Vietnamese Food: on and off the streets of in Ho Chi Minh
For Bánh Xèo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes):
Quán Bánh Xèo 46A
46A Đinh Công Tráng
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
+84 8 3824 1110
For Rang Con Lợn (Roasted Suckling Pig):
Nhà Hàng Hai Lúa
(Góc Tản Đà - Nguyễn Trãi)
648 Nguyễn Trãi
Quận 5
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
+84 8 3853 5524
For Vietnamese Pork Rolls:
Bánh Mì Nhu' Lan
50 Hàm Nghi, Phường Bến Nghé,
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
(and those game enough to try it off a cart):
(Góc Lý Tự Trọng - Thủ Khoa Huân)
Corner of Lý Tự Trọng - Thủ Khoa Huân
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
For Phổ:
Phổ 24 (Chain)
Multiple Locations
http://pho24.com.vn
As I sit here at Ho Chi Minh City's Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport waiting to check-in after Jetstar Asia made a last minute cancellation on our flight, I am feeling grateful that after our eat-fest in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) this was the second-most inconvenient thing we have had to deal with since our arrival; with the tropical typhoon on our arrival a few days back being the highest on that list. It was with this that we realised how much we had stepped out of our comfort zone in trying some of the street stall foods around the city and rewarded by some of the best food we have had in Asia.
I had arrived into HCMC from Sydney where I was reminded of how much Asia has influenced the tastebuds of us Aussies, and after salivating for a Vietnamese Pork Roll back in Sydney I challenged myself to find the best pork roll as part of my travels in HCMC. So on the day of our arrival, running through the howling wind and rain, braving upturned umbrellas and donning wet ponchos, we bought some bánh mì (Pork Roll) from a windswept roadside cart manned by a pregnant woman, toasting the rolls over the burning wood stove, casually spreading our rolls with pate and butter, layering it with meats and pickled carrots and onion, splashing on a bit of fish sauce, and a slight scattering of chilli. Having braved the elements to get there, it was such a relief tucking into this warm crispy roll with all it's sweet savoury aniseedy spiciness.
Another Vietnamese specialty we were also glad to find was an outdoor open restaurant that specialised in Vietnamese sizzling crepes (bánh xèo): using rice flour to make the crepe crispy and filled with bean sprouts, fatty pork meat, and prawns, leaving you to tear off chunks of this amazing crunchy crepe to wrap with lettuce and herbs of your choice before dunking it into nước chấm (a sauce made of fish sauce, chillis, lime juice and palm sugar) and then into your salivating mouth.
Suckling pig (Rang con lợn) is another specialty that we were able to savour during our trip, with thin crispy strips of the milk-fed piglet and an array of dipping sauces from sweet chilli sauce, to salt pepper and lime juice and soya and chilli. But be warned, the whole piglet is served to you including the importance of serving the head and the tail.
For those looking for food outside of the street stalls, there is also a wonderful chain called Pho 24 which does a great Cơm Tấm Sườn Bì Chả Ốp La (Broken Rice, Shredded Pork, Pork Chop, Pork Terrine, Egg), and of course the famous Vietnamese Phở.
So with another hour to go before our flight, and tucking into a couple of pork rolls packed for the journey, we are in awe of the amazing jewels that can be found in Vietnam and leave with our bellies full to the brim!
Quán Bánh Xèo 46A
46A Đinh Công Tráng
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
+84 8 3824 1110
For Rang Con Lợn (Roasted Suckling Pig):
Nhà Hàng Hai Lúa
(Góc Tản Đà - Nguyễn Trãi)
648 Nguyễn Trãi
Quận 5
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
+84 8 3853 5524
For Vietnamese Pork Rolls:
Bánh Mì Nhu' Lan
50 Hàm Nghi, Phường Bến Nghé,
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
(and those game enough to try it off a cart):
(Góc Lý Tự Trọng - Thủ Khoa Huân)
Corner of Lý Tự Trọng - Thủ Khoa Huân
Quận 1
Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam
For Phổ:
Phổ 24 (Chain)
Multiple Locations
http://pho24.com.vn
As I sit here at Ho Chi Minh City's Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport waiting to check-in after Jetstar Asia made a last minute cancellation on our flight, I am feeling grateful that after our eat-fest in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) this was the second-most inconvenient thing we have had to deal with since our arrival; with the tropical typhoon on our arrival a few days back being the highest on that list. It was with this that we realised how much we had stepped out of our comfort zone in trying some of the street stall foods around the city and rewarded by some of the best food we have had in Asia.
I had arrived into HCMC from Sydney where I was reminded of how much Asia has influenced the tastebuds of us Aussies, and after salivating for a Vietnamese Pork Roll back in Sydney I challenged myself to find the best pork roll as part of my travels in HCMC. So on the day of our arrival, running through the howling wind and rain, braving upturned umbrellas and donning wet ponchos, we bought some bánh mì (Pork Roll) from a windswept roadside cart manned by a pregnant woman, toasting the rolls over the burning wood stove, casually spreading our rolls with pate and butter, layering it with meats and pickled carrots and onion, splashing on a bit of fish sauce, and a slight scattering of chilli. Having braved the elements to get there, it was such a relief tucking into this warm crispy roll with all it's sweet savoury aniseedy spiciness.
Another Vietnamese specialty we were also glad to find was an outdoor open restaurant that specialised in Vietnamese sizzling crepes (bánh xèo): using rice flour to make the crepe crispy and filled with bean sprouts, fatty pork meat, and prawns, leaving you to tear off chunks of this amazing crunchy crepe to wrap with lettuce and herbs of your choice before dunking it into nước chấm (a sauce made of fish sauce, chillis, lime juice and palm sugar) and then into your salivating mouth.
Suckling pig (Rang con lợn) is another specialty that we were able to savour during our trip, with thin crispy strips of the milk-fed piglet and an array of dipping sauces from sweet chilli sauce, to salt pepper and lime juice and soya and chilli. But be warned, the whole piglet is served to you including the importance of serving the head and the tail.
For those looking for food outside of the street stalls, there is also a wonderful chain called Pho 24 which does a great Cơm Tấm Sườn Bì Chả Ốp La (Broken Rice, Shredded Pork, Pork Chop, Pork Terrine, Egg), and of course the famous Vietnamese Phở.
So with another hour to go before our flight, and tucking into a couple of pork rolls packed for the journey, we are in awe of the amazing jewels that can be found in Vietnam and leave with our bellies full to the brim!
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| Cơm Tấm Sườn Bì Chả Ốp La (Broken Rice, Shredded Pork, Pork Chop, Pork Terrine, Egg) |
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| Phở gà (Pho with Chicken) |
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| Bánh xèo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crêpes) |
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| Rang con lợn (Roasted Suckling Pig) |
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| Bánh mì thịt (Pork Roll with Salad) |
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