| 8 | oz | Thin rice vermicelli vermicelli (bun) or |
| 2 | bn | Of Japanese alimentary paste noodles (somen). |
| | Nuoc Cham |
| | Vegetable Platter |
| | FILLING |
| 6 | | Dried Chinese mushrooms |
| 1 | tb | Dried tree ear mushrooms |
| 6 | | Water chestnuts or 1/2 small jicama, peeled and chopped |
| 4 | oz | Fresh or canned lump crabmeat, picked over and drained |
| 8 | oz | Raw shrimp, shelled, deveined and minced |
| 12 | oz | Ground pork shoulder |
| 1 | md | Onion, minced |
| 4 | | Shallots, minced |
| 4 | | Garlic cloves, minced |
| 2 | tb | Nuoc mam (Vietnamese fish sauce) |
| 1 | ts | Freshly ground black pepper |
| 3 | | Eggs |
| | ASSEMBLING AND FRYING |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar |
| 80 | sm | Rounds of rice paper (banh trang), each 6 1/2 inches in diameter |
| | Peanut oil, for frying |
