Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

samantha — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:37:41 GMT

yeah i so agree with Stuart DeRossa .

chinese food is bland and boring!!! theres no taste

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Samantha — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:35:58 GMT

Thai food is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Anthony rizzi — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:46:30 GMT

Vietnam has some of the best dishes that are usually unknown to foreign travelers because 95% of them stick to district 1 restaurants which pump out barely acceptable versions of food street venders do way better!! Get out of downtown, yo!

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

ssssss — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:57:18 GMT

yummy in tummy

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

David D — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:56:01 GMT

Timmy, mate if love Chinese food that much, you should learn to cook them and save some money and be sure when you go to the market or grocery store, make sure sure you buy things from China, in particular the vegetables and the poultry coming out of China. Also if you have any infant be sure to buy the formulas which are made from China mate, I here they good and healthy.

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Simon — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:29:00 GMT

I love all good food but to me Vietnamese food seems healthier and fresher than my old favourite (Chinese). The food in HCMC always seems fresh on the day and full of flavour. And somehow I am not getting any larger living on it, despite the Ba Ba Ba. Try that with Chinese or Italian food :)

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Cindy Smith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:09:42 GMT

Chinese are making fake eggs now, not to mention dogs n cats food, baby milk, baby soups, tooth paste and a lot more. I do agree chinese foods are pretty good, but very greasy. Vietnamese foods are much more healthy.

Asian Singles

Asian Singles — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:18:51 GMT

1. Only the ad for China actually features someone speaking in Chinese. All of the other markets feature dubbed translated content. This clearly underscores how important China is to Intel. But does that mean that Germany, for example, is that much less

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Tim Russell — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:31:11 GMT

Yes Stuart I am serious about Chinese food - outside China it may be predictable and overrated, but in China itself it's fantastic! I did some travelling in China in 2007 and LOVED the food, particularly in Beijing. Even the basic lunchtime canteen-style restaurants are head & shoulders above their VNese equivalents. The difference is that the Chinese enjoy eating, the Vietnamese just enjoy the social occasion and aren't so concerned about the food. Go to a Vietnamese wedding and you'll see what I mean!

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Stuart DeRossa — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:48:45 GMT

I have to totally disagree with the first comment; I have been running tours into Indochina with a particular emphasis on Vietnam for around 7 years, and the majority of our customers come out of the tour with admiration for Vietnamese cuisine & dining, with many noting Vietnamese food as the highlight of the their trip.

Yes there are some dodgy restaurants in Vietnam but, I see the same thru out Asia.

I love Thai cuisine but are you serious about Chinese, it would have to be the most over rated foods of the world, dull, bland and boring.

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

AsiaTravels — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:00:15 GMT

I have to agree with the author Vietnamese food is number 1 in my books, I too em world traveled, spending most weeks outside of my home country (the US).

Every time I have a business trip to Vietnam the food & people are always the what makes it special.

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

David Hoffman — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:14:05 GMT

I am looking forward to trying the rest of the foods available. Banh Xeo is excellent.

re: Vietnamese Food Guide - The Food to try on a Trip to Vietnam

Tim Russell — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:52:34 GMT

"Vietnamese food is a one of the most delicious styles of food in Asia if not the world". Can't agree there. There are many good things about Vietnam but the food most definitely isn't one of them. Poor quality ingredients lazily thrown together for people who refuel rather than dine. To compare it to Thai or Chinese cuisine is an insult to those countries.

The fresh seafood is good, but then fresh seafood is good anywhere. Of the dishes you list above, the only one I'd go out of my way for is banh xeo. All the others are virtually identical, as your pictures show.

The good thing about Vietnam - in HCMC & Hanoi at least - is the huge range of international restaurants. Both cities have excellent Thai, French, Indian, Italian, Singaporean restaurants and new places open every week.

Sorry to be so negative but, being pretty widely travelled and being the kind of person whose first thought on arriving in a new place is to try the food, I have to say Vietnam is very disappointing for food lovers. Give me Thailand, China or Singapore any day!