Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang
This slightly sweet rice noodle, prawn, and offal soup is an immigrant. It entered southern Vietnam along with an influx of Cambodians during the 1960s.
Nam Vang is Vietnamese for the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, and Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang quickly became a popular dish on the streets of Saigon.
Variations were developed over the years—some dry, some wet, with subtle differences in ingredients, noodles, and stock.
But it is the original Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang that remains the most popular.