Vietnam cuisine

MOST FASCINATING FOODS IN VIETNAM
Special Food Across Vietnam
The North
The Middle
The South
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MENUMOST FASCINATING FOOD IN VIETNAM SPECIAL FOOD ACROSS VIETNAM
1. PHO (PHỞ)
Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguine-shaped rice noodles (bánh phở), a
few herbs, and meat. Pho is a popular street food in Vietnam and the specialty of a number of
restaurant chains around the world.
Source: CNN Travel
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2. VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS (CHẢ GIÒ)
Cha Gio (Vietnamese Spring Rolls) is a popular dish in Vietnamese Cuisine . The main structure of a
roll of Cha Gio is commonly seasoned ground meat, mushrooms, and diced vegetables such as
carrots, kohlrabi ,rolled up in a sheet of moist rice paper. The roll is then deep fried until the rice
paper coat turns crispy and golden brown.
Source: CNN Travel
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3. SWEEET BANANA AND COCONUT MILK SOUP(CHÈ CHUỐI)
Che Chuoi (Sweet banana and coconut milk soup) is a traditional Vietnamese dessert of warm
bananas and tapioca pearls in coconut.
Source: CNN Travel
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4. STICKY RICE (XÔI)
Sticky rice is a hugely popular carbohydrate-rich breakfast food that wrapped in a banana leaf.
There are dozens of variations on the dish. One is served with crushed peanuts and sesame salt,
another involves white corn and deep-fried shallots.
Source: CNN Travel
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THE NORTH OF VIETNAM
• Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup
• Noodle Rolls
• Vietnamese Sour Pho Noodle
• Hanoi Style Vermicelli With Grilled Pork
• Freshwater Crabs Soup
• Hanoi Combo Noodle Soup
• Vietnamese Crab Flavored Rice Noodle Soup
• Fried Tofu and Rice Vermicelli
• Spring Rolls with Fresh Crab Meat
• Hanoi Turmeric Fish with Dill
• Vietnamese Steamed Rice Rolls
• Vietnamese Young Green Rice
• Sweet rice cakes flavored with fresh ginger
• Vietnamese Young Rice Syrup Dessert.
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1. VIETNAMESE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP (PHỞ GÀ)
MENUMOST FASCINATING FOOD IN VIETNAM THE NORTH OF VIETNAM
Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup (Phở Gà) is another kind of Pho which is very popular in
Northern Vietnam.
Source: BBC Food
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Pho Cuon (Noodle Rolls) is also a special kind of the original Pho. Outside is rolled by noodles while
the inside includes beef, salad, and some other tasty vegetables.
2. NOODLE ROLLS (PHỞ CUỐN)
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3. VIETNAMESE SOUR PHO NOODLE (PHỞ CHUA)
Pho Chua (Vietnamese Sour Pho Noodle), is delicious because of the tough noodles, sweet pork’s
liver, bacon, duck, and sausage. It usually is eaten with herbs and sour sauce.
Source: Vietnamesefood
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4. HANOI STYLE VERMICELLI WITH GRILLED PORK
(BÚN CHẢ HÀ NỘI)
Bun Cha Hanoi (Hanoi Style Vermicelli with Grilled Pork) is one of the most attractive Vietnamese
Cuisines. Pork patties and slices of pork belly are grilled over hot coals and served with fish sauce,
tangy vinegar, sugar, and lime, which, when combined, creates a sort of barbecue soup that is
eaten with rice vermicelli and fresh herbs.
Source: Theravenouscouple
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5. FRESHWATER CRABS FLAVOR (BÚN RIÊU CUA)
Freshwater crabs soup (Bún Riêu Cua) this tangy tomato soup that's made with round rice
vermicelli and topped with pounded crabmeat, deep-fried tofu and, often, congealed blood. An
odoriferous purple shrimp paste is offered on the side; it tastes delicious.
Source: FoodForFour

6. HANOI COMBO NOODLE SOUP (BÚN THANG)
Bun Thang (Hanoi Combo Noodle Soup) is a typical Hanoi combination noodle dish that has been
around for a long time. The dish is traditionally prepared on the fourth day of our Lunar New Year
(Tết).

