Hủ Tiếu often refers to a rice-noodles dish; made of tapioca (rice) noodles with pork stock and toppings.
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Vietnamese Food
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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Mứt Chuối Khô – Vietnamese chewy, dried, banana, finger dessert
Mứt Chuối Khô
Mứt chuối khô is uniquely Vietnamese banana dessert. Even though it’s a bit hard to guess at first, it’s just bananas. Dried on the sun until shrunken into the wrinkly sweet dessert that resembles fingers.
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Sữa Chua Wel Yo- a modernized version of the Vietnamese plastic-bag yoghurt ice-cream
Sữa Chua Wel Yo
If you happen to be in Vietnam, looking for a cold refreshment, try “Sữa Chua Wel Yo”. The favourite street food yogurt ice-cream snack from 80s and 90s.
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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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Chả lụa – Vietnamese pork sausage in disguise
Chả Lụa
While living in Vietnam, I occasionally came across some mysterious dishes which I would call “food in disguise”. Chả lụa would be definitely one of them.
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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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Chả Huế – the Vietnamese mini sausage in disguise
Chả Huế
Probably the most common type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of lean pork, potato starch, garlic, ground black pepper and nước mắm (fish sauce).
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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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Vietnamese cassava cake called “bánh khoai mì”
Bánh khoai mì
Bánh khoai mì is a Vietnamese cake made from grated cassava, sugar, coconut milk, and a small amount of salt.
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