Vietnamese food is influenced by other countries in many ways. Among them, influenced by China, Vietnamese people use chopsticks and like to eat rice noodles. Affected by the occupation of Laos, Vietnamese also use curry in their diet; Influenced by the French, Vietnamese began to eat beef, baguette, coffee, yogurt and cheese.
The most familiar Vietnamese dishes are beef powder, chicken powder, barbecue powder, baguette, dripping coffee and spring rolls, which can be eaten in various cities in Vietnam.
Vietnam has more than 2000 kilometers of coastline. When you arrive in the coastal city of Vietnam, you must eat seafood, especially the green lobster in Nha Trang is very famous.
Vietnam is located in the tropics, and is rich in all kinds of tropical fruits, such as durian, mango, pitaya and passion fruit, which can be eaten freely.
Recommended beef noodles
It is said that beef powder in Vietnam is very particular, beef should use yellow beef, and rice flour should use high-quality rice. In Vietnam, whether you are in Ho Chi Minh, Datuk, Nha Trang or Hanoi, it is easy to see beef noodle shops. Generally, the signboard of a beef noodle shop will say "Pho". As long as you see "Pho", it means you can eat beef noodles.
We have tried the chain stores that eat rice noodles, such as rice noodles and rice noodles.
Of course, it tastes good, but compared with the local beef noodle shop, the flavor is slightly inferior, so I suggest going to the local shop, even if the clerk doesn't even know English or Chinese.
spring roll
The skin of Cantonese-style spring rolls is a very thin dry skin made of rice flour. Vegetable, chicken, shrimp, fungus, winter flour, nine-story tower and coriander are rolled in turn. The rolling method is like China Spring Roll. It is not easy to get angry with Cantonese sweet and spicy sauce and a little lemon juice.
As long as there are almost all restaurants with Vietnamese flavor, of course, you will also find live rolls on the street, which will be cheaper than restaurants. But you should know that Vietnam is a country with motorcycles, and motorcycles are the most indispensable things in the streets. In the environment of flying car bombing, it is difficult to ensure the hygiene of spring rolls in the street. If there is a high demand for food health, it is recommended to go to a restaurant.
Fried spring rolls
There are fried spring rolls in Vietnam. For tourists who can accept hot food, try fried spring rolls. The stuffing of fried spring rolls is generally made of vermicelli, mushrooms, meat, eggs and shredded vegetables. Spring rolls made of rice flour are filled with stuffing and fried in a hot oil pan until crisp and yellow, which becomes Vietnamese fried spring rolls.
When eating spring rolls, they are usually mixed with dip made of fish sauce, vinegar, pepper and garlic, which makes diners taste different tastes such as sour, salty, spicy and sweet.
French baguette
French baguette Vietnamese baguette is very common in the local area, and vendors can often be seen on the roadside in different cities. Many people regard baguette and dripping coffee as the standard of breakfast. In Vietnam, from morning till night, you can see many people selling French sticks in the street.
There is nothing in the traditional French baguette, but there is nothing in Vietnamese baguette. They put other things in the middle as their own elements, such as ham, salted fish, pork, chicken, lettuce and shredded radish. , which has more levels of flavor. Some Europeans and Americans tend to buy French sticks without anything in Vietnam, while Vietnamese locals generally buy French sticks in Vietnam.
Buyers can freely choose what to put in it, or according to the default editing method, eliminate things they don't like. I was born insulated from fat pork. When I first ate French sticks in Vietnam, I chose the default. I didn't expect the boss to put fat pork directly in the baguette as the main ingredient, and I felt sick after eating a few bites. Therefore, for tourists who are resistant to certain ingredients, it is recommended to look at the ingredients carefully before making a decision.
Sugarcane shrimp
Sugarcane shrimp is a typical Vietnamese dish, which is made by chopping shelled fresh shrimp meat, beating it into shrimp glue, wrapping it on sugarcane branches and frying it in a pot.
The skin is golden and crisp, and some bread crumbs are stuck. Shrimp meat is fragrant, fresh, tender and sweet because it absorbs the sweetness of sugarcane. When eating, dip in a plate of Chili plum sauce. Unfortunately, I didn't eat this in Vietnam.
tropical fruit
There are many fruit stalls in Vietnam, as well as fruit varieties that I have never seen in Guangdong, such as pistachios, and some that are rare in Guangdong, such as yellow watermelon, Sakya, litchi and lotus spray.
