Bun @ Vietnamese Vermicelli Cold Salad

Recently, I've been served with this delicious cold vermicelli salad by a Vietnamese whom has been married and stay here for more than a year ago. This is a very simple, appetizing and filling meal I ever had so far. It's best to serve at anytime and fast to prepare. They called this as 'bun' in Vietnamese language. Normally, it is served with pan fried shredded pork but today I'll have to go with chicken fillet.

Ingredients :
500gm  dried rice vermicelli, soaked
200-300gm   bean sprout, cleaned
1 cucumber, cut in shreds
1 whole chicken breast fillet, cut in shreds
1 tbsp  sesame oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients for spicy sauce :
1-1/2 cups  water
150gm   sugar
6  birds eye/red chilies, thinly sliced
1 tbsp  fish sauce
1/2 cup calamansi juice
1 tbsp lime juice
some chopped garlic, optional

Method :
(1) marinade shredded chicken fillet with sesame oil, light soy sauce and salt & pepper. Set aside.
(2) bring a pot of water to boil then place in bean sprouts and let simmer for one minutes. Remove bean sprouts from hot water and soak them in tap water for a few seconds. Then drain and leave aside to cool.
(3) by using the same pot of hot water, boil the soaked vermicelli till cooked, remove them from boiling water once it's done, drain and leave aside to cool.
(4) preheat a frying pan without any cooking oil, stir in marinated chicken fillet and saute till the meat turned brown & dry. Cut the meat into smaller sizes after cooled.
(5) for the sauce, combine water & sugar into a sauce pan and let it boil till sugar is totally dissolved. Off the heat, leave aside to cool completely before adding in other ingredients.
(6) finally put everything together and enjoy.

If you want to enjoy such tasty bean sprout, please spend a little time by removing the roots from the sprouts. Totally worth it! And they look better in this way as well. My Vietnamese friend recommended to use the thick vermicelli (slightly thicker than mine) which taste nicer for this recipe. You have no idea how tasty it is! Hope you guys will love it too!  Oh boy, ONE MORE PLEASE.