Have you tried all of the Vietnam food? This will be your chance. The following content will give you the most specific details about over 30 famous street food in Vietnam.
To make it easy to keep track, the food is divided into 3 main regions in Vietnam. Every dish has its own way to make and enjoy. So take your time and bonappetite! Here are the best Vietnam food – part 4.

1. Shredded chicken porridge (Cháo gà xé phay)

How do you often make porridge? Have you ever heard of shredded chicken porridge? If this is the first time you hear it, the dish is total brand new to you. But if you already try it, there must be something special about it that you still remember.
Shredded chicken porridge is a nutritional food and have various advantages to your health. In fact, there are two dishes inside of it, which are chicken porridge and shredded chicken. Both of them in combined make a perfect dish. The particular thing is the flavors of chicken and porridge are all promoted. Having the dish on weekends is the most appropriate.
You can put on your apron and get to work if you want because making it is not difficult at all. What you need is a chicken, rice, green beans, small spring onions, bean sprouts, seasoning powder, fish sauce, and ground pepper. Of course, the dish is shredded chicken so the initial thing to do is to shred chicken meat. Breast and thighs are the parts that you need to get the meat from.
Then, mix lemonade, garlic, sugar, salt, and fish sauce with the meat. It will deepen your porridge and make it the best dish in the world. Shredded chicken porridge is the best while it is still hot.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 45 Ly Quoc Su Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi – 20,000 VND/dish (about 88 cents)
– 327 Truong Dinh Street, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi – 35,000 VND/dish (about $1.5)

2. Pork chop with Egg noodle soup (Mì sườn heo)

The food is original from the Central Vietnam; therefore, it carries a unique cuisine that only people in the Central have. Making it does not take time and very simple. It can be a delicious breakfast for your family if you know how to cook. Everybody, even children and old people, will find the dish very easy to eat.
The most important ingredient of the food is pork, which needs to be fresh and soft. You are going to use it to make the broth for the dish. After cutting the pork to pieces and fry it, you can put it into water and start boiling until it gets soft. Kudzu powder and brown sauce are the next ingredients. The soup will look more attractive and has great consistence.
One secret that make the dish tasty is that the broth should not overflow the noodle. Just a little is enough. Try having the dish while it is still hot. You will be able to feel the salty taste from the broth, greasy flavor of the pork, and a bit sweetness from noodle.
Preparing some raw vegetables, chili pepper, lemon, fish sauce, and rice pancake to combine with the dish. You can break the pancake into pieces and put into your noodle or put them on another plate. The flavor will be more complete.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 48 Hang Tre, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi – 50,000 VND/dish (about $2.2)

3. Vietnamese beef hotpot (Lẩu bò)

A very common dish that you can find almost everywhere in Vietnam is beef hotpot. It also represents Asian cuisine in general and Vietnamese cuisine in particular. The dish must have a special attractiveness to connoisseurs from all over the world.
It does not require you to do anything but choosing the foods. In other way, you only need to go to a market and pick up what you would like to eat. That is how hotpot plain and easy to cook. Vietnamese beef hotpot in street restaurants is more exclusive because the cook there knows how to choose high-quality beef.
The beef is considered delicious when it does not get tough after being cooked through in the pot. It will even better if the more time it is dipped, the softer and sweeter it gets. The broth is also a secret to have a good hotpot. Before beef is put into the pot, corn and mushrooms are placed first. Thus, the broth will be more mature and the beef will be tastier.
Vegetables are also inevitable in a hotpot. Water morning glory, mustard greens, cabbage, and broccoli are very familiar vegetables to hotpot lovers. After a long week of working, having a beef hotpot with friends and family is the best feeling in the world. Combining with some beer, hotpot becomes a favorite dish for various people.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– Number 105 C8, Lane 12, Nui Truc Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi – 100,000 VND/pot (about $4.4)
– 83 Tue Tinh Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi – 130,000 VND/pot (about $5.7)
– 2nd floor, CT2A building, 234 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Hanoi – 130,000 VND/pot (about $5.7)
– 41 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi – 133,000 VND/pot (about $5.9)

4. Vietnamese ray fish (Cá đuối nướng)

Da Nang City has one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Besides sun bathing and swimming under fresh sea water, you can enjoy many types of special seafood as well. Taking a walk along the seashore, you will notice a very common dish, which is roasted ray fish.
According to the local, ray fish is extremely appetizing when cooked in the right way. Ray fish needs to be unprocessed before being made. Discarding its intestines and cleaning the ray fish are two essential preliminary processing steps. After that, the ray fish has to be marinated in seasoning powder, salt, sugar, ginger, onion, garlic, and cooking oil in about 30 minutes.
When roasting the fish, you can use a charcoal stove and a grill. Keep the ray fish on the grill and roast it until it starts smelling good. Having the dish scrolled in girdle cake with raw vegetables and fish sauce will make you never forget. Ray fish is tough, crunchy, and full of sea flavor, which is perfect to eat after sea bathing.
If you have a chance to visit Da Nang City, don’t skip the opportunity to try Vietnamese ray fish. It is one of the most Vietnamese street food ever.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– Block 14, Hoang Sa Street, Son Tra District, Da Nang City – 120,000 VND/dish (about $5.3)
– Number 1 Le Van Duyet Street, Son Tra District, Da Nang City – 120,000 VND/dish (about $5.3)
– 2/9 Square, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City – 150,000 VND/dish (about $6.6)
– Bock 5-6-7, Tran Hung Dao Street, Son Tra District, Da Nang City – 120,000 VND/dish (about $5.3)

