Originally Posted by
TMOliver
Agree on garnishes, generally, the sprouts being a heretical innovation, but spring onions, cilantro (a bunch) and sliced green chillis/chiles/Serrano work fine, another of those imports from the Americas, required.
did you mean cilantro, or culantro?
for me lifelong its always been culantro (or 'mexican cilantro') , thai basil, and bean sprouts as herb garnish
the bean sprouts of course are prevalent in many other vietnamese dishes as well