The eating routine in Phu Quoc involved seafood for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
In the mornings, ravenous after an hour swiping at tennis balls, we'd seek out the island town's banh canh purveyors. Like pho vendors in the capital, they were not hard to find. This noodle dish is exactly what one would expect of an island largely reliant on the fishing industry and it is flung in bowls up and down the streets of Dong Duong.
Fish cake slices, prawns, squid rings and tentacles not long off the boats are swimming again in a green bowl of pork broth with fresh banh canh noodles, herbs and spring onions.
And in the morning light, it's such a picture that one bowl is just not going to do!
Mouth Watery.. :) I miss my mom's seafood soup..
Posted by: wench costume | 31 March 2010 at 12:00 AM
Thanks for this one! This really looks delicious! I love the consistency of the noodles and the toppings! great recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: ControlCalorie | 31 March 2010 at 02:42 PM
The noodle looks really dainty, thinner than most banh canh noodles I've had. What does it taste like? Sweet like banh canh thit heo or sour (to complement the seafood)?
Posted by: FlavorBoulevard | 31 March 2010 at 11:08 PM
WC - Yes...a good way to start the day! You must be Vietnamese?
FB - these particular noodles were very similar to bun. In fact, now that i think about it I think I chose bun over banh canh on this particular morning....ooops! The broth was sweet but I added lime and chili.
Posted by: Sticky | 02 April 2010 at 01:41 PM
Hah! I knew it! Still mouth-watering all the same. ;-)
Posted by: FlavorBoulevard | 02 April 2010 at 02:27 PM
Looks so yummy! Mouth-watering.
Posted by: Julia | 11 April 2010 at 03:04 PM