5. Vietnamese goby fish (Cá kèo nướng)

The dish can only be the most delicious when it is made by people in Southern Vietnam. There are various restaurants serving it all over the country but they only pique the familiar food for those who live far from their homeland.
It has two main ingredients, which as goby fish and vegetables. Goby fish is a unique type of fish in Southern Vietnam. It does not have many bones and tastes very sweet; therefore, the fish is a perfect element for making hotpot. When making broth from goby fish, you will see greasy golden oily film on the water surface. It will extremely stimulate your taste.
The most crucial part to make the dish is vegetables. Citizens from Southern Vietnam may know that very well. The dish can have all kinds of flavor, including sweet, sour, and spicy, thanks to the vegetables that only appears in the south. River-leaf creeper is the first example, which is inseparable with goby fish. Despite its sour taste, the leaf becomes very sweet when dipping in the broth with the fish.
Water morning glory, bean sprouts, and bitter herbs also play important part in making the dish more special. You can have goby fish hotpot with noodles and enjoy the dish while it is still hot. It would be even better if you buy some tamarind sauce, which often appears in daily meals of people in the south.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 87 Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City – 205,000 VND/pot (about $9.3)
– 37 Le Duc Tho Street, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City – 89,000 VND/pot (about $3.9)
– 30 Lu Gia Street, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City – 125,000 VND/pot (about $5.5)
– 14-16 Pham Ngu Lao Street, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City – 115,000 VND/pot (about $5.6)

6. Four Vietnamese street food from sweet snails (Ốc)

Snails are also one of the most favorite Vietnamese street food of Vietnamese citizens. You can find restaurants serving them everywhere you go and each place has a different cuisine. Today, we would like to introduce to you the four most delicious ones that you will fall in love at first bite.

– Grilled snails (Ốc nướng)

You should make the dish in weekends, when you have much free time. The colder the weather it, the tastier the dish will be. The toughness of snails and a little spiciness of the sauce are what make the food very appealing to many to people.
To have the best dish, you need to choose medium-sized edible snails and clean them carefully. Then, they need to be marinated with seasoning powder and green pepper within about 15 minutes. Grilling them until they are cooked through is the final steps. Remember not to leave them too long because they will become rigid.
The dish is the best when it is still hot.

– Fried snails with tamarind sauce (Ốc xào me)

Having a little sour and spicy flavor, fried snails with tamarind sauce has become an attractive Vietnamese street food to many people. Especially, on cold days in Hanoi, most people will choose the dish for a late night snack. Making the dish is a little more complicated than the others but you will be happy to receive the final result.
Cleaning the snails is still the first step. Then, you need to put chopped garlic and citronella into the pan and fry them. After they start smelling good, add water, tamarind sauce, and some spices if you like. To make the sauce denser, a little tapioca starch will be necessary. Finally, pour snails into the pan and fry them until they are cooked through.
It does not take much time to make the dish, right? It will definitely make your family surprised.

– Steamed snails with ginger (Ốc hấp lá gừng)

Another way that can keep the pure flavor of snails is steaming. The dish seems complex and requires many steps but you will be amazed by how to make it. You only need to be a little patient and hard-working to have a delicious dish.
After buying snails, you should dip them into water and leave them there in 3-4 hours. They will be fresh and cleaned. Then, boil them with ginger and some salt to make fishy smell disappear in about 5 minutes. If you boil them too long, their flavor will not be the same.
The final stage is to put some ginger into the bottom of the steamer. Then, put all the snails on the drip tray with several pieces of sliced ginger. Turn on the stove and simmer until the snails are cooked through. You will see how ginger bite your tongue when you eat ginger. But when you swallow, the sweetness from the snails will stun you.

