Top favourite Vietnamese foods

Vietnamese foods are well known with healthy and special flavors. They are combined with several components such as green herb, seafood, pork, beef, noodle, rice,...
A typical meal of Vietnamese includes rice, meat or seafood, vegetable dish, soup and sauce (fermented fish sauce). Each of them can be customized depending on your preference. This article, we will provide some favorite Vietnamese foods that you must try when coming Vietnam.

1. Pho (Vietnamese Noodle)
Pho is a popular dish in Vietnam. It has so many different flavors depending on the area in Vietnam. Combined from noodles with meat (chicken, pork, beef) or seafood plus a side of fermented fish sauce or chili sauce. Besides, added with fresh herbs such as basil, onion, mint, cilantro, lettuce,...
Depending on the restaurant, they will have different flavor and vegetable for your dish. This cost for this dish is from VND 20,000 to VND 30,000.

2. Banh mi (Bread)
This is a unique Vietnamese sandwich and this is a fast food for those who don't have time to eat or it is suitable for breakfast. Combined with vegetable, meat, pate, soy sauce, chili sauce, cilantro, hot pepper,... Priced between VND 10,000 - VND 15,000. 

3.  Banh Xeo (Crispy Pancake)
Made from rice flour, coconut milk, turmeric and you can fill it with pork, beef, sliced onions or shrimps,... This dish can eat with lettuce leaves or rice paper with nem lui, mint leaves, basil, before dipping in fermented peanut sauce. Priced between VND 15,000 - VND 25,000/each 

4. Goi Cuon (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls)
This dish is scrolled with vermicelli noodles, pork slices, shrimp, lettuce or basil. Then it is dipped into ground chili sauce or fermented fish sauce depending on each restaurant. This dish is quite popular in Vietnam and it is a favorite food for all people. 

5. Mi Quang (Vietnamese noodle)
Mi Quang is a special food of Quang Nam Province in particular and Vietnam in general. This dish is combined from noodle, river shrimp, boiled quail eggs and roast pork. Besides, it is also added a variety of herb such as peanuts, basil, lettuce, slices of banana flower,... Priced between VND 25,000 - VND 35,000.

6.  Bun Thit Nuong (Vermicelli Noodles With Grilled Pork)
Unlike most noodle dishes, Bun Thit Nuong is not a soup or broth. It is a dish comprised vermicelli rice noodles, bean sprouts, lettuce, basil, sliced cucumber, pickled daikon, chopped peanuts, and mint, topped with grilled pork shoulder. It is used with Nuoc Cham sauce. 

7. Banh Cuon (Rolled cake)
Banh Cuon is a great dish in Vietnam. Made from rice flour, wood ears, mushroom, onions, Vietnamese ham, ground meat (chicken, pork, shrimp). In order to increase the flavor for your dish, you can dip Banh Cuon into the fermented fish sauce. You are easy to find this food in Vietnam and it is also a dish that you must try when coming here. 

8. Xoi Xeo (Sweet sticky rice)
This is a Vietnamese snack in Vietnam and suitable for breakfast. This dish includes sticky rice, onions, soy sauce, boiled chicken, Vietnamese ham,.. The cost for this dish is from VND 15,000 a bowl. At some restaurants, they can add some other ingredients to make a special flavor for their restaurants.

These are some special foods in Vietnam that you must try when coming here. You will really like these flavors. For more details related to Vietnamese foods, please contact us by email: [email protected]

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