previously in rfc, Cindy Fuller >
wrote:

>
> Sweet soy sauce is also called kecap manis. It has the consistency of
> molasses.

Yum! Sounds like a good item to have in the pantry. I'm going to have to
find some.

>
> Bun bo Hue is a Vietnamese soup that contains both beef and pork,
> along with rice noodles that are about the diameter of spaghetti.
> It's not a common soup in Vietnamese restaurants, at least in my
> experience. One restaurant here in Seattle makes it with seafood,
> which is an entirely different entity. Unlike pho, bun bo Hue is
> fairly spicy.

I just checked the menus of my three favorite Vietnamese restaurants in NYC
(Saigon Grill, Monsoon, Bao Noodles) and none of them list Bun bo Hue. Too
bad!! I love a spicy soup.

-Claudia