Vietnamese pho: Looks like soup, tastes like heaven

Ingredients

• 1,5kg beef shin
• 500g thick-cut sirloin
• 500g oxtail
• 2 star anise
• 400mm cinnamon stick
• 150mm fresh root ginger
• 3 cloves
• 1 teaspoon whole fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon whole coriander seeds
• 2 generous onions
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 level tablespoon of coarse salt
• Handful of fresh basil leaves
• Half-a-handful of fresh coriander leaves
• Half-a-handful of fresh mint leaves
• 5 spring onions
• 2 large, red fresh chillies
• 2 limes
• 60ml or ¼ cup fish sauce
• 50ml canola or sunflower oil