From The Ravenous Couple
We recently discovered this couplet from Wikipedia about mì Quảng. It describes a girl from the city of Quảng Nam, in Vietnam’s south central coast, who invites her lover to a cup of green tea and makes him mì Quảng to show the depths of her affection for him. Honest to goodness, this was actually the first dish I ever made for Hong.
Mi Quang
He’s originally from mien bac (north) and I’m from mien nam (southern) of Vietnam but we both LOOOVE the food from mien trung (central) such as mì Quảng. It is one of our favorite soups during the spring and summer months when it’s too hot to enjoy a bowl of pho or bun bo hue.
This noodle dish is a complex mixture of flavors and texture. The vibrant wide yellow tumeric noodles, sesame rice crackers, roasted peanuts, fresh herbs, and flavorful but light broth sets mì Quảng apart from other Vietnamese noodle soups like pho and bun bo hue. Unlike these noodle soups, mì Quảng is served with very little broth and almost like a dry noodle dish or noodle salad with the broth serving to bring all the flavors together.
This dish has multiple steps but is WELL worth it. It’s something that can be done to eat for the weekend (make broth friday, make the rest and eat saturday) andinvite friends over. Recipe serves about 4-6.
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