What’s the first Vietnamese dish that comes to mind? Phở? Bánh mì? Spring rolls? These are all signature dishes sure – and you’ve already checked off three of the 20 on this list – but we’re just getting started.
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Top 10 Vietnamese Dishes You Must Try
The banh family includes a number of steamed rice cake-like dishes. So soft and delicate my favorite was this banh cuốn straight from the steamer. Our Intrepid Travel guide took us to a third-generation banh cuốn master in Hanoi who mesmerized us with her skill. She scooped each ladle of the rice flour-based batter into the steamer and covered it with a lid for a few seconds. Then with a bamboo skewer she carefully placed the gossamer-thin sheets on a platter to be filled with chopped mushrooms and pork. Each mouthful is garnished with fried shallots and must be dipped in that nước chấm sauce.
Also in the bánh family: bánh bèo (literally “water fern cake”) from the ancient imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam. It’s topped with minced shrimp scallions mung bean paste crispy fried shallots and fish sauce.
Phở is just one of the many many noodle soups in Vietnam. From a strictly linguistic standpoint phở refers to the rice noodles not the soup itself. But it has become synonymous with the basic soup that comes with assorted cuts of meat (usually beef or chicken) bean sprouts lime wedges the essential greens (basil mint cilantro and onion) and whatever chili sauce and fish sauce you want to jazz up the broth to your liking. It’s cheap delicious and especially popular for breakfast in Hanoi. We visited a popular phở place that’s usually sold out by noon.
