Tag: food
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- Vietnam Foodie Itinerary: 12 Days
Twelve days organised around food. Bun cha in Hanoi, court cuisine in Huế, cao lau in Hội An, com tam in Saigon, homestay meals in the Mekong.
itineraries · Updated 2026-06-30 - Best places in Vietnam for food — the city-by-city map
Where to eat what. Phở in Hanoi, cao lầu in Hội An, bún bò in Huế, bánh mì in HCMC — the dish-by-city map plus the under-rated regional food cities.
best · Updated 2026-05-21 - Ordering food in Vietnamese: a phrasebook
The phrases that get you a plate of food, the right one, and the bill — at street stalls, casual restaurants, and bia hơi. Plus the dish-name pronunciations that matter.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Alcohol in Vietnam — bia hơi, rượu, beer, and the etiquette
Bia hơi street culture, the major Vietnamese beers (Saigon, Hanoi, 333, Tiger), rượu cần ethnic rice spirits, plus the toasting and refusing etiquette.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese breakfast — region by region
Phở in the north, bánh mì in the south, bún bò Huế in the central, plus the lesser-known regional breakfasts (xôi xéo, bún riêu, hủ tiếu, mì Quảng).
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Cooking classes in Vietnam — tourist guide
Hoi An (the classics), Hanoi (Old Quarter food tours), HCMC fine-dining classes — the cooking class landscape compared.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Dietary restriction guides by Vietnamese city
Vegan in Hoi An, gluten-free in HCMC, halal in Hanoi — the city-by-city dietary restriction map.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese festive foods — Tết, Mid-Autumn, full-moon
Bánh chưng and bánh tét at Tết, bánh trung thu at Mid-Autumn, vegetarian feasts at Vu Lan. The festival foods every Vietnamese family makes and serves.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Regional specialty plates by Vietnamese province
Beyond the national dishes — what each Vietnamese province is actually known for at the dinner table.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - How spicy is Vietnamese food, region by region
Northern food is mild. Central food (Huế especially) is genuinely hot. Southern food sits in the middle but uses chillies as condiment. The honest regional spice map.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese seafood — what to order, what to skip, by city
Phú Quốc, Côn Đảo, Đà Nẵng, Nha Trang, Vũng Tàu — the cities where seafood is at its best, what to order, and where the tourist-trap pricing happens.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Street-food hygiene rules — how to choose where to eat
Vietnamese street food is mostly safer than its reputation. The rules for picking a stall: turnover, ice, plates, hands, fresh ingredients on display.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese tea — beyond trà đá
Lotus tea in Hanoi, highland Arabica-style green teas, Hà Giang shan tuyết, plus the everyday trà đá. Where the country's real tea culture lives.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vegetarian and vegan dining in Vietnam — beyond ăn chay
Vietnamese Buddhist vegetarian (ăn chay) is genuinely strong, but it differs from Western vegan. Plus the foreign-style vegan restaurants now in HCMC, Hanoi, Hội An.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese desserts and bánh — the sweet side of Vietnamese food
Chè, bánh flan, sweet sticky-rice variants, mung-bean cakes, and the lunar-new-year sweets. The Vietnamese dessert map travellers usually miss.
food · Updated 2026-05-21 - Restaurant Overcharging and Menu Tricks
Most Vietnamese restaurants are scrupulously fair. A small number in tourist zones pad the bill in predictable ways — here's how to read a menu, a receipt, and a 'market price'.
scams · Updated 2026-05-21