– Roasted snails with chili salt (Ốc nướng muối ớt)

The most appropriate type of snails to make this dish is medium-sized edible snails. They often have strong growth in rainy season and August is the best time to have them. Grilled snails and roasted snails have totally different tastes. You will be love roasted snails if you know how to make it.
It is very easy. The most important part is the spices. You are going to need salt, sugar, seasoning powder, and chili salt. Mix all of them together and grind them carefully. Add cooking oil to the mixture and stir well. Use a spoon to spread the mixture to the snails and leave them there for about 30 minutes.
The last step is to lay the snails on a broiler and roast them until they are cooked. The dish will be perfect if you have some fish sauce to come with it.
• Some famous restaurants serving the snails:
– Number 36, Lane 65, Pham Ngoc Thach Street, Hanoi – 30,000 VND/dish (about $1.3)
– 67 Chuong Duong Do Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi – 45,000 VND/dish (about $1.9)
– 130 Nguyen Khang Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi – 40,000 VND/dish (about $1.7)
– 23 Hang Khoai Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi – 50,000 VND/dish (about $2.2)

7. Vietnamese goat hotpot (Lẩu dê)

Vietnamese goat hotpot is a Vietnamese street food that has appeared for decades. It is always known as a highly nutritional, improving your liver functions and overall health. The dish is the best when you avoid adding additives. Although they will make the goat smell good, the dish will not bring high values anymore.
Making a delicious goat hotpot is not easy at all. Due to a unique food, you cannot put anything you like. Goat hotpot requires relatively a lot of spices. Some of them are so exclusive that you need to go to specialized stores to buy. Besides, goat meat has a pretty bad odor. If you don’t know how to process, it will be a little hard to eat.
Going to street restaurants is the quickest and most convenient way. The broth of the hotpot is often greasy and sweet. You can add some chili peppers if you want it spicy. Goat meat after being cooked is soft and easy to chew.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 9 Pham Van Dong Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi – 350,000 VND/pot (about $15.41)
– 38 Trung Yen 3, Cau Giay District, Hanoi – 350,000 VND/pot (about $15.41)
– 58 Yen Lang Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi – 400,000 VND/pot (about $17.6)
– Number 74, Lane 360, Xa Dan Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi – 350,000 VND/pot (about $15.41)

8. Grilled squids with chili powder (Mực nướng ớt bột)

Most seafood, such as fishes, shrimps, and particularly squids have quite high prices in Vietnam. Therefore, they often appears in luxurious restaurants instead of street restaurants. Nevertheless, some restaurants still manage to sell them with reasonable price and their customers still have a chance to experience them.
The dish is good because of not only the crunchy flavor from fresh squids but also spicy and sweet taste from spices. You can make it at home if you like. Using a little white wine to clean the squids is one of the initial steps. Similar to roasted snails with chili salt, you will need a spoon to spread a mixture of chili, chili powder, cooking oil, seasoning powder, salt, and pepper all over the squids.
Then, grill them until their surface turn golden. You will notice that when the odor starts evaporating into the air.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 109 Nguyen Phong Sac Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi – 180,000 VND/dish (about $7.9)
– 34 Hang Bo Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi – 180,000 VND/dish (about $7.9)
– 5th floor, 1-7 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hoan Kiem Disitrct, Hanoi – 100,000 VND/dish (about $4.4)
– 56 Yen Lang, Dong Da District, Hanoi – 150,000 VND/pot (about $6.6)

9. Vietnamese sea urchins (Nhím biển)

You may have had sea urchins before but they must have been processed differently from Vietnamese cooking methods. Sea urchins look like rambutan but bigger and have black color when they are small. When they mature, they will have round shape, a little flat, and can be as big as an orange.
Breeding season of sea urchins begins in February to June. They usually live on rocks and rock-mountains on the seashore. So to catch them, the fishers have to use a hook to pull them off the rocks and put them into their basket.
Cooking sea urchins is truly a hard work because you have to solve their thorns. If you are not careful, they will hurt you. However, after all the thorns are cut off, their meat is sweet and absolutely delicious. They are made into distinguished dishes, such as roasted with onion, sea urchin porridge, or steamed sea urchins.
But, according to the local, eating sea urchin meat alive has the best benefits for human health, especially for those men who want to enhance their sexual life.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 34 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province – 100,000 VND/dish (about $4.4)

10. Vietnamese mixed rice paper (Bánh tráng trộn)

Another Vietnamese street food original from Saigon that you will definitely love is mixed rice paper. It is loved by almost everyone in Saigon due to the combination of toughness from rice paper and sour and sweet taste from its sauce.
Mixed rice paper is also one of the dishes that have the most number of ingredients. Sour mango, rice paper, tiny shrimps, peanuts, dried beef, and quail eggs are some of them. All ingredients need to be sliced before being mixed.
Also, the spices need to be added with equal amount. Otherwise, it will become too sour or too sweet. After a long day of working or studying, having a mixed rice paper and chatting with friends are the most fascinating things to do. Perhaps, that is why the dish is favored by countless students in Saigon. It is very to see them gather around some street stores selling the dish after school.
• Some famous restaurants serving the dish:
– 51 Thanh Thai Street, Ho Chi Minh City – 15,000 VND (about 66 cents)
– 34 Nguyen Thuong Hien, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City – 15,000 VND (about 66 cents)
– 100 Bui Huu Nghia Street, Ward 7, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City – 15,000 VND (about 66 cents)
In conclusion, every Vietnamese street food has its own attractiveness and distinct flavor. The one thing in common is that they are delicious and recommended to try by many tourists in the world. We hope that you will seize the opportunity to have those dishes someday soon.