What to eat in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

1. Hotpot fish sauce, noodle fish sauce ( Lau mam, bun mam)

The best hotpot fish sauce is in Western (Can Tho, Vinh Long, Long An), but if you do not have time, you can enjoy hotpot fish sauce in Ho Chi Minh City. The most important of this dish is the broth, which must be processed from the delicious sauce.

Some famous addresses:

• Nam Bo hotpot fish sauce 94AB Cao Thang, Ward 4, District 3, price: 160.000 – 240.000VND;
• An la khen hotpot fish sauce: 11 Ho Bieu Chanh, Ward 12, Phu Nhuan District, price: 210.000 – 300.000VND.

Like the hot pot fish sauce, the broth is the most important ingredient of the noodle dish. Noodle sauce is not too sweet, too salty or spicy but also not bland, especially cannot lack the taste of the sauce. Fish sauce noodles must eat with pork rotten, shrimp, squid, vegetables, bitter banana, etc.

Some famous addresses:

• Huynh Lam (Bac Lieu), 37A Go Dau, Tan Phu District: 28.000VND/ bow\
• 444 -369 Le Quang Dinh, Ward 5, Binh Thanh District, open from 9 am to 9 pm daily, excluding the full moon and the first day, price 35.000VND/ bowl
• 528 Phan Van Tri, District. Go Vap, price 30.000VND/ bowl.

2. Hue beef noodle (Bun Bo Hue)

Hue beef noodle soup is one of the specialties of Hue, has long become very popular in Saigon. In the broth of this dish, Hue people tend to add a little sauce, contributing to the taste very own.

You can easily enjoy this popular dish in many streets in Saigon, cost from 20.000 VND/ bowl. Some famous addresses:

• Bun Bo Thanh Noi Hue, 47A Tran Cao Van, District 3
• Bun Bo Hue Dong Ba, 110A Nguyen Du, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1

3. Mi hu tieu – Hoanh Thanh

These dishes, though not originally from Saigon, are now a feature of Saigon. For the people of Saigon, this dish is very easy to eat and quite popular. However, with Northerners, this dish has a mildly sweet taste that can be enjoyed for the first time. The vermicelli restaurant is available on any street, any street of Saigon with the price from 20.000d / bowl.

Some famous places:

• On Me Thi Buoi street (District 1), on Ton That Dam street (District 1), on Hai Thuong Lan Ong street (District 5) 46/102 Vo Van Tan, District 3
• Vit tiem on Pham Van Hai street, Tan Binh district
• Chu Tac: 22 Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, District 3.

4. Banh xeo Nam Bo

Banh xeo with yellow crust on the outside, inside with shrimp, meat, bean sprouts, molded into a circle or folded into a semicircle. Southern with eggs, when eating the sweet and sour sauce and a lot of vegetables and leaves in the garden. At some restaurants, they add mushrooms to make puff pastry and delicious.

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Some well-known addresses:

• 46A Dinh Cong Trang, District 1;
• Muoi Xiem: 190 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ward 6, District 3;
• An la nghien: 74 Suong Nguyet Anh Street, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1.

5. Goi Cuon

Raw materials for a goi cuon quality is to be full: vegetables, vermicelli, shrimps, mackerel and of course there is no need to wrap plastic wrapped outside. However, the main thing to be able to feel a good salad roll is its ingredients. Southerner often use the dish with the black sauce because it has a sweet taste, plus peanuts and sour. Goi cuon is so popular, but it is voted one of the 50 best foods in the world by CNN. The dish is sold widely in all street vendors, markets, and supermarkets for only 3.000 VND per plate.

Some addresses for you: Le Van Tam pavement (Hai Ba Trung Street), Big C supermarket, Coopmart supermarket …

6. Snail dishes

Sail dishes in Saigon is a common word because there is much other seafood. Going to eating the snail is also to enjoy a world of mollusks and crustaceans such as clams, oysters, snails, mussels, crab, shrimp, squid, shrimp, etc. There are enough ways to process in Saigon such as Cooked, steamed, fried, fried, roasted and baked with all kinds of spices such as garlic, onions, pepper, chives, lemongrass, ginger, basil, cheese, butter.

Some famous restaurant:

• Oc Dao 2 – 132 Nguyen Thai Hoc, District 1;
• Oc Quang Anh, 189 To Hien Thanh, Ward 13, District 10;