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- Bun Cha (Vietnamese Meat Balls) Bun Cha has roots in Hanoi, which is the capital of Vietnam. If you’ve ever visited Hanoi, you may know that you can find bun cha on any street you pass.
- Banh Mi (Vietnamese Baguette) Banh Mi is another popular food in Vietnam and could easily be mistaken for a baguette by the untrained eye. What gives away its origins is that it is significantly shorter than a traditional French baguette.
- Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Crepes) Banh Xeo may look like an omelet, but it’s not the kind of omelet you might know. Instead of fluffy and sugary, it is made from rice flour and turmeric along with water to turn the mixture into a smooth batter.
- Bun Bo Hue (Spicy Beef & Pork Rice Noodles Soup) If you are looking for the best food in Vietnam in soup form, look no further than bun bo hue. Its name pays homage to its origins since this dish comes from the city of Hue.
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If I were to use one word to describe traditional Vietnamese food, it would be “balance”. Balance is important in all types of cuisine but it seems to be of particular importance in Vietnamese cuisine. Traditional Vietnamese cuisine aims to strike a balance in different aspects of its food like taste, nutrients, and presentation, and it does so by ...
What better way to start this traditional Vietnamese food guide than with the country’s national dishes – pho, banh mi, and goi cuon? They’re among the most well-known dishes in Vietnamese cuisine and something you’ll probably have often during your stay in Vietnam.
4. Banh Cuon
Have you ever had those slippery rice noodle rolls served at Chinese dim sum restaurants called chee cheong fun? Banh cuon is similar to that. It’s a northern Vietnamese noodle dish that’s become popular throughout Vietnam. Banh cuon are rice noodle rolls made from a thin sheet of steamed fermented rice batter filled with seasoned ground pork and wood ear mushrooms. Topped with herbs and fried shallots and served with a bowl of nuoc cham (Vietnamese fish sauce), they’re typically served with...
5. White Rose Dumplings
Like cao lau, banh bao banh vac (or White Rose Dumplings) is a regional Vietnamese dish available only in Hoi An. The recipe for banh bao banh vac is a well-guarded secret that’s been kept in the family for three generations. Invented and popularized by the grandfather of the owner of White Rose Restaurant, banh bao banh vac is made with translucent white dough filled with spiced minced shrimp or pork. The wrapper is bunched up to resemble flowers which is how the dumplings get their English...
6. Banh Hue
Banh hue refers to a family of rice flour cakes popular in Hue and central Vietnam. Types of banh hue include banh beo, banh nam, banh loc, banh ram it, banh uot, and cha tom. Banh beo is perhaps the most well-known among Hue’s family of rice flour cakes. At its most basic, it consists of a steamed rice cake topped with dried shrimp and pork rinds, but it can be topped with other ingredients as well like scallions, roasted peanuts, mung bean paste, and fried shallots. It’s served with a side...
18. Bun Bo Hue
Bun bo is one of the most popular noodle soups in Hue. It’s made with thin rice noodles, thin slices of beef, and large chunks of beef shank. To make the broth, pork and beef bones are simmered with lemongrass then seasoned with fermented shrimp paste, annatto, sugar, and chili oil. It’s then garnished with chopped green onion, slivers of raw onion, and cilantro. Bun bo hue is typically made with brisket and beef shank but it can contain other ingredients as well like oxtail, pig’s knuckle, c...
19. Cao Lau
Cao Lau is perhaps the single most important Vietnamese dish in Hoi Anregional cuisine. If you were to have just one dish in Hoi An, then this should be it. Cao Lau is a dry noodle dish made with rice noodles topped with cha siu pork, fresh greens, bean sprouts, herbs, rice crackers, and fried pork rinds. Like banh bao banh vac, what makes this dish so quintessentially Hoi An is that authentic cao lau noodles need to be made with water sourced from a specific local well. People claim that the...
20. Mi Quang
Like cao lau, mi quang is a specialty of Quang Nam Province. A quintessential Da Nang food, what cao lau is to Hoi An, mi quang is to Da Nang. Mi quang is a rice noodle dish made with chicken (or pork) broth topped with a host of proteins from chicken to shrimp to snakehead fish. It’s served with a bowl of fresh greens and herbs along with a few condiments. Unlike cao lau that’s served dry, mi quang is a slightly soupier dish made with a wider type of rice noodle. Its stock is made by simmeri...
