The best street foods in Ho Chi Minh City that you must try
Nov 22, 2019
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By Hoa Do
Offering plenty of attractive destinations for visitors and several street foods, Ho Chi Minh City is a must-visit place in Vietnam for foreign visitors. Coming here, if you haven't tried street foods, your trip is not completed. There are some dishes that you can not find any other place in Vietnam where have the best flavor like Ho Chi Minh City.
1. Banh Xeo (savory crepe)
Made from rice flour, water, bean sprouts, shrimp, and turmeric. This dish is one of the most delicious dishes here. Using with sliced banana flower, sliced pork, lettuce leaves, and fish sauce. One of the best places for you to try is Banh Xeo at 46A Dinh Cong Trang Street, Dist 3.
2. Bun mam (fermented fish soup)
This is a kind of noodle that doesn't like other tasted food in the world. Including sliced pork belly, slices of squid, prawn, raw vegetables, thick noodles, and herbs which is covered with fermented fish broth. Not only a healthy meal but also the unique dish in the world. You can fín and try this dish at 131 Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City.
3. Goi Cuon (fresh spring rolls)
This is Vietnamese dish making from a soft rice paper, slices of pork, prawns, noodles, and lettuces. They will be rolled as a cigarette shape and used with warm peanut sauce. The best place for this food is Tran Khac Chan Street, Phu Nhuan District.
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4. Com Tam (Rice with meat or fish)
This dish is eaten late in the morning. It will be served with a plate of rice added several choices such as cooked meat, fish or veg. The most common combo is Com Suon including sweet and sticky pork, fried eggs, cucumbers, spring onions,...
5. Bo La Lot (Minced beef wrapped in piper lolot)
Made by wrapping the minced beef with piper lolot then frying it. It can be eaten with several ways such as rolled in the rice paper, wrapped in the lettuce leaf,... and used with Nuoc Cham - fermented fish sauce.
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6. Banh Tet (Sticky rice wrapped in the banana leaf)
This is the popular dish in the south of Vietnam. Made from sticky rice, mung bean, and bacon. They are wrapped in the banana leaves then boiled for a few hours. It can be used with fermented fish sauce.
These are some best street foods in Ho Chi Minh City that you must try when arriving in Vietnam. For more details related to Vietnam tourism, please feel free to contact us via email: [email protected]. We will assist you at our best!
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