Taste a wide selection of fresh exotic fruit drinks.
In mountainous areas rice wine (Ruop Nep cam) is also very popular as the main beverage. In shopping centers in the larger cities it is easy to find strong alcohol.
The most famous dishes of Vietnamese cuisine:
• a variety of chicken and beef soup (Pho Bo, Pho Ga, Bun Bo Hue)
• rice (Com), noodles (Bun) – in several ways, all with rich Annex vegetables
• rolls, rolls (banh cuon, Goi cuon, Nem cuon, plagues DEU) vegetables or other attachment.
• meat Dishes – Bun Cha (grilled meat with noodles and vegetables), Bo kho (braised beef with vegetables and noodles)
• Banh Mi Vietnamese sandwiches, in mountainous areas, however, I have seen
• Banh Chung sticky rice cake and Banh Beo steamed rice cakes
• Goi Vietnamese salad (beef, chicken, vegetarian, shrimp…)
• Bahn Xeo pancakes
• seafood and incomprehensible to us – snakes, frogs, dog meat
The staple favorite Vietnamese food – PHO soup:
• soups – eaten for breakfast, but also for lunch and dinner
• favorite street food of Vietnamese cuisine
• special and specific taste and flavor
• ingredients and spices can differ from place to place (chilli sauce, onion, cilantro, herbs, lime, pepper …)
• Banh Mi is Vietnamese sandwich
• rice noodles are an important ingredient made from Gao Te fragrant rice
• beef Pho Bo, chicken Pho Ga, stir-fried noodles Pho Xao
Vietnamese food at the festivities of ethnic people in the villages.
Vietnamese food and catering in villages or in the mountains is an important part of the traditional celebrations and festivities. Various ceremonies and rituals can be seen mainly in mountainous areas with ethnic people. Weddings, funerals, the Tet feast or the birth of a child is accompanied by a large feast in the community. The intervention of the Vietnamese government has eliminated some spiritual celebrations of ethnic populations in the mountains.
The food of ethnic residents in the mountains is different from urban areas
The most popular food at these celebrations has become mainly pork, chicken and vegetable dishes served with rice. As a complement to these foods alcohol is served – rice wine. Meals are usually eaten with chopsticks. Festivities are socially important because they provide a context in which people maintaingood social cohesion. The situation is similar in urban areas, meals, however, are richer and can be supplemented with traditional liquor and alcohol.
Food on the streets of Hanoi (Hanoi street food).
When moving around in Hanoi you will see the constant presence of street vendors with food. Hanoi is a popular place for street food and the locals eat on the street everyday and all day . Most of the locals eat out with hundreds of small tables and chairs set up mostly in the evening. Hundreds of mini-restaurants, stalls, small mobile shops on wheels, women with hanging baskets of fruit, varied, tasty and healthy meals, you’ll see it all in Hanoi!
You can also go on a “Street food tour” in Hanoi.
This way of eating is also for many people their only source of livelihood. Prices for food purchased on the street are very low, but at the historic sites they may be a little bit higher. The best place to try local cuisine in Hanoi is the Old Quarter. The most common dishes that you can try are Pho soup, rice in several ways (Com Tam, Xoi), Bahn Mi sandwiches, rice noodles (Bun), Rolls (Banh Cuon), salads (Goi) and other dishes. If you want to learn more about vietnamese cuisine and try very unusual dishes then try a “Street food tour“.
Restaurants with European dishes can only be found in tourist places.
Restaurants with European cuisine do exist, but, I can say that the quality of food isn‘t up to European standards, and meals are overpriced. These foods from Europe and America do not fit in anywhere with Vietnamese cuisine. In Vietnam you can also find dog meat and various cattle offal and larvae and snails. During my traveling i have seen these foods every now and again.
I fully recommend eating in the street restaurants, it’s very cheap and often very tasty, but be careful about hygiene. Real Vietnamese cuisine is only found on the street.
Exotic fruit in Vietnam is very widespread and very tasty.
Vietnam lies in the tropics and therefore you can taste lots of interesting exotic fruit. The best conditions and places for fruit cultivation is in southern Vietnam. However, even in the north, of course, you can buy exotic fruits. In northern Vietnam there is also cultivation of apples, strawberries, grapes, peaches, pears and plums as well (a bit different than we are familiar with). Juices, jams and other desserts are also produced from the exotic fruit.
The fruit is also used as an ingredient in food and fruit desserts.
The most abundant fruit in Vietnam is bananas, tangerines, grapefruits, mangoes, limes, lemons, rambutan, pineapple, mangosteen, papaya, jackruit, pitahaya (dragon fruit), lychee, durian, star apple … Tropical Fruit provides a number of vitamins (A + C) and it is rich in carbohydrates, minerals and fiber. The fruit is certainly healthy, in cities it may be a little contaminated. It is better to buy fruit out of town and not on the main busy street.
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