Vietnamese food tastes heavy, sweet and sour, and likes to be seasoned with rain and dew, which is not greasy and suitable for most tourists.
Influenced by China, Vietnamese people use chopsticks and like to eat rice noodles. Because it used to be a French colony, influenced by France, some dishes blended with French elements and began to eat beef, baguettes, coffee, yogurt and cheese, with unique tastes.
Beef rice noodle
Vietnamese beef powder is very particular, it must be made of yellow beef, and rice noodles are made of high-quality rice, so every visitor to Vietnam can't help but praise the local rice noodles.
Bà Tri in Hanoi, Vietnam? U street is a famous "beef and rice noodle street" in the local area. There are large and small beef rice noodle stalls on both sides of the street. Although the dining environment is simple, Bà Tri? American beef noodles can definitely be called authentic Vietnamese flavor. Do as Romans do in Rome. It's not a bad thing for Vietnamese to squat on a small plastic bench in front of the shop and hold a bowl of steaming beef rice noodles.
"baguette"
Vietnamese baguette is a typical French soft food. The Vietnamese were not satisfied with eating only French sticks, so they added their own elements. Cheese, tomato, lettuce, ham and fried eggs are sandwiched in the middle, and the taste is more layered.
Vietnamese baguettes are very common in the local area. Vendors can often be seen on the roadside in different cities, which is a local specialty snack that cannot be missed!
"Vietnamese fried spring rolls"
Spring rolls are usually filled with vermicelli, mushrooms, meat, eggs and shredded vegetables. Spring roll leather bag made of rice flour, filled with stuffing, fried in hot oil pan until crisp and yellow. When eating spring rolls, they are usually mixed with dipping sauce made of fish sauce, vinegar, pepper and garlic, so that diners can taste different tastes such as sour, salty, spicy and sweet.
White rose
White rose is one of the three famous snacks in Huian ancient town. Vietnamese spring rolls are as white and waxy as soft rice skin, wrapped in delicious shrimp floss, or something else, but they just can't be tasted. It was kneaded into a random shape similar to a rose petal and put into several flowers. Pickled shrimp floss sprinkled with oil on the flower heart is quite like a rose.
The top is topped with sweet and sour juice made of fish sauce and lemon juice to increase the overall flavor. Some are sprinkled with chopped chives and coriander, and the white and green ones look good.
Fried elephant fish
Fried elephant fish is also a famous dish worth recommending. A fish slightly larger than the palm of your hand was thoroughly fried. The fried fish is crisp and delicious, even those who eat fish can eat it easily, because even bones can be eaten.
"glutinous rice"
Southeast Asians like glutinous rice very much, and Vietnamese can say that glutinous rice has been brought to the extreme. Five-color glutinous rice can be seen everywhere in street roadside stalls, and there are even glutinous rice franchise stores. Soft and sweet glutinous rice with mung bean powder, roasted meat, marinated eggs, pork floss and other ingredients is delicious.
"Cantonese hotpot"
Vietnamese like to eat hot pot very much, but it is different from the hot pot we eat. Vietnamese hot pot is mainly light, with little oil and salt, and a little hot and sour soup base. The rinse products of hot pot are all fresh seafood, meat and vegetables, probably because they want to taste the original flavor of the ingredients, and deliberately use a light soup base.
Many restaurants and even roadside food stalls in Vietnam have this Vietnamese hot pot. The main ingredients are seafood, beef, chicken and duck. Of course, there are more distinctive hot pots of snails, frogs and eels. Vegetables, rice noodles, noodles and other side dishes are free of charge.
seafood
The eastern and southern parts of Vietnam are bordered by the South China Sea, with a long and narrow land shape and a coastline of more than 3,260 kilometers, which is naturally rich in seafood resources. There is no doubt that you can eat the freshest salvaged seafood in coastal cities, and even in high mountain areas like Dayat, you can eat all kinds of seafood.
In addition, there are special foods such as "sugarcane shrimp", "fried wonton", "fried shrimp cake" and "casserole porridge", which can stimulate your taste buds!
Characteristic iced drinks-Vietnam is a hot country, so traveling in this country must require a lot of drinks to relieve the heat in summer. Wine vendors pushing cars can be seen everywhere in the streets of Vietnam, and there are also many wine businesses along the street. When visiting scenic spots, you might as well have a drink, which can cool off the heat and replenish energy.
Vietnamese like to make iced drinks with fresh fruits and vegetables, which are natural and healthy, and absolutely contain no additives, preservatives and other ingredients;
"fruit smoothies"
This is the national wine praised by every visitor to Vietnam. It uses fresh fruit, ice cubes and syrup to break the mixed sand ice in a blender. In a sand ice stand, there are often dozens of flavors of fruits to choose from, and you can also choose a variety of fruits to match.
Assorted dessert store
Assorted sugar water can be seen everywhere in night markets and roadside stalls in Vietnam. They are essential drinks for Vietnamese after meals. Use taro and sago to make fresh fruit into pulp and juice. If mixed with crushed ice, it will be indescribable delicious and cool.
Coconut jelly
China's popular "coconut paste" originated from Viet Nam. It's really cool to make the whole coconut pulp juice into a smooth Q-bomb pudding through a special process and then eat it in the refrigerator. The domestic price of coconut milk has been sold to 80 yuan, but in Vietnam, as long as 20 yuan can't get it, it's all over the price!
"drip coffee"
Vietnamese love coffee, and the flavor of Vietnamese coffee lies in its special brewing technology. Instead of cooking in a coffee pot, use a special drip-filter coffee cup, press a thick layer of coffee powder tightly, rush into hot water, and wait patiently for the coffee to drip into the cup. A cup of coffee may take an hour.
Quietly killing endless time in the dense aroma of coffee, this kind of leisure is rare in modern cities, as if only Vietnam has it. Even if you walk down the street with a load of coffee on the side of the road, it's the same production procedure, and it's unambiguous.
"local beer"
When you arrive in Vietnam, you must try the local beer. Most Vietnamese beer has a strong flavor, just as their cola is much sweeter than China's. Local people drink beer with a full glass of ice, or even completely soak the ice in the beer.
When tourists gather in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, they can also see many roadside stalls, just like open-air bars. People sat around the low table, drinking cold local draft beer and laughing.
"fruit fishing"
In the streets of the old districts of big cities in Vietnam, people can often be seen sitting on plastic stools and tasting a dessert with relish. Cut all kinds of fruits into pieces and pour them with coconut juice or freshly squeezed juice. This is fruit fishing. If you pour it with crushed ice, it will be a good summer product.
Tian tofu pudding
On the streets of Vietnam, you can often see vendors who carry the burden to sell tofu pudding. The tofu pudding here is sweet, and the slippery tofu pudding is served with sweet syrup, which is not to mention delicious.
Sugar cane juice
Freshly squeezed sugarcane juice is very sweet. If you drink it, it will soak your heart. Then add lemon juice and iced sugarcane juice to the cup, which tastes very fresh and refreshing. It's very suitable for a cup in hot summer. A cup of 5000 Vietnamese dong can be taken out in a plastic bag.