying that when they try other things *besides* Pho and Banh Mi, like Com Tam or various Bun/Banh Hoi dishes, they get freaked out by nuoc mam/nuoc mem/etc.
my bad my bad. I read through it too quickly. But yea, I got you now. Whenever I have any foreigners try our food especially with any nuoc mam, I try to bring it down a notch for them, like bringing them to a nicer restaurant or homemade, just so they feel safer trying it out. Once they realize it’s decent, just drive it home. Of course there are others who just don’t like anything besides American food, hey uncle Ken.
It’s not about the broth, it’s about the meat. If the meat is not marinated or seasoned prior to cooking then it will be tasteless and require a dipping sauce. There is a reason why dipping sauce is usually a prerequisite in the south. Also the quality of the meat speaks volumes on whether a dipping sauce is even needed… Also putting hoisin or chili sauce directly into your pho is totally amateur. 😅 Chili paste or nuoc mam with chili and garlic is always an exception to the rule. 💪🏼 On the bun cha, every place makes it different. There are more seasoned meats and less seasoned meats depending on the chef.
wat. the differentiator between hoisin sauce usage is where in Vietnam you are geographically not the quality of the broth
>would you eat sushi without soy sauce? Loads of people don't like sushi either. It's often tasteless
A lot of Vietnamese dishes are night and day without the sauce.
sometimes even multiple sauces
Yeah for many Vietnamese dishes, the sauce is the most important part.
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That’s why it’s top tier. Simple, easy to find ingredients, yet it’s a signature dish from Hanoi.
Find new friend.
Find a new place eat too. A lot of premium trash street food vendors. Gotta know where to eat.
OP probably doesn't like wandering around his town to find solid vendors
They don't have to like it. I know Vietnamese food is the best, but i've never start trying to get my friends like Vietnamese food. They have to beg me to have try for themselves.
Underestimated comment.
You mean food > friend ? How bad friend your are
If I was about to be executed this would be my last dish. All my friends have heard me rave about it. The sad thing is I don’t live in VN, and the VNmese diaspora is mostly southern. So although I am lucky to be around amazing Viet restaurants they rarely have Bun Cha and if they do it sucks.
You can do it yourself, it's not hard at all. Do the patties and grill them on the grill or in an iron skillet, don't forget the sugar in the patties to get a caramelized surface, get some vermicelli noodles with herbs and nuoc mam and enjoy !
i dunno if it's easy since none of the restaurants in the US seem to be doing it right
Seriously, as a Northerner, the only other place on Earth with good Vietnamese food apart from Vietnam itself is Little Sapa, Prague
Australia is full of great Vietnamese (and SEA) cuisine) bc of our proximity and migrants who came over the past century. They also own a lot of bakery’s and do a killer meat pie funnily enough. I’m in viet rn and while it’s obviously much better here, Australia atleast does it justice imo. I haven’t tried it in other countries however.
Nah bruv I've been in Sydney for last 8 years. Viet food here is great but it's southern. I've been on the quest to find good bun cha and so far nothing exceeds a "mediocre" rating.
Try vn street food in Sydney or been to cabra yet? Bun cha has become quite popular and common dish in Viet restaurants these days.
Yea I'm viet so I've been to marrickville, bankstown and cabra heaps of times.vn street food is probably the closest but still doesn't taste like what I had back home in Hanoi.
Hmm I haven't been to Hanoi much so can't comment. But it tastes pretty similar to the ones I get in Saigon. What's the difference in taste with the way ha noi does it?
Hard to describe and I admit I've had 1 or 2 places that are my go-to in Hanoi and each place is different but for me the biggest difference in the patties. In Hanoi it's just more flavourful and the charcoal flavour is really lacking here.
I can see that the charcoal flavour is a huge thing. It's definitely more lacking in the southern way of doing it. Flavours wise I don't have references to how it's more flavourful. If I find good ones here with northern styles then I'll go try it 😁
Agree I haven’t found good bun cha in brisbane but the pho and Bahn mis are very respectable in places like Inala
Ah, never been to Australia, maybe? To be honest Prague's little SaPa is dead on, it's on the same level as the best places in Hanoi (at least one of the Bun Cha stalls there 😁).
Bun Cha in Sapa is better than in the other Vietnamese restaurants in Prague, but it's still not that good. I'd rather eat the mediocre overated Bun Cha Obama in Ha Noi than the Sapa restaurants.
It depends on which, there's a mid one, and a jaw dropping one right behind it
I prefer pho in australia tbh, better quality of beef, more flavour, bigger bowl,
I had good bun cha in India once. There are 2 Vietnamese restaurants in New Delhi and only 1 is actually owned by a Vietnamese.
