Dong Ba

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• Dong Ba

  Joanna Savill, reviewer

  Wednesday, May 23, 2007

  Dip, slurp and enjoy at this new baby sister of the Cabramatta stalwart.

  Vietnam's former imperial capital, Hue, is known for its royal tombs and pagodas. It's also known for the breakfast-onwards quick-fix meal of fat rice vermicelli (bun) and beef (bo) in broth. In the best tradition of Sydney souperies, Dong Ba is named for a landmark - in this case, Hue's central market - and boasts a couple of outlets serving its advertised specialty of bun bo Hue. The new baby sister of the Cabramatta stalwart, Dong Ba's Bankstown shop is gleaming clean with an alarming green fluoro light feature, bubble-ball perspex chandelier and basins of steaming soup on every table. An in-and-out stream of customers conducts a mostly silent ritual: dump lettuce, sprouts, salad herbs and purple cabbage shreds into the strong, spicey, lemongrassy broth, season with lemon and slurp. Lift a bunch of noodle strands to the mouth and slurp again. Dip a beef or pork loaf slice into the house hoi sin sauce, dolloped into a side saucer. Lift, slurp and dip until your bowl is empty and e...

  Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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