Contrary to popular belief, Hanoi’s favourite dish is not pho but bun cha, and as lunch arrives in the capital, so that smell of barbecuing bacon and pork patties fills the city streets.
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Wherever a construction site springs up, an equally temporary space follows. Glass cases holding com binh dan and metal vats of pho speckle the boundary lines — giving workers comfort in food. Or maybe the workers just leave their place of work for a quick, late morning break.
60 | Word February 2014
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Minh Cit
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