Vietnamese cuisine harmonizes multiple flavors: sweet, sour, spicy, bitter,… Vietnamese specialties carry distinctive flavors, serving as a bridge that helps us understand more about the culinary culture and lifestyle of the nation through generations. Even if you have not had the chance to explore the famous tourist spots across the S-shaped country, stop by Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) – a place where you can discover a culinary paradise, gathering many delicious dishes from all three regions of the country.
Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup)
This noodle soup is perfectly garnished with flavorful beef or chicken toppings, making it a fantastic dish to experience.
Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup)
Banh Cuon (Steamed Rice Cake)
This steamed rice cake comes in delicate and soft thin sheets and served with chopped cucumber, crispy fried shallots, bean sprouts, shredded romaine lettuce, ground beef, chopped shrimp, slices of pork sausage, and scallions with flavorful fish sauce. Sometimes, it can come with shrimp tempura crispy potato and batter cakes of deep fried mung bean.
Banh Cuon (Steamed Rice Cake)
Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwich)
This is a French baguette filled with fantastic goodness. You may reinvent your boring turkey sandwiches and experience a new way of eating flavorful sandwiches.
Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwich)
Goi Cuon (Spring Rolls)
This is not like your traditional egg rolls; Goi Cuon is not fried, but offers the same quality as traditional egg rolls. It has varieties of tangy ingredients and the grilled pork is an insanely must-try dish. Served with peanut sauce, you are sure to treat your taste buds with a whole new experience.
Goi Cuon (Spring Rolls)
Banh Xeo (Sizzling Pancake)
This sizzling pancake in crispy golden crepes will just make your mouth even more watery. Try it and see for yourself.
Banh Xeo (Sizzling Pancake)
Com Tam (Broken Rice)
Com Tam is not your ordinary rice meal. This delicious dish is made with fractured rice grains. Best served with yummy sides, be sure to include it in list of foods to try.
Com Tam (Broken Rice)
Bun Bo Hue (Hue Style Beef Vermicelli Soup)
This beef vermicelli soup is perfect for adventurous tasters with its spicier version of the Vietnamese noodle soup. It offers a bolder flavor of beef in rice vermicelli soup garnished with pork and lemongrass.
Bun Bo Hue (Hue Style Beef Vermicelli Soup)
Hu Tieu (Rice Noodle Soup)
Hu Tieu is also known as Kuy Teav, it is a rice noodle soup made with tasteful ingredients. It can be served without soup or simply dry, but it’s hard to pick from various top restaurants so make a good choice.
Hu Tieu (Rice Noodle Soup)
Com Chien (fried rice)
Fried rice is not an ordinary dish, with Com Chien you’re not having any typical fried rice. It is cooked in Vietnamese style together with cilantro, veggies, eggs, and flavourful sausage. This home-cooked Com Chien is one great dish to try.
Com Chien (fried rice)
Che (Sweet Desserts and Puddings)
If you want to have new taste of desserts and puddings, then why don’t you try the popular Che of Vietnam? It offers a wide variety of styles, but you can try the rainbow dessert called Che Suong Sa Hat Luu. You will surely love it after trying the different types of these desserts and puddings.
Che (Sweet Desserts and Puddings)
There are still many specialties from all three regions that are not listed here. Depending on the place you visit, tour guides will suggest local specialties. If you travel on your own, you can ask friends, online communities, or locals to find the right place to enjoy the authentic culinary values.
