CULINARY CULTURE IN SOUTHWESTERN VIETNAM DURING “THE FLOATING SEASON”

If Northern Vietnamese cuisine focuses on delicacy and sophistication, and the Central region is full of flavor, then...

Com hen song Huong – Perfume River mussel cooked rice

Com hen Song Huong (or Com hen in short) is the very simple and low-priced specialty of Hue, the ancient citadel of...

Pho – rice nooddle soup

Pho, a typical dish of Hanoi people, has been existing for a long time. Pho is prepered not only in a sophisticated...

Rice vermicelli (Bun): the Origin for Many Vietnamese Delicious Dishes!

Bun (Rice vermicelli) is made of rice flour which is turned into small, circular and white threads wrapped up into...

Banh gio – Pyramidal rice dumpling

This simple dish sold in country markets has become a favorite breakfast of many Hanoians. People can find this dish in...

Banh cuon – rolled rice pancake

Among other members of the extended noodle family, bánh cuốn almost ranks first. It is a paper-thin steamed rice...

Banh it – sticky rice cake

Commonly, there are two kinds of “Banh it”. The first one is “Banh it la gai”, which is sticky rice cake with...

Banh Phu The – Vietnamese conjugal cake

The conjugal cake is normally served at Vietnamese weddings and used as a wedding invitation or taken by the man’s...

Come to My Tho for tasting Hu Tieu

Back in the 1960s, a shop in My Tho, 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City started serving this dish. Ever since then, its...

Cha ca La Vong – grilled minced fish

Hanoi now has several stores selling Cha ca La Vong, but none of them can be equal to the Cha Ca Road’s in terms of...

Cao lau Hoi An – Hoi An vermicelli

Cao Lau is the foremost traditional Hoi An food. Visitors to Hoi An always remember Cao Lau, which was considered by...

“Banh Chung” – The soul of Vietnamese New Year

 “Banh Chung” (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar...