Bo 7 Mon

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Bò 7 Món: Vietnamese for seven courses of Beef. Typically served at weddings. Usually ground beef rolled into balls or formed into pieces will be grilled. Typical dishes, from first to last course are: carrot and celery salad with thin strips of beef in nuoc mam [fish sauce], two beef patties served with rice crackers, raw slices of beef to be cooked in a heated broth, ground beef rolled in fat, ground beef rolled in a leaf, strips of beef rolled around a green onion, and beef/ground rice soup.

The cooked beef portions are then wrapped (by the individual eating it) with rice paper, a variety of herbs (rau song), lettuce, cucumbers, and carrots and then dipped in Mam Nem. Mam Nem is a fermented fish sauce that originated in Thailand. This sauce is much more pungent in flavor than its cousin, nuoc mam (fish sauce), because it is not strained and therefore it still has the bits and pieces of fish in it. This slightly chunky sauce is made with anchovies and has a sweet and tangy flavor; pineapple can be added to achieve sweetness. A less popular version is the Ca 7 Mon (Cá 7 Món) - or, seven courses of fish. These multi-course meals are on the more higher-eating end of Vietnamese cuisine.