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Topic: Vietnamese Food

Com (boiled rice)
In Vietnam, com is eaten at the main meals of the day (lunch and dinner). Rice is eaten together with a variety of different dishes and is made from different kinds of rice. Typically fragrant rice is used, such as Tam Thom and Nang Huong. An ordinary meal may consist of boiled rice and the following:
Mon an kho (meal without soup) consists of dishes of pork, fish, shrimp, and vegetable cooked in oil, as well as vegetables, pickles, etc.
Mon canh (meal with soup) consists of a soup made with pork or spare-ribs, crab meat, and fish.
In the past several years, people in urban centers have begun to go out for lunch at the food stalls on the street. Consequently, there has been a proliferation of temporary food stalls along many sidewalks and public spaces in the cities. Some stalls are open until early in the morning to cater to regular customers. Around noon, owners can be seen arranging tables and benches along the pavement to form makeshift shop floors. After two or three hours, when there are no more customers, they begin to remove all of their wooden furniture, so that the place resumes its former appearance. A well served lunch for one is very inexpensive.
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Banh Chung (Sticky Rice Cake)
Sticky rice cakes are a Vietnamese traditional dish that must be part of Tet meals. As a matter of fact, every Vietnamese family must have sticky rice cakes among the offerings placed on the altar to their ancestors.
Bang chung is made of glutinous rice, pork meat, and green beans paste wrapped in a square of bamboo leaves, giving the rice a green colour after boiling.
According to the legend, under the reign of the Hung Kings, Prince Lang Lieu created sticky rice cakes and presented them to his father. Bang chung won high acclaims from the King who awarded the prince his throne.
Making sticky rice cakes is a very meticulous job. To obtain the best cakes, rice has to soak in water for an entire day. The pork meat must include skin and fat, the green beans must be of the same size, and the bamboo leaves must be fresh. Squaring off and tying cakes with bamboo strings requires skilful hands.
Sticky rice cakes are available at any time of the year, although one is sure to enjoy them with relatives and friends during Tet. During Tet, rice cakes are served with gio lua and hanh muoi? lean meat pie and salted sour onions.
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Gio Lua (Lean Pork Pie)
Lean pork pie is available in Vietnam only and has different names in the north and south. Foreigners as well as Vietnamese are fond of lean pork pie.
Gio lua consists of pork meat wrapped in fresh banana leaves. The little bundles are then boiled. The most delicious part of lean pork pie is the top layer since it absorbs the flavour of the banana leaves.
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Pho - Noodles
Pho is the most popular food among the Vietnamese population. Pho is commonly eaten for breakfast, although many people will have it for their lunch or dinner. Anyone feeling hungry in the small hours of the morning can also enjoy a bowl of hot and spicy pho to fill their empty stomachs.
Like hot green tea which has its particular fragrance, pho also has its special taste and smell. Preparations may vary, but when the dish is served, its smell and taste is indispensable. The grated rice noodle is made of the best variety of fragrant rice called Gao Te. The broth for Pho Bo (Pho with beef) is made by stewing the bones of cows and pigs in a large pot for a long time. Pieces of fillet mignon together with several slices of ginger are reserved for Pho Bo Tai (rare fillet). Slices of well done meat are offered to those less keen on eating rare fillets.
The soup for Pho Ga (pho with chicken meat) is made by stewing chicken and pig bones together. The white chicken meat that is usually served with Pho Ga is boneless and cut into thin slices. You could consider Pho Bo and Pho Ga Vietnam's special soups. Pho also has the added advantage of being convenient to prepare and healthy to eat.
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Cha Ca (grilled minced fish)
Grilled minced fish has been served in Vietnam for more than 100 years. The Doan family of Cha Ca Street in Hanoi first invented this dish.
A wide variety of fish can be used in this dish including sturgeon and tuna. Tuna is low in fat, has an exquisite flavour, and few bones. The bones are separated from the meat and put into saffron water to be later used in a sauce. The fish is marinated in salt before being grilled.
What is interesting about this dish is that people can add their favourite condiments: coriander, mint, dill, shallots, and more.
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Com (Grilled rice)
Grilled rice is mostly served in the fall. After collecting the rice from the fields, several steps have to be performed to obtain excellent com. After removing the grains from their hulks, the rice is wrapped in lotus leaves to keep it from drying and to allow it to absorb the lotus flavor.
Grilled rice can be found everywhere in Vietnam, but the best com is found in Vong village, 5 km from Hanoi. People in this village still use traditional secret recipes. People eat grilled rice with eggs, bananas, or sapodillas.
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Banh Cuon (Rice Flour Steamed Rolls)
Eating banh cuon for breakfast is a great favorite among many Vietnamese.
Banh cuon is made of rice flour. Thoroughly selected rice is soaked overnight, then ground with a stone mortar. Food preservatives are put into the flour to make the rice sheets softer and smoother. A screen of cloth used to mold the rice sheets is fitted over the opening of a pot of boiling water. Flour is spread on the screen and covered with a lid. After a few minutes, a bamboo stick is used to strip the thin layer of flour off the screen. Then it is rolled up and sprinkled with fried onions.
A small village in a suburb of Hanoi is famous for its banh cuon. People there serve it with a dressing comprised of lean meat, shrimps, mushrooms, dried onions, fish sauce, and pepper.
All the ingredients are stir-fried and rolled into a banh cuon.
Banh cuon is delicious when it is very thin, white, and sticky. It is even tastier when dipped in a sweet, sour, and spicy sauce.
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Bun (rice vermicelli)
Vietnamese vermicelli is a luxurious as well as a popular dish. There are different varieties of vermicelli depending on their shape: bun roi or stirred vermicelli, bun mam or twisted vermicelli, bun la or vermicelli paper, and bun dem tram or shreded vermicelli.
Different ingredients can be served with vermicelli: grilled pork meat, fried rice cakes, snails, fried eggs, lean meat pie, chicken, and crab soup, to name a few.
Each region and locality, even each restaurant, has its own vermicelli dishes with their own recipes.
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Mien (vermicelli made of cassava)
Mien threads are very long and tough, made from a kind of tuber plant called cassava. When served, the long tiny flour threads are cut into smaller pieces. Like rice vermicelli, this kind of cassava vermicelli is used to make several different dishes, the most popular being Mien Ga (chicken cassava vermicelli), Mien Bo (beef cassava vermicelli), and Mien Luon (eel cassava vermicelli).
Cassava vermicelli is also used for different dishes which are stirred in oil, such as Mien Xao Thit (vermicelli and pork stirred in fat), Mien Xao Long Ga (vermicelli and chicken tripe stirred in fat), and Mien Xao Cua Be (vermicelli and sea crab meat stirred in fat).

