It is typically beef based soup, with rice noodles, mung bean sprouts, loads of basil, jalapeno pepper slices, lime wedges and then some pieces of meat.

Tripe is common, along with flank steak, but most of the time this includes something called “soft tendon”. It’s like all the gristle, tendon and connective tissue stewed in beef broth and then sliced thinly. I like it, but I always chew the cartilage nubs off of my chicken wings.