Vietnamese Food

Long cake emits scent of glutinous rice
02/04/2013 03:04
It takes a lot of time and energy to make Long cake. And the cake can hardly be made by just one person. Before casting in the mould, some ingredients need to be carefully prepared ahead of time. Glutinous rice is puffed and crushed into tiny fines; ginger is scraped, washed, ground and...
Favourite foods in Ho Chi Minh City
01/04/2013 05:46
1.“Bánh bèo” - bloating fern-shaped cake – Ben Thanh Market Banh beo is a special cake. Its main ingredient is milled-rice powder. It is accompanied with ground shrimps, a little salad oil, fatty and sweet source made of fresh shrimp. Banh Beo is also a very popular nosh in Hue...
Wandering around Hanoi and enjoying street cuisine
28/03/2013 10:18
1. Dried beef and papaya salad in Hoan Kiem Lake On Dinh Tien Hoang street – Hoan Kiem Lake, it is always crowded because of the famous “Nộm” restaurant (“Nộm” is the indigenous salad of Vietnamese cuisine) This dish is a combination of a variety of grated papaya, roasted peanuts...
“Xíu Báo” cake in Nam Dinh
23/03/2013 10:04
Along with many delicious and strange dishes like stuffed sticky rice balls, “chí mà phù” (a kind of sweet gruel cooked with black sesame), “lục tàu xá” (a kind of sweet gruel cooked with green bean)…, “Xíu báo” is beloved by everybody. Nobody knows when “Xíu báo” came to people in Nam Dinh,...
Relishing “Bún chả chan” on Mai Hac De street
22/03/2013 11:14
The name of the dish is both strange and familiar. You can find it in a restaurant on Mai Hac De street. The popular "bún chả" is served with a plate of white rice noodle (bún) grilled fatty pork, and herbs in a steamy broth of nước mắm (fish sauce). "Bún chả" is popular in the Northern...
A cautionary tale in a pot
17/03/2013 10:31
Thạch sùng chắt lưỡi served at Chi Toi Restaurant in Can Tho City. The dish is eaten with the hands only. No spoon, so fork, no knife, no chopstick It’s big on scenery too, as I found out on a recent visit, and has retained its picturesque nature and escaped relatively unscathed by the...
Discovering cuisine in “Bon Mua Dam Me” cafe – Nha Trang
14/03/2013 05:45
Dry Chinese noodle The most special dishes are dry noodle, dry chinese noodle and braised duck noodle cooked by the chef A Ty. Mr A Ty said: his dry noodle and dry chinese noodle have a specific flavour due to the secret of making delicious and aromatic broth. Braised duck noodle that...