It's not a noodles that we can eat every day as beef noodles (phở) for breakfast!
It's expensive and I never see any stall selling it in the morning for breakfast!
Not only because of the price (75,000 VND! - about 4 USD!) but because of the taste!
The taste is specially good, but by somehow, to me, it's not a dish with a right flavor, a right color to start a new day! Black! Especially when we look at the big duck leg, is it too much for the beginning of the day?
Noodles with braised duck is specially famous in Chinatown, as it's a part of Chinese cuisine, cooking, where the preparation requires a long time and different secret ingredients!
I don't know exactly which ingredients are required to marinate the duck, to prepare the soup!
What I know is that the duck should be marinated a night before in special dark soy sauce, anise, licorice root, tangerine peel...and then deep fried and braised in the soup.
The dark color of the soup probably comes from the duck marinated sauce!
The dark color of the soup probably comes from the duck marinated sauce!
Anyway the soup is in dark color like an oriental liquid medicine, rich and tasty but it could be strong for someone who doesn't like the flavor of the medicinal herbs!
Put the duck leg on the plate, if it disturbs you! The waiter always gives you an empty plate for it!
Now time to enjoy the noodles and duck meat at the same time!
Now time to enjoy the noodles and duck meat at the same time!
One more thing this noodles dish is always served with a plate of pickled green papaya ! The taste of this hard, crispy green fruit is ok, not very special! I rarely touch!
My favorite place is on my street - Nguyễn Trãi!
I knew this place when it was a simple stall in the corner of small alley and main street but nowadays it's a nice 2-3 story newly-built building! Hải Ký mì gia (literally noodles shop Hải Ký) at 349-351 Nguyễn Trãi, district 5!
Last night I had my noodles with braised duck here with an old friend whose the father took me to this place for the first time! Long long ago!
You also can try the same dish at this popular spot! Should be good!
Noodles shop Chú Tắc at 20/6A Kỳ Đồng street, dist. 3, HCMC
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