7. VIETNAMESE CRAB FLAVORED RICE NOODLE SOUP
(BÁNH ĐA CUA)
Banh Da Cua (Vietnamese Crab Flavored Rice Noodle Soup) was invented in Hai Phong Province.
The soup features chunks of sweet crab meat, shrimp, pork slices or fatty pork, dark bitter greens,
spring onions, tomato, and nuts.
Source: VietnameseFood

8. FRIED TOFU AND RICE VERMICELLI (BÚN ĐẬU MẮM TÔM)
Fried Tofu and Rice Vermicelli (Bun Dau Mam Tom) is basically chunks of tofu served in a hot soup
on a bed of rice noodles with a dollop of shrimp paste. It's an extremely popular meal that's often
overlooked by guidebooks and seldom-tried by tourists or even long term residents of Hanoi.
Source: Ma Flavourjourney
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9. SPRING ROLLS WITH FRESH CRAB MEAT (NEM CUA BỂ)
Source: CNN Travel
A famous dish throughout Vietnam, Nem cua be (Spring rolls with fresh crab meat) was also
selected by CNN Go as one of the most interesting street foods in Asia.
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10. HANOI TURMERIC FISH WITH DILL (CHẢ CÁ LÃ VỌNG)
It's a one-dish sweatshop, specializing in cha ca (fish grilled on your table with turmeric and dill,
served with cold noodles and peanuts).
MOST FASCINATING FOOD IN VIETNAM THE NORTH OF VIETNAM
Source :NYTimes.com
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11. VIETNAMESE STEAMED RICE ROLLS (BÁNH CUỐN)
Banh Cuon (Vietnamese Steamed Rice Rolls) are thin, steamed rice flour pancakes filled with
minced pork and cloud ear mushrooms. They are served with nuoc cham, a fish-based dipping
sauce, fried shallots, and fresh herbs. Slightly goopy in texture, Banh Cuon are often eaten for
breakfast or as an evening pick-me-up.

12. VIETNAMESE YOUNG GREEN RICE(CỐM LÀNG VÒNG)
The rice to make Com must be harvested when it is still young. Then it is grilled, cooled and
poured into a stone mill, pounded lightly with a wooden pestle, sifted and winnowed. Then, the
crystal spring rice is wrapped tightly in emerald lotus leaves to keep it from drying and allowing it
to absorb lotus flavor.
Source: Vietnamworldkitchen

13. SIDED DISH
Che con Ong
(Sweet rice cakes flavored with fresh
ginger)
Che Com
(Vietnamese Young Rice
Syrup Dessert)

• Vietnamese Spicy Beef Noodle Soup
• Quang Style Noodle
• Brown Noodle with Pork and Greens
• Vietnamese Seafood Gumbo
• Baby Clams with Rice Cracker
• Hoi An Chicken Rice
• Steamed Rice Flour Cakes with Dried Shrimp
• Bánh Nậm (Huế)
• Vietnamese Clear Shrimp and Pork Dumplings
• Savory Vietnamese Mochi
• Fried Glutinous Sticky Rice Dumpling
• Vietnamese Crispy Pancake
• Grilled Fermented Pork Rolls
• Vietnamese Mini Pancake
• Hue Royal Sweet Soup
• Kidney Bean Sweet Soup
THE MIDDLE OF VIETNAM
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1. VIETNAMESE SPICY BEEF NOODLE SOUP (BÚN BÒ HUẾ)
Bún bò Huế or Vietnam spicy beef noodle soup is a popular Vietnamese soup containing rice
vermicelli and beef. Huế is a city in central Vietnam associated with the cooking style of the former
royal court.
Source: WanderingChopstick
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2. QUANG STYLE NOODLE (MÌ QUẢNG)
Quang Style Noodle is a Vietnamese noodle dish that originated from Quảng Nam Province in
central Vietnam.

3. BROWN NOODLE WITH PORK AND GREENS (CAO LẦU)
Cao Lau (Brown Noodle with Pork and Greens), is a regional Vietnamese dish made with noodles,
pork, and local greens, that is only found in the town of Hội An, in the Quang Nam Province of
central Vietnam. Its unique taste and texture is achieved by using water from an ancient Cham
well, just outside of the town.
Source: Bonappetit

4. VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD GUMBO (BÚN MẮM)
Bun Mam (Vietnamese Seafood Gumbo) includes rice vermicelli soup with fermented fish and
seafood.
Source: DaNangcuisine

5. BABY CLAMS WITH RICE CRACKER (CƠM HẾN)
Com hen (Baby Clams with Rice Cracker) is a very popular specialty dish that used to be enjoyed
by the commoners in Central Vietnam, Huế. These days, people from many regions find cơm
hến refreshing and simply irresistible.
Source: Vietspices.com

6. HOI AN CHICKEN RICE (CƠM GÀ HỘI AN)
Com Ga Hoi An (Hoi An Chicken Rice): The chicken is shredded and mixed with chopped herbs,
sliced onions and spices, while the rice is cooked with the chicken broth which gives it a lovely
scent and taste. This dish can’t go without toppings of peppermint, shredded green papaya, and
pickled vegetable and the central region’s distinctive chili jam.
Source: DaNangCuisine

7. STEAMED RICE FLOUR CAKES WITH DRIED SHRIMP
(BÁNH BÈO HUẾ)
Banh Beo Hue (Steamed Rice Flour Cakes with Dried Shrimp) originated in Hue city in central
Vietnam, but is loved throughout Vietnam. The rice cakes are made from steaming a rice flour
batter in little bowls. Once the batter has cooked we then pile on fine shrimp flakes. Other
common toppings associated with Banh Beo are oil scallion, ground mung beans, and roasted
bread.

