Eating around Vietnam

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Published: July 5th 2010

The photos in this blog were taken on my trips to some cities and provinces of Vietnam. Except "thắng cố" (horse meat) of the H'mong ethnic minority people in Bắc Hà town (north west Vietnam) which I didn't eat, the other food in this blog are my favorite ones. You can find various types of food in Vietnam, as the Vietnamese eat almost everything, for example pork, beef, chicken, goat meat,... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Bún mắm (noodles with pork and prawn sauce)

Restaurant: No. 4, Trần Dư street, Tam Kỳ city, central Vietnam.

Bún chả cá (noodle soup with fish)

Tam Kỳ city, central Vietnam.

Sea snails, peanuts, chilli & vegetables

Ốc xào cay (Sea snails, peanuts, chilli & vegetables) at a restaurant in Sa Huynh beach, Quảng Ngãi province,, central Vietnam.

"Don" oyster soup in Quảng Ngãi city

"Don" is very tiny oysters. Rice crackers are used when eating this soup. VND 10,000 (50 US cents) for a bowl. (Don giống như con hến rất nhỏ, ăn cùng bánh đa tại TP Quảng Ngãi, giá 10.000 đồng/bát).

Bánh xèo pancakes at Mỹ Khê beach, Quảng Ngãi province

Pancakes and vegetables are put into rice papers and rolled on. Sauce is used for eating this food. (Bánh xèo đặt vào bên trong bánh đa nem cùng với rau rồi cuốn lại và ăn cùng nước chấm).

Bánh căng pancakes in Quảng Ngãi city

Bánh ít (rice cakes) in Quảng Ngãi city

There are two types of Bánh ít cakes. When you open the leaves, the black ones are sweet, and the white ones are salty. Both have green bean inside. (Bánh ít có hai loại mặn màu trắng và ngọt màu đen với nhân đậu xanh giống như bánh gai).

A type of rice cake in my father's village

Sticky rice cakes with green bean inside are put in the middle of rice crackers (Một loại bánh ở thôn Vân Hà, huyện Mộ Đức là quê của cha tôi. Bánh có nhân đậu xanh kẹp giữa bánh đa)

Making Bánh xèo pancakes - Lý Sơn island

Lý Sơn island, Quảng Ngãi province, central Vietnam.

Making Bánh xèo pancakes - Lý Sơn island

Close-up of the pancakes.

Mực & Ngao (squid & clams), Quảng Ngãi province

At Mỹ Khê beach, Quảng Ngãi province

Ốc biển (sea snails) in Quảng Ngãi province

Xôi gấc (sticky rice with "Gấc" fruit)

The locals in Phan Thiết city use baby shrimps, egg and pork to eat with sticky rice. The "Gấc" fruit makes the sticky rice become red.

Mủ trôm (juice made from "trôm" tree)

At Coopmart supermarket in Phan Thiết city

Selling puddings on a street in Phan Thiết city

VND 5,000 (25 US cents) for a cup of hot sweet soup (corn, bean).

Sweet cake with milk and ice - Mũi Né town

VND 3,000 for this cake (caramen)

Huỳnh Đế crab on Phú Quý island, Bình Thuận province

This type of crab has red color (US$15 for a kg) and different with all crabs I've seen.

Phở mực (noodle soup with squid)

I always ate Phở noodle soup with beef or chicken. The people on Phú Quý island of Bình Thuận province used squid instead.

Grilled "Cá bò" fish - Phú Quý island

One of the fishes caught in the sea area of Phú Quý island, Bình Thuận province.

Phá lấu (pig's inner parts) - Phú Quý island

I saw this food in some areas of southern Vietnam. The locals used inner parts of pigs and cooked with medicinal herbs. This food is eaten with bread.

Mì xào mực (fried noodles with squid)

Phú Quý island, Bình Thuận province

5th July 2010

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Thanks so much for publishing another wonderful blog about Vietnamese food, the photos and descriptions are wonderful. Publishing the names and details of the restaurants is also a very good idea as information for tourists. Also, the inclusion of the "Vietnamese Food and Drinks" section in your "Vietnam - Guide for trip planners" blog is a great idea. We should try to promote the wonderful food of your country as much as we can because it is so varied and interesting. The differences in cusine from one district to the next is juyst amazing, Lorenza and I could spend our lives exploring the food of your country. Many thanks!

5th July 2010

liliram
liliram

great!
so glad you did this blog on vietnamese food. just what we all need --- i just hope i get to remember all those names. Thanks for this blogs, hong.

5th July 2010

Hideyuki Kobayashi
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Ethnic food
How many colorful foods in Vietnam ! All of them seem hot. I have never been to Vietnam yet, but I think "When in South Asia, you EAT as the people EAT, then you will not be exhausted that I learned. Thanks for many photos. Kob

6th July 2010

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

food, glorious food!
This post made me very hungry! Thanks for sharing...I have just realised how much food we didn't get to try on our trip to Vietnam. I would have loved to try dishes like Cá lăng and the snail dish... :)

7th September 2010

rubybrother
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Hi there
Hi there , Hanoi girl:) I am also Vnese girl , coming from Hai Phong city . I am also crazy about traveling no matter with a partner or alone . Travel blog is great sites cuz there are many professional bloggers . I am enjoying the feeling of reading their stories especially the ones relating our country . Traveling is great way to enjoy ourselves , instantly change the environment and forget stuffs in real life , discover the beauty, hidden charms in places and people at new destinations ... blah blah ... a lot of awesome things . And i am sure you are one of whom understood thoroughly the interest of traveling . So interesting to read your blogs here !!! keep hitting the road and blogging , g'luck !

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