Tag Archives: Vietnamese food

Vietnamese Diet and Eating Habits

Vietnam has a diverse range of agricultural products. It is this diversity and variety that makes their food healthy and balanced. Dishes and ingredients used in Vietnamese cuisine can cover all the dietary needs on protein, lipids, vitamins, carbohydrates and minerals. In addition, the culture of eating multiple dishes and chewing slowly improves digestion and assimilation of nutrients, without overloading …

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COM BINH DAN – CHEAP AND CASUAL MEAL FOR COMMONERS

When coming to Vietnam, you easily see countless eateries with a signboard “cơm bình dân”. The majority of these eateries are a small, family-run business offering a variety of home-cooked dishes at budget prices. In Vietnamese, “cơm bình dân” means “common rice”. Especially busy at lunchtimes, “cơm bình dân” serves customers from all walks of life: from clerks to labourers, …

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4 Delicious Hue Clam Dishes You Must Give a Try

Com hen – Cooked rice with baby clamps   If you look for genuine Hue cuisines, Com Hen should be ranked 1st of the to-eat list. It is steamed rice dish topped with baby clams, peanuts, sesame seeds, crispy noodles, basil, crisp pork cracklings, and a plethora of greens. A delicious hot mussel broth is served on the side for …

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Halal Street in Saigon

Located to the West of Ben Thanh Market and between Phan Chu Trinh and Truong Dinh Street, Nguyen An Ninh street in District 1 is well known as bustling trade for Malaysians, Indians, Indonesians…The street is only 100 meters long but has almost 100 stores opening till midnight. There are varieties of items sold here, from traditional dresses to souvenirs, …

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You Cannot Leave Hanoi Without Trying These Dishes

One of the things that make Hanoi so addicted to many foreigners is street food. Speaking of Vietnamese street food, they aren’t limited in some of the famous ones you often hear about like Pho, Bun Cha, Banh Xeo, Banh My, etc. There are dishes which you probably never heard of and they taste… just so good. The best way …

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Most Popular Restaurants in Hanoi

In this post, we will introduce the famous restaurants in Hanoi for each Vietnamese delicacy as well as the restaurants for vegetarians. Hanoi offers a great diversity of restaurants ranging from tradition flavour to a more board, modern appetites for both meat-lovers and vegetarians. Be sure to visit these popular restaurants to lighten up your dishes! Home Vietnamese Restaurant, 34 …

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HOI AN STREET FOOD DISHES YOU SHOULD TRY AND WHERE TO TASTE THEM

Hoi An is a street-food sanctuary where food is not only various, abundant, delicious, authentic but most important very cheap. Check out now the best street foods and where to find them. Cao Lau Cao Lau is the pride of Hoi An cuisine, one of the most popular dishes in the old town. Many have mistaken Cao Lau and Mi …

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Trứng Vịt Lộn – Half-hatched Duck Egg, An Asian Food Representative

Foreign travellers have a sort of love-hate relationship with “trung vit lon” which is known as the Vietnamese version of the famous “balut” egg in the Philippines. Let’s get to know more about this interesting Vietnamese food! You can literally find this food in every city across the country. Vietnamese people eat “trung vit lon” for breakfast and night snack. …

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Are Vietnamese People Really Tourist-sensitive?

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On the following of the incident happened in late July where a bus driver’s assistant of Viet Nhat Travel (Nha Trang) forced two female foreign passengers to leave the bus, part of which was recorded on mobile phone by a Taiwanese tourist who also took the same bus, we have received mixed opinions on the topic. In majority, many shared …

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A Guide to Co To Island

Co To archipelago belongs to Quang Ninh province, is one of the most beautiful destinations of north Vietnam. Co To Island is 22 kilometres from land and can only be reached by boats. The archipelago including the biggest island Big Co To and many other smaller islands has an old name “Chang Son” which means Chang mountain, an anchoring place …

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