Top 30 Famous & Traditional Vietnamese Foods To Try In 2022
Vietnam is one of very few countries in the world that is famous for its superb street food. All the popular Vietnamese food shows the beauty of the local culture and lifestyle. Some famous traditional Vietnamese food combines the country’s cuisine as well as other country’s cultures in the world. With Vietnamese dishes, all the ingredients are meant to bring refreshing flavors. You will find all different types of tastes: sour, spicy, salty, and sweet, which are incredibly impressive.
1. Banh Mi - Vietnamese Sandwich
Banh Mi is a very popular Vietnamese street food. Like Pho, Banh Mi has made all tourists fall in love with Vietnamese cuisine. The Vietnamese are very proud of this dish. If you are interested in history, you will know that Vietnam had been occupied by the French. Therefore, some traditional Vietnamese food is influenced by French culture, including Banh Mi. However, this dish was changed in a Vietnamese way by the locals by adding other ingredients such as egg, pork, cucumber, and herbs.
Historically, this dish was more popular in Saigon as a breakfast. Nowadays, it is the world-famous street food that you can find anywhere in Vietnam. Banh Mi is served in restaurants, street stalls, and food carts.
For a simple Banh Mi, you have bread, egg, pate, BBQ pork, cucumber, tomato, carrot, and herb. But you can always add more ingredients, from sausage, and grilled beef to chicken, all together bring the delicious flavor.
2. Bun Cha - Kebab Rice Noodles
Bun Cha is authentic Hanoi food, but its reputation has been all over the country. Even the Vietnamese coming from other provinces would find and try the dish when they go to Hanoi. It is also highly recommended for tourists when they visit the capital city of Vietnam.
Bun Cha is a combination of warm broth with grilled minced pork and Vietnamese noodle. When the food is brought to the table, you will have a plate of rice noodles, a small basket of fresh herbs, and a bowl of warm broth with grilled minced pork. There are many different dishes that are made from Vietnamese noodles, but this one is different and has a unique taste, mostly comes from broth and pork.
When you eat Bun Cha, you will dip a small number of rice noodles into the broth, and eat with grilled pork. Do not put all noodles in because it might cool the broth down quickly. Also, if you like grilled pork, you can always ask for more. The broth has a salty-sweet taste from baking pork bones, and the grilled pork is amazingly good.
Whenever you join a Hanoi City Tour, you can find Bun Cha on every corner of the capital, including food stalls or restaurants. Read More…