Vietnam has a very special way to eat fruit, and likes to dip it in salt or pepper and salt. If you buy fruit on the roadside, the vendor will provide you with salt directly. When I buy packaged and cut fruit in a convenience store, it comes with salt packets. I tried to dip the salt in the lotus spray when I was eating it, and found it delicious, which made the lotus spray sweeter and richer in taste.
seafood
Due to its geographical location, Vietnamese seafood is also famous. Vietnamese locals like to eat seafood dipped in salt and pepper and lime juice, which is a typical Southeast Asian flavor.
When I was in Vietnam, I ate seafood in Minai. Minai has a fishing port. Some people suggest buying live fish (or shrimp, crab, shellfish, etc.). ) and process them in local restaurants, which is a bit like Nansha Jiuzhong in Guangzhou. However, many local restaurants refused to accept take-away seafood. It is estimated that pure processing is not very profitable, so we have to buy live seafood in the restaurant for the chef to process.
Drip coffee
Three years ago, I fell in love with Didi Coffee in Vietnam. As long as I go to a restaurant with Vietnamese flavor, drip coffee is my essential drink. In Vietnamese restaurants in China, drip coffee is usually 20-30 yuan cups, almost all of which are hot coffee. However, in Vietnam, coffee drops are very grounded and can be seen in streets and alleys. Many people also sit directly on small stools on the side of the road and drink.
The drip coffee in Vietnam is called milk coffee, so if you want to drip coffee, say milk.
Coffee will be fine. There are hot drinks and iced coffee, and there won't be much coffee. Hot coffee is only a few mouthfuls (slightly larger), and so is iced coffee. It just adds ice cubes to the original amount of hot coffee, and then puts it in a glass, which looks much more.
Drip coffee is very cheap in Viet Nam, less than RMB 10 yuan, and sometimes only around 6 yuan.
Drip coffee has a high degree of recognition, and its shape is a drip pot. Coffee is bitter and fragrant, not sour. Generally, it is condensed milk with sugar, which personally feels like iced milk.
Coffee tastes better than hot water, and drinking 2 cups a day won't make you tired.
Tips for popularizing coffee knowledge
Coffee beans are divided into three varieties, the most common is Arabica, the least is Robusta, and the least is Bilica (only accounting for 5% of the world's coffee production). Robusta is a commonly used coffee bean in Vietnamese coffee. Vietnam's Robusta accounts for one-third of the world's Robusta production. It is said that the coffee beans grown in Vietnam are also Arabica coffee beans, but this variety was changed to Robusta coffee beans because it is not resistant to pests.
Coffee roasting is divided into 8 grades according to the degree from shallow to deep, French roasting is the seventh grade, and Vietnamese coffee roasting is French.
Baking belongs to deep baking. The higher the roasting degree of coffee beans, the bitter the taste, and vice versa. The use of extremely deep roasted coffee beans makes Vietnamese coffee bitter and rich in flavor.
If you want to bring a handwritten letter to your friends who love coffee, I suggest you buy Robusta's coffee powder, drip coffee pot and sweet condensed milk in Vietnam (it is said that the condensed milk bought in Vietnam is no different from that bought in China, so it is inconvenient to carry, so it can be bought at home), so that they can follow the method of drip coffee in Vietnam.
A friend of mine who has been to Vietnam said that once he changed condensed milk into light milk and added it to Vietnamese coffee, the bitterness became very obvious and the taste was not good, which was far less than condensed milk with sugar. It seems that Vietnamese coffee and sweetened condensed milk are the best match.
Egg coffee
Vietnam is the second largest coffee exporter in the world (the first is Brazil). In this big coffee country, an unconventional coffee, Egg coffee, has appeared.
Coffee is listed as one of the seven magic coffees in the world (when I know this, I really want to try the other six).
Egg coffee is made by mixing condensed milk and egg yolk (using raw eggs, which is also the biggest highlight of egg coffee) until it is thick, and then pouring in black coffee. This drinking method is quite popular in Hanoi. We haven't seen it from Ho Chi Minh to Mina, arrived in Kent and Nha Trang, but we have seen it in a small restaurant in Hanoi.
Fruit smoothie
This is a very common drink in the street and restaurants. This is to use fresh fruit, ice cubes (you can choose not to add them if you don't want them) and syrup to break the mixed drink in a blender.
In fruit smoothies, there are usually dozens of flavors of fruits to choose from. Visitors can choose to drink only one flavor of milkshake, or they can choose to drink various fruits.