Bun cha is Hanoi’s charcoal-grilled pork with rice noodles: thin slices of pork belly and small minced-pork patties grilled over charcoal, served in a warm, sweet-and-sour fish-sauce broth with pickled green papaya and carrot, cold rice vermicelli and fresh herbs. Hanoians eat it mostly at lunch. The best-known shops are the five in the 2026 […]

