very top. he is an author and journalist that spent much of his childhood in hue. >> if i'm going to die, if i'm going to go to prison and they give me my last meal, this would be it. >> this will be it. >> let's do it, man. >> here he creates an elaborate broth of mixed bones scented with a lemongrass, spice, and fermented shrimp paste. at the bottom, rice noodles garnished, heaped with tender slow cooked beef shank, crabmeat dumplings, pig's foot, and blood cake. garnished with lime wedge, cilantro, green onions, chili sauce, shredded banana blossoms, and mung bean sprouts, it's a wonder of flavor and texture. the greatest soup in the world. look at that, man, that is just unbelievable. blood cake. >> blood cake. >> the sauce.