Hủ Tiếu often refers to a rice-noodles dish; made of tapioca (rice) noodles with pork stock and toppings.
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Main Dishes
Bò Kho – the Vietnamese beef stew, a popular alternative to notoriously famous Phở Bò
Bò Kho
I was never a big fan of beef stews until I came to Vietnam. Bò Kho is a mildly spicy and flavourful Vietnamese beef stew. Today it’s one of my favourite Vietnamese dishes. It’s is something worth trying when you visit Vietnam.
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Phở Bò – One Of The Most Famous Vietnamese Dishes That Never Gets Boring
Phở Bò
Phở Bò is a traditional Vietnamese soup that consists of uniquely flavoured broth, rice noodles called bánh phở, herbs, and meat — either beef (phở bò) or chicken (phở gà).
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Cơm Tấm – Vietnamese Broken Rice with Pork
Cơm Tấm
Cơm Tấm is the name of the South Vietnamese dish that usually consists of grilled pork, various greens or pickled vegetables and the broken rice.
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Stir-fried beef with the crispy golden rice-flour puffs – Phở chiên phồng
Phở Chiên Phồng
Phở chiên phồng is a unique and quite heavy-to-eat Hanoian dish, made of saucy stir-fried beef, tomatoes, choy sum and crispy rice-flour puffs.
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Hybridized Vietnamese dough “kebab” – bánh mì tươi
Bánh Mì Tươi
This is something I stumbled upon by accident and when I asked a busy vendor about the name he said simply “bánh mì tươi” which translates as “fresh bread” or “fresh banh mi”.
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Fish cake noodle soup from Nha Trang – Bún Chả Cá
Bún Chả Cá Nha Trang
Bún Chả Cá Nha Trang is the Nha Trang’s version of the traditional Vietnamese fish cake vermicelli noodle soup. Bún Chả Cá basically means “Noodle (Bún) Fish Cake (Chả) Fish (Cá).
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Vietnamese sandwich with eggs – Bánh Mì Ốp La
Bánh Mì Ốp La
Vietnamese sandwich with eggs is the popular variation of “bánh mì kẹp” that is usually served in mornings alongside with famous Vietnamese milk ice coffee (Cà phê sữa đá).
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Fish ball noodle soup from Da Nang – Bún Chả Cá
Bún Chả Cá Da Nang
Bún Chả Cá Da Nang is Da Nang’s variation of the traditional Asian (Vietnamese) fish ball noodle soup. Unlike the Nha Trang’s version, it consists of mostly only two main ingredients; fish balls and noodles.
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Vietnamese style macaroni – Nui Xào Bò
Nui Xào Bò
Nui is the Vietnamese word for macaroni, xao means to stir-fry and Bo means beef. So it’s basically stir-fried macaroni with beef.
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