Vietnam food – Vietnam traditional food – Viet traditional meal

In this past, I don’t know what I should say about first because there are many things to say about Vietnam traditional food. Then I am going to talk about traditional daily meal of ancient Vietnamese people and its characteristic.

Viet traditional meal

Vietnam food - Vietnam traditional food - Viet traditional meal

Viet traditional meal

Formula of the Viet ancient meal of Professor Tran Quoc Vuong is: rice, vegetables, fish.
Vietnam is a country which has many rivers, lakes and ponds so Vietnamese people grow wet rice.
Normally, Vietnamese people do not eat sticky rice, eat ordinary rice. Sticky rice is only used for a few special dishes on some special days. Rice is present in all the meals or products made from rice as noodles. Rice is an object for worshipping in many temples of Vietnam. It is said to start from the Mother Godness Worshipping, the most long–standing belief in Vietnam. Rice is really a big thing out here. The very first written characters constituting the word “Happiness” in ancient Vietnamese is the image of many rice plants and a square symbolizing a paddy field. Rice is not only happiness, it really forms Vietnamese.
In ancient Vietnam, vegetables is always boiled, no oil, no fat it is good for health and help the body cool.
Finally, why ancient Viet people ate fish in their meals because Viet people lived with water. I mean, There are many rivers which include many fishs and freshwater fisheries. They have high protein and low fat unlike meat.
Everything is processed with cool and fresh way to balance the hot weather of the tropics.
All things make the frugality of the Vietnamese cuisine. Vietnamese food now today is nearly same to before. May be have many spices, but always soothing and delicate.

The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi

  • Hanoi, Vietnam is developing quite rapidly but the traditional food of Hanoi is for centuries still the same. Hanoi has a strong culinary tradition.
  • We recommend our favorite breakfast eateries and they are the daily food of the local people which you should try in your Hanoi trip.

1. Bánh mì

  • Bánh mì is a Hanoi breakfast item for all kinds of bread. Vietnamese people improved it become Vietnamese sandwich with grill meat/sausage/pate/ fried egg and coriander, cucumber slices inside.
The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi
small ambulatory store
  • Bánh Mì is very popular in Hanoi. Specially in mornings, tourist can see small ambulatory stores on every street in Hanoi. Bread or more specifically the baguette, was introduced by the French during its colonial period.
  • But the best Bánh Mì Vietnam is in Hoi An which any article about Hoi An local food also can not miss. And Bánh Mì is also quite famous in the world.
  • Read more about Hoi An tourism at Hoi An trip.

    2. Xôi xéo (steamed sticky rice)

    Xôi means steamed sticky rice. There are many kinds of Xôi but Xôi xéo is more popular than all.

  • It is not only tasty but also cheap so it is usually sold at places close to schools or offices, companies, factories where many people go to work. And it is only in mornings. It is the best tasting in cold days.
The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi
Xoi xeo

3. Bánh cuốn

  • Bánh cuốn is one of favorite breakfast items in Hanoi and essential to any list of dishes must-try in Hanoi, Vietnam, even the Vietnamese tourist. By itself, the pale white rice batter is silky smooth and soft but otherwise rather bland.
  • Flavor and texture come from a filling of seasoned ground pork, mushrooms, and shallots. The rice noodle roll is served with a separate bowl of clear amber dipping sauce (nước chấm), which is essentially fish sauce.
The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi
Banh cuon-Hanoi

4. Phở (Noodle soup)

Pho Hanoi is Vietnam national food. Pho is not only loved by the Vietnamese but also foreigners. Thus, there are many Pho restaurants in the world.

The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi
Pho bo-Beef noodle

Pho Bo is arguably the most well-known of all Vietnamese soups. It is the acculturation with France culture by French settlers who commonly ate beef. The Vietnamese traditionally preferred pork, chicken, and fish not beef because beefs are important to the Vietnamese agriculture. So, there are also chicken, pork and fish noodle. Pho is always belong to any list of Vietnamese food.

5. Bánh khúc/xôi khúc(Vietnamese Mung Bean Dumplings)

Bánh Khúc is one amazing cake of Vietnam ( Bánh: cake; Khúc: mane of a kind of grass in Vietnam). The cake is a rice ball made of sticky rice mixed with a kind of grass which is most important ingredient and filled with mung bean paste, pork, and spices. This Traditional Vietnamese Food is very cheap. If you are in Vietnam, you should go out and buy one hot cake for yourself quickly. Make sure you took note this cake on your diary travel book before visiting Vietnam. Good Luck to your Vietnam Trip.