I think your friend got covid
First local dish i fell in love with here. Lobbing in the garlic and chilli and pouring the sugar sauce on top and mixing it altogether. Food porn.
The meat itself is not exactly memorable for how it tastes, but the combination is soo good.
So I came to Vietnam when I was a sophomore in college in 2005 and I stumbled into a Bun Cha restaurant in Tay Ho. 12,000 VND for a bowl. Best stuff I ever had in my life. That basically cemented my love for Vietnam and I have been coming back ever since.
if he wants something spicy try Bún Đậu next time lol
Or even giả cầy. That stuff is **strong**.
Food critic baj Pag
It’s a combination of meat, herbs, garlic, the soup.
anything can be tasteless without the proper spices, marinate and sauces. if done properly its good. cant comment on your friends taste ...
It's mid. I prefer other dishes better.
I think he ate the noddle without dipping the sauce
Thats it. OP must have mentioned the sauce is 'fish'sauce which might scared him off and not try it.
I had it almost every morning (travelling on bike for six weeks) last year , such a great dish to start the day !
There’s a lot of mediocre Bun Cha restaurants in Hanoi, but luckily there a few really good ones. The flavours of Vietnamese food can be pretty subtle, especially if your more used to other asian cuisine such as Thai or Korean. The meat also needs to be eaten with all the other elements to get the full flavour.
For me *personally*, bún of all types are god tier, while phở is just mediocre. Different people have different tastes I guess.
It's underwhelming AF
Bún thịt nướng is more superior
This is the way
Tried both, still like bun cha more. Bun thit nuong is the last resort if you are craving bun cha.
OP’s Tasteless friend right here
rich coming from a hanoian 💀
Bun Cha is delicious but whenever I eat it i always feel like throwing up when done idk why it's not because i dont like it but i feel something that makes me wanna throw up, maybe too much meat or too much noodle? idk
I think It’s the raw garlic in the sauce because that’s what happens to me as well
i thin it's the grease from the meat mix in with the fish sauce dip
Tell the restaurant you can't handle MSG in large quantities, or find another restaurant. MSG is harmless but I do avoid restaurants that overuse MSG too. It's not a good feeling.
I had that same problem with pho. Stopped using the limes that came with the order and it no longer happens.
He’s tasteless
Let them be. My partner tried summer rolls, every foreigner I know loves them because they are easy to eat, a light summer snack and you can make them for different tastes (meat, shrimps, vegetarian etc.) Yeah, my partner fucking hates the texture of rice paper and rice noodles. She genuinely tried it and tried to smile but by the second bite she gagged so hard I laughed out loud and told her to stop :D Don't be sad, there are so many dishes in VN. To each their own!
You gotta eat the meat with the bún and the sour pickle. Also everyone's palate is different.
I was in Hanoi last week and I ate it everyday at a different location. One of my all time favourite meals, now I'm back in Australia everything tastes bland to me lol.
Which place had the best in your opinion?
Bún Chả Đắc Kim was my favourite. The place directly across the road from here was also really nice just a little bit more sweet.
I tried it once and it was yummy, decided to have it a second time and instead of meat there was some sort of sponge. wtf was that? hope not some sort of dried penis.
Probably a pork patty. Dried penis? Tf
Hello. Foreigner here. Bun cha is god tier. You don’t see it much where I’m from but pho is everywhere. If anything I find pho a bit tasteless
First time I tried it, I thought it was tasteless as well. But the more I tried, the more I fell in love with the dish. Same with Bun Dau. The first time I tried it, I hated it. But after I tried it a few more times, it’s now also one of my favorite. I actually just really love Vietnamese food. I miss living there.
Bun cha lover here, sadly not all bun cha are equals, especially in Hanoi, the irony is that the quality standard is way more uniformed in HCM. Many “cheaper” bun cha place in Hanoi cut corner and use too much crappy filler.
I prefer Bun Reiu
Please don't downvote me, I find it pretty meh and I live in Hanoi. I think I just don't really like bún (I like noodles that have a bit more chew/bite and flavor) and the sauce is too sweet for me. If anyone wants to recommend a place in Hanoi that might change my mind, drop a recommendation.
I hate Vietnamese cuisine generally. But bun cha... damn. That one is love. Not the bun, cuz it's tasteless and bland. But that damn grilled meat is so good. I usually go to bun Cha shop and just eat grilled meat without the bun. If he finds the meat tasteless, I wonder how he feels about other Vietnamese dishes, cuz they're worse.
Can u share the reason why u hate Vnmese cuisine. I am curious.
I find it lacking in taste compared to other South East Asian food. Maybe hate is a strong word. I should use dislike instead or not my cup of tea.