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Re: Vietnamese Food

Vietnamese Cuisine is a mixture of Chinese , French and a little Thai influence. It is probably one of the best cuisine in Asia . The basic ingredients of Vietnamese cuisine are rice and the famous fish-sauce "nouc mam".  Exactly, there food is yummy..

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Re: Vietnamese Food

It is always good to know other countries pride not only in Cuisine but the whole culture of one's country.

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Re: Vietnamese Food

Thanks for your reply, In Vietnam, this food very special .   If you travel to Vietnam, you can enjoy to eat too much food in Vietnam .
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Re: Vietnamese Food

Banh Tom (crispy shrimp pastry)
Although Banh Tom is available almost everywhere in the country, it is best at the Nha Hang Ho Tay (Ho Tay Restaurant) on the banks of Truc Bach Lake, close to Ho Tay (West Lake) in Hanoi. While diners await the arrival of the hot fried shrimp pastry, they can enjoy the picturesque lake and landscapes offered by the vast expanse of water from West Lake and the tree-lined Thanh Nien Road.
The dish should be eaten as soon as it arrives at the table. The fried pastry is topped with red shrimps and is eaten together with dishes of spicy vegetables mixed with sweet and sour sauce.
To remind you of the local shrimping business, waiters will often tell you that the shrimps that you have ordered for your meal have just been netted in nearby West Lake. This will be a memorable meal that will ensure that you remember your stay in Hanoi.