The top 5 best food for breakfast in Hanoi
Banh khuc Hanoi

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling

Vietnam traditional food is greatly admired about fresh ingredients, minimal use of dairy and oil and reliance on herbs and vegetables. With the balance of yin – yang between fresh herbs and meats and a selective use of spices to reach a fine taste, Vietnamese food is seem one of the healthiest cuisines worldwide.

Bun cha

Bún Chả is a Hanoi specialty, tourist can find bun cha at food stalls or street kitchens. It is perfect in Hanoi.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling

 

Bun Cha Hanoi

Essentially the pork patties are barbecued on an open charcoal brazier and served with Bún( a kind of Vietnamese noodle) assorted fresh vegetables and a slightly sweet sauce.

Pho

Phở is Vietnam’s national dish a the country’s great staple is pho, a noodle soup eaten at any time of day but primarily at breakfast.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Pho-Vietnam

The basic bowl of pho consists of a light broth, to which are added broad, banh pho (flat rice noodles), spring onions and slivers of chicken, pork or beef. Noodle soup is not unique in Vietnam. Laos also has noodle soup. It is Khao piak sen – Laos noodle soup.

Cao Lau

Central Vietnam does Cao Lau best. Among Hoi An’s tasty specialties is Cao Lau, a mouthwatering bowlful of thick rice-flour noodles.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Cao Lau-Hoi An

It is served with green bean sprouts, herbs and pork-rind croutons in a light soup which has flavour of mint and star anise, topped with thin slices of pork and served with grilled rice-flour crackers or sprinkled with crispy rice paper.

Cha ca La Vong

Seafood dishes are among the highlight dishes of Vietnamese cuisine. Chả Cá Lã Vọng, reportedly devised in Hanoi, is perhaps the best known. Fish meat is saute in the oil with very much dill and spring onions, then served with Bún(cylinder rice noodles) and a scattering of peanuts. Fish meat is always in a hot pan on fire, so this dish is the greatest on cool days. Read more my Post: Best time to visit Vietnam.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Cha Ca La Vong

Goi cuon

Gỏi Cuốn is one of the most famous Vietnamese dishes: translucent spring rolls packed with fresh vegetable, coriander and various combinations of minced pork, shrimp.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Goi Cuon dish
In some places they’re served with lettuce and/or mint. A southern variation has barbecued strips of pork wrapped up with green banana and star fruit then dunked in a rich peanut sauce. Goi cuon is so fresh that you can try in everyseason.

Nom

Nộm or salad Vietnam is very popular in all regions of Vietnam. Because Vietnam is a tropical country, Nôm is so fresh. there are many kinds of this dish and there are differences between regions of Vietnam.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Nom-Salad

Nom dishes such as: nộm hoa chuối (banana flower salad), nộm đu đủ (papaya), nộm su hào (kohlrabi salad), nộm xoài (mango salad)…Nộm is always mixed with various herbs. It is crispy and light sweet and sour.

Banh My

Bánh Mỳ Vietnam is the best thing for breakfast. It exist throughout Vietnam. But It is the most famous in Hoi An.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Banh My Vietnam

This baguette sandwich filled with fresh vegetable and there many different options of fillings, including paté, kebabs, sausage and freshly made omelette. It is better with sweet chili sauce and mayonnaise. Bánh Mỳ is so good it’s been imitated around the world.

Banh Xeo

These enormous, cheap and filling Vietnamese pancakes.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Banh Xeo
Bánh Xèo contains shrimp, pork, bean sprouts and egg, which is then fried, wrapped in rice paper with fresh vegetable and dunked in a spicy sauce before eaten.

Nem ran/Cha gio

Vietnam spring rolls often appear in the Tet feast. Vietnam spring rolls are usually more impressed with foreigners.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Nem Ran-Vietnam spring rolls

The crispy shell with a soft veggie and meat filling dunked in sauce gets the gastronomic juices flowing before a main course. In the north of Vietnam these parcels go by the name “nem ran” while southerners call them “cha gio”.

Hoa qua dam

Hoa quả dầm (fruits mix) – The perfect dessert in summer.
This chunky blend of fresh tropical fruit in a cup is the perfect local treat when the heat of Vietnamese summer starts to wear you down. It could be considered a healthy alternative to ice cream.

Vietnamese food-dishes must eat in Vietnam traveling
Hoa Qua Dam-Fruits Mix store

If you stick to the shaved ice variation, but for the full experience it’s best had with diabetes-inducing condensed milk mixed in. See more: Vietnamese desserts and drinks