OP, that is one beautifully assembled bowl. I am strongly of the opinion that bún thịt nướng is one of THE perfect foods: hot, cold, sweet, salty, sour, savory, spicy, bitter, crunchy, crispy, chewy, creamy(ish, depending how much nước chấm you use and how much is left at the bottom). There are not a lot of recipes that fire on all cylinders like that.
More abstractly, I found that expanding the flavor gamut to include more of the above takes my recipes from “yeah, that’s decent” to “POW!”
OP, that is one beautifully assembled bowl. I am strongly of the opinion that bún thịt nướng is one of THE perfect foods: hot, cold, sweet, salty, sour, savory, spicy, bitter, crunchy, crispy, chewy, creamy(ish, depending how much nước chấm you use and how much is left at the bottom). There are not a lot of recipes that fire on all cylinders like that.
More abstractly, I found that expanding the flavor gamut to include more of the above takes my recipes from “yeah, that’s decent” to “POW!”