Updated 04-03-14. I received a number of requests for pronunciation of "Bún Bò Huế" and "Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang." Bún Bò Huế or Bun Bo Hue is the spicy beef noodle dish with larger round noodle, pork hocks and coagulated pork blood. It's originated in Central Vietnam and named after the old capital Huế. Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang or Hu Tieu Nam Vang, on the other hand, is the Vietnamese hu tieu Phnom Penh-style noodle, originated in the south but (obviously) with Phnom Penh influence.
Here are audio files on how to say Bún Bò Huế and Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang in Vietnamese. As always I included both southern and northern accents.
- Pronounce: Bún Bò Huế (Hue-style spicy beef noodle)
Bún Bò Huế. - Pronounce: Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang (hu tieu Phnom Penh-style noodle)
Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang.
I'm ready to order one of these today.
great post as usual!
Hu Tieu Nam Vang is a Cambodian/Chinese dish that originated in South Vietnam or Khmer Krom. If you didn’t know, Southern Vietnam use to belong to Cambodia until the French gave it to Vietnam…
Hi J. Chan: Thanks for your input. I wouldn’t be surprised if Southern Viet Nam was a apart of Cambodia.
Elizabeth Street Cafe just opened in Austin, and I was delighted to visit at lunch last week. I forget what I ordered, but it was soooo good, an elongated bun filled with strips of beef and crunchy veggies. All the dishes looked wonderful, so, because I’ll go back, I hope to pronounce the names better. Your website is just the ticket, and thanks so very much.
Hi Polly: You are very welcome and I hope you can put to use some of the pronunciation. But it’s still a mystery what you had ordered, “an elongated bun filled with strips of beef and crunchy veggies.” 😉
I tried bun mam before and I love the Taste of it it is one of my favourites soup to eat when I go for Vietnamese food.
Hey JonathanRR, I’m glad you like bun mam. I didn’t grow up with it, being a city guy (Saigon) back then, so I’m not a fan of it. I tried it once or twice, not by choice lol, and I just can’t get myself to like it. Mắm means fermented and spoilt fish, and I can’t say much more about it 😉