The Rice noodles.The Bamboo shoot and the Duck!

This is not a title of the popular Vietnamese movie "blah blah.blah...and the Duck!" (*). This's a famous dish with rice noodles and bamboo shoot cooked with duck! We simply call "bún măng vịt"!
One of our national symbols is Lotus, but by some how I prefer Bamboo than Lotus. I always have special feeling to this tree, when seeing its color, shape and its strength in the windy days!
That's special feeling in me like the confidence, the proudness...China, Japan has a lot of bamboos. Taller. Stronger (!?). So maybe our highly ranking people don't like the idea to vote bamboo as another national symbol !
Anyway not about the symbol today but about our fabulous dish "bún-rice noodles-măng-bamboo shoot-vịt-duck"!

            Rice noodles with bamboo shot and duck! 

             Different from other noodles, bún măng vịt should be topped by Vietnamese mint (rau răm)!

How we have this bowl of bún măng vịt...it started from week ago, when I and my friend's family went to Trị An for second time...just to kill a boring weekend in the city, to get a fresh air near to the lake...On the way there I told them that I would love to visit the local market ...not only me but my friends wife, his mother-in-law as well! I got something for my mom and we all found very fresh bamboo shoots there! And the idea to cook "bún măng vịt" came to our mind!

Rice noodles "Mọc" (bún Mọc)

Not far from Bến Thành market there is one store selling Northern rice noodles called "bún Mọc" - very crowded, especially between 8-10 AM. And the stall opens only until noon!
I've been there few times and it's good! But I don't like when it's crowded, so my best advise better go there early in the morning - around 6-7 or 11 but don't be too late otherwise you may stuck in the new crowd for lunch!

            Two "Mọc" in the noodles - one deep fried , another one - probably cooked! 

What's "bún Mọc"? 

Originated from a Northern village called "Nhân Mục" near to Hà Nội, the name "mọc" come from two pieces of pounded pork paste - one deep-fried, one cooked, in this noodles. Both are good, very tasty! 

I didn't have a chance to try bún mọc in Hà Nội, esp. in the original village so I have no idea how to compare the taste, but I heard from my acquaintance who is from Hà Nội and a good cook, he said "bún mọc" here at this store is good but not the same (authentic!) as the one in Hà Nội! 

           Two pieces of ham : cinnamon ham (chả quế) and silk ham (chả lụa)!