boil beef bones, wash and rinse the beef bones and boil again fill up pot with water

cut onion in half and roast it on the stove and roast the aniseed

add roasted onion and aniseed to pot

add fish sauce, 1 tbls of chicken bouillon, sugar and salt to taste.

boil for at least 3 hours, skim off fat.

add more water and add more fish sauce, chicken bouillon and sugar according to taste.

in an extra pot boil some water and grab some of the noodles and boil till soft.

pour some soup over noodles, add rare sliced beef (it should cook in the soup) cilantro, green onions, fried garlic and beef balls. flavor with hoisin and hot sauce.