Street food

Bun ca, or fish noodle soup, is a popular dish in An Giang, 250 km west of Saigon, but it is actually a Cambodian creation. Locals in the Mekong Delta tweaked the dish to appeal to their taste by adding hot vit lon, duck eggs with embryos inside, to the soup. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s unique street food delicacy: duck embryo, fish noodle soup

Typical dishes voted by locals and culinary and culture experts include cơm gà Hải Nam (Hainanese chicken rice), hủ tiếu sa tế (satay noodle soup), hủ tiếu xào (stir-fried noodles), gà hấp muối (salted steamed chicken), vịt quay Bắc Kinh (Beijing roasted duck), mì vịt tiềm (stewed duck noodle soup), sủi cảo (dumplings), Phật nhảy tường (shark fin soup), and chè mè đen (black sesame sweet soup). … [Read more...] about HCM City to host Cho Lon food fair

Cho Lon, the largest Chinatown in Vietnam and spread over Districts 5, 6, 10, and 11, has earned a reputation as the home of a 300-year-old food culture that combines staples and specialties from Chinese provinces like Guangdong, Hainan and Chaozhou with Vietnamese influences. … [Read more...] about Food fest to promote Saigon’s Chinese culture

Health inspectors made a tour of inspection to Xom Chieu Market in District 4 and frozen storage warehouses in District 7 and 8 from January 8. Health inspectors made quick tests on borax in sausage and chemicals in rice vermicelli. All were negative. … [Read more...] about Fine on food safety violation averages US$603.8 in HCMC

A huge stainless-steel pot stands tilted on one of the shoulder pole baskets. Beside it is a tray full of pork tripe. As soon as she receives an order, Ut places some tripe into a bowl; then, before ladling the congee, she slightly stirs the pot to blend the broth and the rice together. … [Read more...] about Dishing it out for 80 years: Congee on a shoulder pole