Top 10 Street Foods in Vietnam

Top 10 Street Foods in Vietnam: Xoi (steamed sticky rice), Banh beo (water fern cake), Banh bao (Steamed bun), Banh can (Can cake), Banh trang tron (Rice paper salad),…

Street dishes are dishes and drinks that are ready-made or processed, cooked on the spot, can be eaten immediately, and sold on the street and in public places. In Vietnam, street dishes are loved by locals and are a unique cultural feature of Vietnamese people. Here are 13 of the most famous Vietnamese street dishes in Vietnam, which you should try.

1. Xoi (Steamed sticky rice)

Xoi (steamed sticky rice) has two types, sweet and salty. For sweet steamed sticky rice, the cook uses some vegetables such as gac (Momordica cochinchinensis) and pandan leaves to color the dish. For salty steamed sticky rice has quail eggs, pork, chicken, chicken giblets, and pork paste.

Read more about 5 Best Steamed Sticky Rice in Saigon

Xoi

2. Banh beo (Water fern cake)

Banh beo (literally water fern cake) is a small and flat steamed rice cake topped with dried shrimp and pork crackling and served with dipping sweetened fish sauce. This type of cake originated from the imperial city of Hue. Now it is present all over Vietnam in many different forms.

Banh beo

3. Banh bao (Steamed bun)

Banh bao (Steamed bun) are cakes having an outer shell of flour, filled with minced pork, onions, and mushrooms, cooked in a steamer. Dumplings filled with quail eggs or chicken are a bit more expensive. Before eating, remember to remove the thin piece of paper at the bottom of the cake.

Banh bao

4. Banh can (Can cake)

Banh căn is one of the specialties of the Central region. Bánh căn is made from rice flour and cooked in a small claypan (no cooking oil is used). The topping of the cake includes pork, shrimp, and quail eggs. The dipping sauce of bánh căn is sweet and sour fish sauce and shredded mango.

Read more about Can cake in Phan Thiet

Banh can

5. Banh trang tron (Rice paper salad)

Banh Trang tron (mixed rice paper, rice paper salad) originates from Tay Ninh Province. It has become a street food available all over the country. Rice paper is cut into small pieces and then mixed with shrimp salt, shrimp paste, quail eggs, shredded young mango, dried shrimp, roasted peanuts, and dried beef. Rice paper is served with soy sauce, shacha sauce, and yummy.

Banh trang tron

6. Bap xao (Stir-fried corn)

Bap xao (Stir-fried corn) is usually served from a cart attached to a motorbike. The seller fried the previously boiled corn kernels with butter, green onions, and dried shrimp. Crispy corn is put on small plates before giving to diners.

Bap xao

7. Bo bia (Pia roll)

Bo bia (a kind of spring roll, Pia roll) is prepared with shredded fresh coconut meat, sugar, and sesame. The other type of bo bia is prepared with sausage, eggs, carrot, jicama, and dried shrimp. The accompanying dip is Hoisin sauce.

Bo bia

8. Bot Chien (Fried rice flour cake)

Bot chien (Fried rice flour cake) consists of rice flour cubes fried in a large pan. As the rice flour cubes turn crispy, they are poured onto an egg (white and yolk) and the scallion is cut and sprinkled onto them. The dish is then served with shredded young papaya, chili sauce, and soy sauce.

Bot chien

9. Nuoc mia (Sugarcane juice)

Nuoc mia (Sugarcane juice) is a beverage made from sugarcane by the method of squeezing sugarcane to get water. This drink is popular in Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Sugarcane juice is a popular drink because of its cooling effect and low price. When squeezing sugarcane to get water, people add kumquats, oranges, lemons, or pineapples to enhance the flavor of sugarcane juice. Many people prefer to drink sugarcane juice in the hot season.

Nuoc mia

10. Hue che (Hue sweet gruels)

In Hue, there are dozens of types of Che, luxury tea, and popular che. Each type of che has its own special taste. Hue people are skillful with their hands, eating sophisticatedly, so they can process many kinds of tea that are both strange, delicious, and nutritious.

There are delicate and sophisticated che such as lotus seed che, longan lotus seed che, dew seed che with pomegranate seeds… Some popular teas such as corn che, purple potato che, green bean che, filtered powdered che, mixed che…

Che hue