the street foods in Viet nam

1. There are many characteristics that make Vietnama special place – a rich cultural history, kind
people, beautiful nature and above all great food. While almost all types of Western food are
available in the country’s major cities, Vietnam features an abundance of delicious, cheap and
healthy fare that can differ greatly by region.
Vietnamese street food in the eyes of foreigners
Vietnamese should be proud of their cuisine culture
1 The bread with grilled meat ball street food in Nguyen Trai street, District 1,
Ho Chi Minh city was selected as one of 12 world’s best street food by website
concierge.com of American Condé Nast Traveler magazine.
The following are 10 honored Vietnamese dishes
1.Bread with grilled meat balls

2. Besides, Vietnamese sandwich was also named in top most delicious street food in
the world by American National Geographic magazine.
Khot cake
Khot cake entered list of top world’s best dishes at International Street Food Festival
2013 in Singapore.
Vietnamese pancake (banh xeo)
CNN selected Vietnamese pancake as one of 40 best Vietnamese dishes

3. Griller banana wrapped in sticky rice (Chuoi nep nuong)
This is one of most breathtaking dishes in the world in a competition at International
Street Food Festival 2013 in Singapore.
Beef noodle soup
Neither lighting signboard nor luxury furniture, it is incredible flavour that makes Pho
stall in Hang Trong street outstanding among the others.

4. Situated right at the beginning of Hang Trong street, the stall only opens from 5 pm to
8 pm and sell out quite quick. More than 20 plastic chairs, antiquated bowls, a big pot
of soup broth on charcoal stove, a large basket of noodles. They are all what the stall
has.
Most of patrons don’t ask or know the master’s name. They just call the stall “carrying
pho stall”. The unique name is originated from eating style of customers. In spite of
hot steaming pho, the customer can’t help carrying the bowl and enjoying the dish.

5. Beef noodle soup ranked 28th place out of 50 world’s best dishes by CNN in 2011
Not have many options such as beef, chicken or bordelaise sauce… “carrying” pho
has only Hanoi style just like statement of Nguyen Tuan writer: a good noodle soup
must be decorated with crispy brisket, rich plate, smooth noodle, a lot of split and
diced green onion.
Eating here on weekend afternoon, you will easily see many people reward
themselves two bowls of pho.
Square crunchy spring rolls
Situated in Dao Duy lemon tea street, “Square crunchy crab meat spring roll”
restaurant is a familiar address to those who like a snack. Rush hour of restaurant is
at noon. At that time, there is almost no space. Therefore, you should go early to find
an empty table. The restaurant is even more crowded at weekend. Many people have
to wait in line for their turn.

6. Square crunchy spring roll was selected to be one of most delicious Asian street food
by CNN.
Exactly as its name, the spring rolls are not long and round like traditional style but
square-shaped. The dish was said to be originated from Haiphong but it is now
served in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city.
Fried fish balls
La Vong fried fish balls is a must-try dish of foreign backpackers. It is the most
popular name in every pocket guide book. The house still remains specific
architecture of old quarter. No.14 Cha Ca street is the place keeping intact spirit of
Hanoi fried fish ball over past century.
Earlier, the street was called Hang Son. Anyone good at Vietnamese history also
knows that Hang Son street was occupied and then became unknown in French
colonial period. The name Cha Ca (Fried Fish Ball) was derived from popularity of the
dish. The restaurant opens from early morning to 12 pm and from late afternoon to
midnight and crowded all the time.
The author Patricia Schultz listed La Vong fried fish ball into “1000 places to see
before you die” book. MSNBC news agency ranked La Vong fried fish ball restaurant
at 5th position out of 10 places you should know before you die.

7. Fried fish ball is not an expensive dish but very complicated. Four typical fish species
for process are hemibragus, snake-head, huss, and sheat-fish. Many people think
that semilabeo notabilis is also used to make fried fish ball but it is not. The fish is
very small and rare. Hemibragus fish is the best but it is very expensive and rare.
Thus, mainly ingredient is snake-head fish.
The best time to eat La Vong fried fish balls is on cold days. However, the restaurant
is always crowded all the time regardless of season and weather.
Crispy fried spring roll
“Spice Garden” restaurant of Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi is place serving
Vietnamese distinctly dishes for international guests. Crispy fried fish ball is
processed into various styles to satisfy the guests from different cultures in the world.
Ms. Thanh Binh, a chef of the restaurant said that the dish seemed to be simple
because it was too familiar to Vietnamese dining but making a good spring roll was
very complex. Entering top 10 best Vietnamese dishes, fried spring roll and noodle
soup is considered as cuisine symbol of Vietnam.

8. The guests of “Spice Garden” restaurant come from different countries. Therefore,
apart from traditional pork spring roll and crab spring roll, the restaurant also offers
noble scallop, shrimp, fish and vegetarian spring rolls.
Crab rice vermicelli soup

9. Crab rice vermicelli soup is honourly named in the list of most tasty Asian dishes in
2012 by CNN
Grilled pork with vermicelli
Located at the beginning of Dong Xuan Market, “Lady Nga’s bun cha” stall is crowded
with patrons all the time. This is one of few grilled pork on bamboo stick with
vermicelli in Hanoi. The stall is simple with two wooden tables arranged close to
pathway. The most distinctive feature of Lady Nga’s bun cha stall is smell of bamboo
grilled on charcoal stove.

10. CNN selected grill pork with vermicelli as one of 25 world’s attractive dishes in
summer in 2013.
Like other dishes, sauce plays a very important role in grilled pork with vermicelli.
Apart from putting garlic in steep with rice vinegar to create sour flavor, the master
also used boiled dracontomelum fruit to make the sauce clear. Dracontomelum
vinegar is not as sour as rice vinegar.
Vietnamese street food is good to eat and cheap to buy. Get a Vietnam visa and
enjoy the Vietnamese food. We pretty sure that the trip will give you the new
experience and cook recipes.