8. BÁNH NẬM (HUẾ)
Banh Nam is a flat rice flour dumpling with shrimp and scallions, also originating in Hue.
Source: WanderingChopstick

9. VIETNAMESE CLEAR SHRIMP AND PORK DUMPLINGS
(BÁNH LỌC)
Banh Loc (Vietnamese Clear Shrimp and Pork Dumplings) originated in Hue, like Banh beo and Banh
Nam.

10. SAVORY VIETNAMESE MOCHI (BÁNH ÍT TRẦN)
Banh It Tran (Savory Vietnamese Mochi) is filled with pork, shrimp, mung bean, and woodear
mushrooms.
Source: Lepetitmuse.com

11. FRIED GLUTINOUS STICKY RICE DUMPLING (BÁNH RAM ÍT)
Source: VietFoodRecipe
Banh Ram It (Fried Glutinous Sticky Rice Dumpling) is another version of the sticky rice dumpling.
In this version, you enjoy a delicious soft, chewy, sticky dumpling sitting on top of a crispy base.
Topped with some minced shrimp, pork, and fragrant scallion oil, and dipped into fish sauce, it
makes a really tasty and wonderful appetizer dish.

12. VIETNAMESE CRISPY PANCAKE BÁNH XÈO
(THE MIDDLE OF VN)
There are various ways to cook Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Crispy Pan Cake). Unlike Banh xeo from the
south of Vietnam, Banh Xeo comes from the middle and has smaller sizes and a larger number of
slices.
Source: taste.com

13. GRILLED FERMENTED PORK ROLL (NEM NƯỚNG)
Nem Nuong (Grilled fermented pork roll ) originated in Ninh Hoa Province, Nha Trang City, is one of
the most attractive foods that foreigners cannot neglect when enjoying Vietnamese Cuisine.

14. VIETNAMESE MINI PANCAKE (BÁNH CĂN)
Banh Can is a popular snack in Central and Southern regions of Vietnam, including rice flour, lard,
spring onion, and eggs. The cakes are sold in pairs, and served with special sweet and sour dipping
sauce made from Nha Trang’s famous fish sauce and raw vegetables.
Source: FreeViet News

15. HUE ROYAL SWEET SOUP(CHÈ CUNG ĐÌNH (HUẾ)
Che Mon Che Bot loc Royal Sweet Soup
Che Cung Dinh (Hue Royal Sweet Soup) includes Che Hat Sen (lotus seed), Che Nhan Boc Hat Sen
(longan stuffed lotus seed), Che Bot Loc Boc Thit Quay (cassava flour stuffed roasted pork), Che
Mon Sap Vang (made from a variety of taro), Che Bap (Corn) and Che Dau Ngu (Kidney bean sweet
soup).

• Stewed Fish in Clay Pot
• Canh Chua Cá Bông Lau
• Vietnamese Salted Fish Hotpot
• Spiny Goby Hotpot
• Grilled Snakehead Fish
• Vietnamese Grilled Pork Chop with Broken Rice
• Vietnamese Crab Thick Noodle Soup
• Phnompenh Style Noodle Soup
• Bò Bía
• Vietnamese Pancake (Southern Vietnam)
• Savoury Pancake (Vung Tau)
• Salad Rolls
• Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice
• Rainbow Dessert
• Vietnamese Dessert
• Sticky Rice Balls in Ginger Syrub
• SuZhou Mooncake
THE SOUTH OF VIETNAM
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1. KIDNEY BEAN SWEET SOUP (CHÈ ĐẬU NGỰ)
Che Dau Ngu (Kidney bean sweet soup)
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2. STEWED FISH IN CLAY-POT (CÁ LÓC KHO TỘ)
Ca Loc Kho To (Stewed Fish in Clay-Pot) is a very popular dish in Southern Vietnam and is also loved
throughout Vietnam. Currently, Ca Loc Kho To is well known all over the world as it helped a
Vietnamese girl to win MasterChef 2013 in the Final Round.
Source: Vietnamese Food

3. CANH CHUA CÁ BÔNG LAU
Canh Chua Ca Bong Lau is a sour soup indigenous to the Mekong Delta region of southern
Vietnam. It is typically made with fish from the Mekong River Delta, pineapple, tomatoes (and
sometimes also other vegetables such as okra or bạc hà), and bean sprouts, in a tamarind-flavored
broth.
Source: Wandering Chopstick

4. VIETNAMESE SALTED FISH HOTPOT (LẨU MẮM)
Lau Mam (Vietnamese Salted Fish Hotpot) is a southern specialty and an amazing marriage of
preserved fish and hot pot as well. The broth is seasoned with sugar, spices, a little coconut milk,
fish meat, water crab meat, snails, eel, and slices of pork.