26. Com Ga
Com ga is another specialty of Hoi An. It’s basically the Vietnamese version of Hainanese chicken rice. It’s originally from China but it found its way to central Vietnam via Chinese traders who settled in Quang Nam Province. Com ga consists of shredded poached chicken served with seasoned pilaf rice, shredded green papaya and carrot, fresh herbs, and a bowl of chicken broth that may or may not contain offal and cubes of congealed blood. Like Hainanese chicken rice, it’s lack of color makes i...
27. Com Tam Suon Nuong
Com tam means “broken rice” and refers to one of Saigon’s most famous Vietnamese dishes. It’s called “broken rice” because it’s made with rice grain fragments that were broken either in the field, during drying, during transport, or by milling. Because it was damaged, com tam was a traditionally cheaper grade of rice but it’s since become more expensive as a sought after food item. Broken rice is often eaten with a grilled pork chop in a traditional Vietnamese dish called com tam suon nuong....
28. Xoi
Xoi refers to a family of traditional Vietnamese dishes made with glutinous or sticky rice that’s been soaked for several hours then drained and steamed dry. Like che, there are hundreds of varieties of xoi sticky rice made with any number of different ingredients, both savory (xoi man) and sweet (xoi ngọt). Pictured below is an overflowing banana leaf of xoi bap in Hanoi. It consists of two types of sticky rice loaded with different ingredients like corn, fried shallots, crushed peanuts, and...
31. Bun Cha
Like banh mi, bun cha is one of my favorite traditional Vietnamese dishes. It’s one of northern Vietnam’s most beloved foods and the reason why bun thịt nuong is popular everywhere in Vietnam except Hanoi. It’s also the dish famously shared by Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama in the Vietnam episode of Parts Unknown. Like bun thịt nuong, bun cha is a charcoal-grilled pork dish served with cold rice noodles (bun) and fresh greens like lettuce, perilla, coriander, and mint. The main difference...
32. Bun Thit Nuong
As described, bun thịt nuong is a popular traditional Vietnamese dish similar to bun cha. It consists of cold rice vermicelli noodles topped with charcoal-grilled pork, fresh greens, and herbs like basil, perilla, and mint. It’s garnished with pickled daikon and carrots, roasted peanuts, and chopped green onions before being drizzled with nuoc mam pha (Vietnamese fish sauce). Like bun cha, there’s a good balance of flavor and texture in bun thit nuong that’s easy on the palate. You have smoke...
33. Nem Nuong / Nem Lui
Nem nuong is a dish of skewered and grilled pork meatballs or sausages. They’re made with fatty pork seasoned with shallots, garlic, fish sauce, sugar, and black pepper. From what I understand, nem lui is the version of nem nuong found in Hue. I don’t know if the spices or preparation is different, but nem lui is typically served on lemongrass skewers with Vietnamese rice paper, rice vermicelli, lettuce, cucumber slices, fresh herbs, and peanut sauce. To eat, you wrap the grilled meat in the...
35. Cha Ca
Like bun cha, this is one of the most beloved foods in northern Vietnam. Named after the restaurant that popularized it over a hundred years ago, cha ca la vọng is a classic Hanoi specialty of grilled turmeric-marinated catfish served with a forest of fresh dill. To make cha ca, catfish caught from the rivers of northern Vietnam are cut into matchbox-sized nuggets that are marinated in galangal, turmeric, and other spices. They’re grilled on charcoal before being brought out to pan fry on you...
36. Oc
Oc is the Vietnamese word for snail – a popular delicacy in Vietnam. They come in many forms and are harvested from the ocean as well as from freshwater sources like rice paddies and lakes throughout Vietnam. I thought that the Vietnamese fondness for snails may have been a vestige of French colonial influence but as it turns out, the Vietnamese have been feasting on snails long before the French arrived. An oc or “snail eating” is part of nhauculture, which is the Vietnamese word for “going...
37. Luon
Luon refers to any dish made with eel. Unlike Japanese unagiwhere the eel is grilled, eel in Vietnamese cuisine is dried then deep-fried so it’s crispy like dried anchovies. There are many places that serve luon dishes in northern Vietnam but we had it at highly regarded Mien Luon Dong Thinh in Hanoi. They have their eel delivered daily from Nghe An Province which is about 300 km south of the capital city. Nghe An is said to be home to the best eel (and best eel dishes) in Vietnam. You can ha...