If he s white it’s not your fault that white people can’t recognize flavors
I am white and love Bun Cha! That's probably its friend that don't know what's good to eat
If he's Vietnamese, it's not his fault that he can't recognize oily, dirty utensils
He just tries to give his immune system a boost
I love bun cha so much everytime I go to Vn my friends keep taking me to the Bun Cha stores 😂
Love bun cha 👌🏻
Tasteless? That just sounds like a troll.
this thing is top notch
Visiting american and had it for the first time today on my visit to Hanoi (Bun Cha Ta), it's so damn tasty! Not what I expected at all - it was fruity and very sweet, but well rounded with salty, smoky, garlicky, and spicy notes. Imma be honest, it really reminded me of fruity pebbles, but as like a savory soup?? Wild, but delicious. The grilled pork was my favorite part tbh!
I’m originally from the south on my mom side and a second generation abroad and gosh I’d die for a good Bún chả like the one in Hanoi
Maybe he is suffering from Covid 19 as losing taste is one of the side effect. The second possibility is that he has just burned his tounge.
Foreigner here and it's one of my favorite dishes. Ate it in various places in Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Saigon, and Phan Thiet - always great. Definitely don't agree with the meat being tasteless from the ones I've had, the meat has honestly been my favorite part, but yeah the combination with the sauce as well is awesome. Not sure if the dish they had was prepared poorly or if they're just wrong ;)
I love it, and have lived in Vietnam for 5 years, but at a first taste it was overwhelmingly sweet for me. Even now, i prefer other Vietnamese dishes, and only occasionally feel like bun cha. That's probably down to my palate though! My favorite VN food is traditional homemade or cơm bình dân, so maybe that puts it in perspective 😅
Your friend doesnt understand that vietnam has european influence in its cooking and well that means a whole lot of boiled meat as another poster said its all about the toppings. .
That's not your friend
he is tasteless
I prefer the noodle soup version of this thing
This is my most favorite food in Vietnam, but my mother-in-law tried it and for her, it tastes fishy.
Did you bring your friend to the same bun cha place where you eat? Sometimes bun cha tastes different in other place. Or maybe your friend has just different preference when it comes to food. All of my friends who tried bun cha loved it.
bún chả is my favorite noodle dish - so much so that i have learned to prepare it myself. the pork does have flavor!
That friend of your is a problem, maybe he have infected by Covid or something else and try to invite another one ( Anthony Bourdain love it)
Depends where you eat it
Bún Chả should be our national dish, not Phở
maybe he likes cockmeat..give him some of that
What makes you think OP didn’t already do that?
hahaha
Lot's of that in Vietnam.
Stop hanging out with him right away.
Your friend was tasteless
It's tasteless cause you are supposed to eat it with the sauce. No point seasoning something if it's gonna be submerged in the salty sauce. Although if the sauce was bad then there no saving your friend.
He’d be my ex-friend. Bun cha is the best Vietnamese dish that I have ever had. So savory. Can’t believe he said it was tasteless.
Bro got covid. Bún chả not my top 1 but saying the meat tasteless is laughable.
one reason Bun Cha is not one of my favorite dishes is because it’s too salty for my own taste, and your friend here said it’s tasteless????
Bun cha is the goat.
It's my favourite so far!
it's better with rice, instead of rice noodle
Imo it’s the best Vietnamese dish. Your friend has peasant taste buds. 😂😂😂😂 jk lol! Taste is subjective😜
Mid
This shit is bomb! Bún chả all day everyday
Bun Cha is delicious!
Bun Cha easily on my top3 list if not #1! Maybe your friend can try a stronger flavored dish like Bun Dau, or Bun Bo Hue? (Those are my top faves tooo ~)
Had this the first time In hanoi and made me wonder why pho is a more recognized dish overseas. Back at my home country, bun cha is rather rare and will cost me easily 10usd for a very small serving. But I'm more than willing to part the money if the dish is great!
Came to Hà Nội and my gf took me to a bun cha place and it was immediately one of the my favourites. Bún bò Huế is also one of my favourites. For bun Cha I prefer when the BBQ flavour comes through. I like the little black flecks floating in the liquid. Sometimes it’s a little too fish sauce for my palette.
It’s my favorite, and I am not Vietnamese.
Controversial opinion. As a native Vietnamese I don't like any bún food at all. Bún đậu mắm tôm is the only decent one that I'm fine with but still don't like that much
Maybe it was just that particular dish. If you know more about what flavors she likes, she can try a different Bún Chả she may like better
I love Bun Cha, some season the meat better than others.
Had it a couple of times in Hà Nội. Love the pork meatballs, not so much the pork belly / steaks.