5. SPINY GOBY HOT POT (LẨU CÁ KÈO LÁ GIANG)
Lau Ca Keo La Giang (Spiny Goby Hot Pot) is cooked with bacopa monnieri, Aganonerion
polymorphum or sour-soup leaf and fish.
Source: SocTrangMekongdelta

6. GRILLED SNAKEHEAD FISH CÁ LÓC NƯỚNG TRUI (CAMAU)
Ca loc nuong trui (Grilled snakehead fish) has been an idyllic and traditional food of Southern
farmers for a long time. After a hard working day in the rice field, these farmers would catch some
snakeheads right on the field and grill them by hay and then eat them on their immense and fresh
fields.

7. VIETNAMESE GRILLED POPK CHOP WITH BROKEN RICE
(CƠM TẤM SƯỜN)
Com Tam Suon (Vietnamese Grilled Pork Chop with broken rice) is a well known Vietnamese dish
made from rice with fractured rice grains.

8. VIETNAMESE CRAB THICK NOODLE SOUP
(BÁNH CANH CUA)
Banh Canh Cua (Vietnamese Crab Thick Noodle Soup) is a crab udon soup packed with fresh crab
and shrimp flavors. The broth has been slightly thickened with tapioca udon which has a more
chewy texture compared to the rice udon.
Source: Vankitchen

9. PHNOMPENH STYLE NOODLE SOUP (HỦ TÍU NAM VANG)
Hu Tiu Nam Vang (Phnompenh Style Noodle Soup) is a stunning Vietnamese Noodle recipe, usually
eaten in the morning for breakfast.
Source: Vietworldkitchen

10. BÒ BÍA
Bo Bia is a communal meal where everyone gets to make each roll themselves. The fillings of Bo
Bia is different from salad rolls, in that there are no rice noodles or abundance of herbs. Just
julienned jicama and carrots (heated in water until softened), fresh basil, dried shrimp, Chinese
sausages, thinly sliced omelette and roasted peanuts.
Source: Gastronomyblog

11. VIETNAMESE PANCAKE BÁNH XÈO
(THE SOUTH OF VIETNAM)
As mentioned before, Banh xeo from Southern Vietnam has a larger size compared to banh xeo
from Middle Vietnam. However, the contents of both of them are still the same.
Source: Rasamalysia

12. SAVOURY PANCAKE BÁNH KHỌT (VUNG TAU)
Banh Khot (Savoury Pancake) comes from South Vietnam, it is made from similar ingredients as the
pan fried, but in a smaller scape.
Source: sbs.com

13. SALAD ROLLS (GỎI CUỐN)
Goi Cuon or salad roll, is a Vietnamese dish traditionally consisting of pork, prawn, vegetables, bún
(rice vermicelli), and other ingredients wrapped in Vietnamese bánh tráng (commonly known as
rice paper).
Source: Chow.com

14. GRILLED BANANA WRAPPED IN STICKY RICE RECIPE
(CHUỐI NẾP NƯỚNG)
Source: CNN Travel
Chuoi Nep Nuong (Grilled Banana wrapped in sticky rice) is a popular dish in the southern area of
Vietnam. Banana is wrapped in sticky rice; grilling together create san amazing flavor.

15. RAINBOW DESSERT (CHÈ SƯƠNG SA HẠT LỰU)
Che Suong Sa Hat Luu is well – known for the name Rainbow Dessert because of its colorful nut.
Source: Vietspices.blogspot

16. VIETNAMESE DESERT RECIPE (CHÈ BÀ BA)
Che ba ba (Vietnamese Dessert Recipe)

17. STICKY RICE BALLS IN GINGER SYRUP (CHÈ TRÔI NƯỚC)
Che Troi Nuoc (Sticky Rice Balls in Ginger Syrup).
Source: Runawayrice

18. SUZHOU MOONCAKE (BÁNH PÍA)
Banh Pia, is called Vietnamese adapted-SuZhou Mooncake, it is a special cake from Southern
Vietnam, Soc Trang Province.
Source: Flavorboulevard

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