39. Che
Che is the blanket term used to describe a family of traditional Vietnamese dessert soups, sweet beverages, or pudding. It’s an extremely popular dessert that you can find pretty much anywhere in Vietnam. Served hot or cold, there are endless varieties of che made with all kinds of ingredients like coconut milk, beans, tapioca, jelly, fruit, seeds, tubers, grains, cereals, and glutinous rice. Some varieties even include dumplings. Basically, if it’s sweet and comes in soup or pudding form, th...
40. Banh Xoai
This is an oddly-named snack food. It’s called banh xoai which means “mango cake”, but it doesn’t contain any mango nor is it even really a cake! Banh xoai is a powdery ball made from sticky rice with a filling consisting of peanuts and sugar. I read that it got its name because its shape is said to resemble a mango seed. It’s a nice, cheap snack you can buy from many vendors around the Thu Bon River in Hanoi.
41. Xi Ma
Xi ma or black sesame sweet soup is a popular dessert food in Hoi An. It originates from Fujian Province in China and is made with black sesame, coconut, rice flour, sugar, and pennywort – a type of Chinese herbal medicine. Served warm in small portions, Xi ma is nutty, not too sweet, and described as being good for your health. You can find it being sold by street food vendors along the Thu Bon River in central Vietnam.
It goes without saying that no one knows Vietnamese food better than a local, so what better way to experience Vietnamese cuisine than by going on a food tour? A knowledgeable guide will take you to the city’s best Vietnamese restaurants and street food stalls and explain all the dishes to you in more detail. If you’re visiting Vietnam, then check ...
Aside from food tours, we also enjoy taking cooking classes when we travel. In fact, we took our very first cooking class in Hoi An. We enjoyed it so much that we’ve been doing it ever since. For me, it’s one of the best ways to learn about the local cuisine. Check out Cooklyfor a list of cooking classes in different cities throughout Vietnam.
- Phở. Phở is the quintessential Vietnamese dish, the word phở referring to the type of noodle used in the recipe. Flat rice noodles dance around with medium-rare slivers of beef or boiled chicken in a hearty beef stock.
- Bánh Mì. Baguettes may have been adopted from the French, but bánh mì is as Vietnamese as it comes. Paté and margarine are spread swiftly across the soft, chewy interior of a baguette and later, the sandwich is loaded with pickled vegetables, fresh cilantro, pork belly, pork floss and cucumber.
- Cơm Tấm. Back in the day, Vietnamese farmers would eat the fractured rice grains they could not sell. Nowadays, “broken” rice is a food staple for the everyday working-class citizen.
- Bún Bò Huế. Representing the legendary royal cuisine of Hue, bún bò huế is a mighty demonstration of both beauty and taste. The alarmingly red broth is the first signal of its striking flavour—the result of hours spent simmering beef bones and stalks of lemongrass to produce a citrusy concoction.
Dec 17, 2023 · Where some countries may be known for innovative new dishes and modern culinary skills, Vietnam is best known for its age-old recipes, from warming noodle soup to Franco-Vietnamese bánh mì baguettes. Here are the best traditional Vietnamese dishes that make it deliciously obvious why they’ve stood the test of time.
- Isabelle Sudron
2.1. Northern Cuisine – light and balanced. 2.2. Central Cuisine – spicy and delicate. 2.3. Southern Cuisine – diverse and exotic. 2.4. Ethnic Groups. 3. Famous Vietnamese Dishes. 3.1. Pho (rice noodle soup) 3.2. Banh Mi (Vietnamese bread) 3.3. Bun Cha (vermicelli with grilled marinated pork)
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Nov 10, 2023 · Explore the flavorful world of traditional Vietnamese food with 30 dishes to try! Enjoy iconic dishes like Pho and Banh Mi, as well as delightful appetizers & snacks.
Sep 25, 2023 · 1. Pho (Rice Noodle Soup) 2. Banh Mi (Sandwich) 3. Goi Cuon (Spring Rolls) 4. Bun Cha. 5. Banh Xeo. 6. Mi Quang. 7. Canh Chua. 8. Bo La Lot. 9. Bun Bo Hue. 10. Chao. 11. Goi Ga.