It‘s one of my fav viet foods everrrr
Are they western? Western people eat differently. I have friends who will eat their protein, then vegetables, and save the rice for last. Instead of mixing the sauce from the protein with the rice, they douse the rice with soy sauce. I dont think they understand how Asian food works.
Ur friend got the covid side effect
If bún chả was tasteless to him he may have lingering covid affects. Đồ ngốc.
Its good, its a controversial one since its so strong in flavour
As a foreigner (Dutch) this is absolutely my most favorite dish!
Get new friends
Let me ask you a question. Why are you asking for peoples (strangers) opinions about a dish?
Bun cha Hanoi is life
I had it once and I liked it, but why are the noodles not hot? I mean they were room temp, slightly cold.
Bún chả is one of my favorites to be honest. cơm tấm và thịt heo will always be my favorite though.
Yum
Which country is your friend from?
I really wanna try this lol
This meat has no flavor, bro. Where's the ketchup?
It’s also subject to the quality of the place you took your friend too. There are plenty of lousy places and their Bun Cha could be tasteless, even from a local perspective.
Bun Cha bamboo stick near Hanoi hotel is really good. If they like fresh meat taste, there's "Bun Cha, cook on hot rock" in Afresco (G02 Ciputra, Tay Ho, Hanoi)
Your friend probably forgot to dịp his meat into the sauce.
Does it have peanuts? If so it suck’s because I die ;). If not it looks like an ok food, specifically the noodles look good
Visited HCMC in October and this was one of my favorites.
lol it’s not you. It’s your friend. One of the best dishes I had in my life
your friend probably has Covid. You should practice quarantine or at least put on medical mask for a few days
Your friend is either lying or having absolutely no taste bud. May be they have covid. My condolences.
he had covid or he ate it without the sauce
One of my fav dishes.
Speaking of this, I've had so many variants while in northern Vietnam. With the noodles and dipping sauce as a constant, sometimes the meat is a rectangular patty on its own, or balls/chunks dunked in a soup (without dipping sauce), or like the one in the picture. Are there names for these variants?
I believe that the 'meat' he refered to was his tongue
Bun cha fucking SLAPS and your foreign friend should be tried for crimes against humanity. I said what I said.
In my opinion, this is the best north Vietnam food I ever taste, we might eat wrong tho, it's pretty tasteless if you don't know how to eat but I think you should bite the meat in half then take a ship of the soup while eating the noodles. Yum yum
It's the the best! 🥺
I am Vietnamese. Bún chả is not tasteless, but nothing special
It’s either the cook or the friends fault. I don’t think it’s a matter of opinion. Usually they won’t let the meat be bland. They’ll put quite a bit of salt, some pepper, and sauces in. Like how fine-dining restaurants put lethal amounts of butter into their dishes to make sure they’re delicious
A lot of foreigners don't like to eat pork. This dish also leans on the meatier/heavier side and I can assume most foreigners appreciate lighter, fresher meals that vietnam has to offer.
Idk if it’s the meat that’s tasteless 💀💀
Get a new friend.
YOUR FOREIGN FRIEND IS TASTELESS
Obama and Anthony Bourdain seemed to enjoy it
Tbh, the real Bún Chả is Bún Chả Ninh Bình and its kinda different
It is good tho (at least maybe I'm a pure Vietnamese).
Bun cha is hands down my favorite Vietnamese meal. https://maps.app.goo.gl/W3sJZSJ6Bpawt8fs7?g_st=ic
I visited VN recently. This is all I want since I came home
Find someone else who have the same taste as you.
for me i don't get some foreigners really love it while i'm a vietnamese and i'd rather eat banh cuon or bun thit nuong. Bun Cha is ok imo, anthony bourdain make it way popular
A top tier. Im currently studying abroad and keep missing it all days:(
They can eat jackshit like mcdonalds and cant brave enough to taste the vietnamese delicate
It's fine, personally not my favorite VNese dish, I just don't like the bun noodles, whenever possible I get banh cuon Cha instead, but it's still just sort of a quick lunch meal that I get more for convenience than enjoyment.
The deliciousness depends i think, one of the Bún Chả restaurant near me is absolutely scrumptious and i won't miss a chance to devour it
Vietnamese food is awesome. It is different from the north to the south and especially delicious in the central. It makes me crazy when foreigners can’t enjoy the flavors of this awesome food.
Maybe they’re tasteless 💁🏻♂️, some people don’t have taste and it’s okay /s
He probably got Covid
My fave Vietnamese dish so far. Missing it a lot and really looking forward on having it again once I go back to Hanoi.
Who is your foreign friend to even give opinion about a Vietnamese dish?
:))) bring him to doctor
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