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Faifo Dainty (Danang)
Faifo dainty is a fairly unknown Vietnamese dish named after an old street in Hoi An.
Dainty fiber is carefully made by putting rice in water containing ashes from wood found in Cu Lao Cham. Then, the rice is ground and quickly boiled to make a fibrous mixture. Dainty can be preserved only one day, which is why it is boiled and dried. Dainty fibers have a dark-yellow colour.
The filling for dainty consists of lean pork and other condiments that are stir-fried. Then, the dainty is cut into finger-long pieces that are dried and grilled. Finally, the filling is put into the dainty. For a saltier taste, one can add fish sauce. Chicken meat cut in squares combined with small shrimps can also be added to the recipe.
Although dainty is not a popular meal in Vietnam, it is still served in certain restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Silkworm Ca Mau

Baking is similar to silk fiber bread bun but a little larger than fiber bun, bread has long been long and removed a discrete individual fibers before chan sauce, also known as "tomato water" ..
Ca Mau is not only famous for weaving straw mats have been put into question the familiar song "listen projection Mau ..." but also attract visitors by the strange food, simple but stylish. Was swept in the work of Ca Mau area, perhaps the best impression on each visitor to the remote is easy to find a small restaurant on the pavement or in the porch of a house somehow, but hard when looking for a restaurant that sells the surface simplicity of the food domain. So if you want to taste the pork worm wheel Mau trade - not the usual worm wheel in other places - the simplest way is to small street shops.

Morning unprepared
Besides the customary cup of coffee is the busiest breakfast food dinners. Mau but much less consistent noodle cake shops and commercial silkworm pork with broken rice vermicelli nuoc leo. The dish was not found with other local hit but tiny commercial silkworm Banh not ranked in the list of restaurants. Maybe it has long known this is the only street food and no one thought of the breakfast dishes this commodity. Familiar dishes that are so common to hear locals asking silkworms ate pork trade has not seen the signs in front of simple written two letters simply to put bread on the sidewalk, a few plastic tables and chairs low People were sitting tight. Interestingly, the restaurant only appeared on the sidewalk in the morning open, selling to the public on the work at the end, so wanted to eat for another hour did not even know where to eat.

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Silk cake or bread Games, also known how, sophisticated baking process from dough to cook sauce until use. Baking is similar to silk fiber bread bun, but bigger than a shrink thread noodles, bread has long been long and removed a discrete individual fibers before chan sauce, also known as "tomato water." Cake is the common name for silkworm food but when the customers will be asked to eat bread or cake and silkworm silk trade pork barbecue, cake wheel silkworm silkworm curry pork or tofu key business ... rudimentary wheel has four types of silk. Want bread and delicious sauce is permeable chan then place the cake in a pulse as the U.S. steamed dumplings so interesting. Silk cake served with bean sprouts, lettuce and basil, then cut each piece chan is slightly sweet and sour sauce, chopped fresh red chilli. Look at the seller's interest to take the cake in pulses, each fiber to remove the large circular plate, to vegetables to the sauce and then chan saw exciting training abdominal training, cooking sauce with minced meat every member called pork meat trade, if Commerce members did not like pork barbecue you can get chopped to enter.

Although often seen in the street, but the level of compelling and unique silk cake pork trade as equal to the local specialties. Where is our busiest restaurants can include a worm gear shop on Le Loi, Nguyen Huu Le Phuong 2 or customary breakfast at Quang Trung Street, Ward Tan Tai Road Save 5 ... Also may include a great restaurant that sells only fish cake in spicy curry silk alley hidden but the customers bear, you can go door at any time the restaurant is served warm bread for your silkworms. The fruit just as he told her, it was delicious piece of mind for a long time, and whether to go to where the customers are still looking to take public.

The worm gear shop in Ca Mau on the sidewalk appear only on the courage, for sale to employees at work at the end, so wanted to eat for another hour did not even know where to eat.
Silk cake or bread Games, also known how, sophisticated baking process from dough to cook sauce until use.
In the model ate silkworms, silkworm most especially cake pork tofu business subscribers. To be attractive pot pork business, we have prepared several steps. Finely minced meat first marinated with spices for infiltration, fried tofu up to its own file and then cut each square pieces by hand, spreading out, covering up the pieces of tofu for meat chopped into packets again. Next to a very interesting turn around. Hot sauce for tofu pieces of meat chopped up into packets, sauce pot set on fire Riu olives, simmer always rather hot. Tasty cake each disk that is not sticky fiber flat bread together, both vegetables and meat are more hot when filled with fish sauce and mixed vegetables served with. While eating one teaspoon can use the "tomato water" sprinkling over each cake tongs.

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Re: Vietnamese Food

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        If you travel to Vietnam, you can enjoy to eat too much food in Vietnam .Good luck..>>Air conditioners replacement

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