oh wow! seriously we came all
the way for this
when it comes to Vietnamese food what's the first thing
that comes to your mind?
probably Banh mi, Pho or nem, those spring rolls
so today I want to introduce to you a dish that in my opinion is probably the most underrated dish in Vietnam
it's called bun cha some how its popular but
unknown to most travelers have you
ever heard of bun cha? 
- I have never heard of Bun Cha
Oh by the way this is Jayoe Nation.
Matt from Jayoe nation
we've known each other for a little while because we're
both kind of china-based youtubers
We happen to bump into each other in
Vietnam so...
- You said why don't we go and get some really famous bun cha
yeah and we thought we'd go to where Anthony Bourdain and Obama sat together to eat bun cha in 2016
but the place is closed!
so they opened a second
location actually called bun Cha Huong Lien Obama
they added Obama to the name
just to make sure that people know
"Hey! this is the dish Obama had!"
so I guess
we're gonna go check out the second location and get some bun cha
let's do it
- after you!
all right so the second location is
actually about four or five kilometers away from this one
so we just grab a cab
and go there
I wonder if they opened it up because they had such a good business because of Obama
obviously they open it up and put Obama's name on
it
but I wonder if they actually opened
this location because of the meeting with Obama
I think it came after after
their popularity
because online when they looked it up it says
that if you go there you have to expect
to wait 10-15 minutes because there's
 always a queue of people
wanting to eat where Obama and Bourdain... 
- Could you imagine being a small restaurant
and a single
person... or two people...
come to your place to have one meal...
and it's enough to build another location to expand your business like it's crazy
it's crazy
I can't be right
five hundred and twenty three thousand Dong
- that's like twenty US dollars
for less than five kilometers
this price is now right
not okay no that's not the right...
your meter is not good
He's pulling out Google Translate
500 000 is crazy men crazy
No! No! No! this is not right
this is not good we don't pay that 
- I'll give them two hundred yeah we're good
we'll give you two hundred
yeah stop
stop go go go!
I don't want to go with you anymore we can walk there
oh sorry
okay same same 250
no 200 no no no you don't...
really two hundred!
this is not right! you're a thief
I think that he probably sits out in front of that restaurant he knows that people are looking for that place
they don't know
the other place he says "oh I can take you to the other place just jump in the taxi"
we feel wow so convenient
He feels: "suckers!"
seriously the meter was at
550,000 and we're not even at the location yet
so if you're watching this
what we did we said screw you
we're gonna give you X I threw it on his seat
and we walked out
I ended up giving him 200K Dong which probably is even too much
- yeah it is too much Definitely
It was probably... but at least we walked out of
the taxi he didn't say a thing
if he was right about his number, he  would have
fought for it he just took the 200 and f*cked off
so word to the wise if you're ifyou feel it in your gut just...
-Bounce
- fight and bounce. Get out!
well we're not far so we're just
gonna walk there
I was already starving. now I'm f*cking starving
hopefully
we're gonna find it. It's a weird path.
I don't know where Matt is going I feel like he's not going
straight to the bun cha place
cuz now I can see the ocean ahead
he's taking us to the ocean?
What the F...
I don't want to go to the ocean
I wanna eat some bun cha
I think we found them
Right there! Bun cha Huong Lien
the second one
hello
look at this Obama here Obama there and here
no Bourdain no Anthony Bourdain
he's such an icon
it's awfully clinical
- Yeah
I don't know if the first the original location was as white and boring looking
as this one but
I guess this is the place
it's an institution
and there's the menu
it's Obama right here
Obamaaaa!
what about Bourdain? 
the guy lived for food and died...
he should be mentioned he should be on
the menu
two combos!
the combo is bun cha, roll and beer
Two! thank you!
gotta
start with the basics
Cheers!
not cold
so this is bun cha.
you have the BBQ fatty pork
some cold rice noodles
and a lot of fresh greens
mint and lettuce sometimes they also have lemongrass and coriander
and here for
seasoning you can add some garlic and
some chili pepper
and that's it
basically you got the barbecue pork and
some marinated vegetables in the dipping
sauce
you have your cold rice noodles and your
greens and you just eat it all together
by dipping it into the fish vinegar sour
dipping sauce that's pretty nice I love it
it's pretty good
You like it so far?
- yes good!
do you dip the noodles in the soup
or you drain the soup over
the noodles
no you're taking your noodles you dip in
like this
so hungry
it's a bit messy but it's good
and those are the seafood
rolls
oh it's hot! I'll wait a little bit
so you have the fatty pork
like bacon
but you also have those pork nuggets it's
like minced pork or something with seasoning
is really good
- Like a patty
yeah
like a small pork patty
very tasty and tender
hmm
and let's not neglect of fresh greens
so good so fresh so tasty
alright let's try this seafood roll it looks so good
I dip it in the fish
sauce
wow
really tasty
What's your verdict 
- it's good right it's great I
can eat two more
yeah yeah I'm thinking about maybe getting another one
the location is a bit underwhelming to be honest
but the food food is great 
- mm-hmm
that's your first bun cha you think you're gonna have some Bun cha again
during your trip?
It's on the list
that's it that was bun cha I hope you
found it interesting makes you want to try it
my friend Matt had to run cuz
he's catching a bus
he's gonna go on his adventure starting tomorrow morning.
I'll leave a link in the description below so you can find his channel
his trip his
adventure is quite amazing and ...
I'll be honest with you that was not the best
bun cha I had
maybe I'll make other videos showing you the best bun cha you can
find in Hanoi
it was good it was good
but not the best
but the idea was for
the you know the fame element of Obama
and Bourdain and whatever but it's not
even here so I think the whole thing
defeats the purpose a bit but I tried
anyways I hope you found this video
entertaining and I'll catch you in the next onenenenenenenenenene
