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Vietnam food finder

Match Vietnamese dishes to your city, diet, spice tolerance, adventure level, and meal time. Pure static — no API. Each result includes the Vietnamese name, romanisation, an order phrase, and a price range.

Matching dishes

Phở

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Phở bò(fuh boh)

The national beef-noodle soup. Light broth, rice noodles, herbs.

Price: 40,00090,000 VND · Best in Hanoi Old Quarter
How to order: Cho tôi một bát phở bò (cho toy mot bat fuh boh)

Bánh mì

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Bánh mì thịt(banh mee teet)

The southern-style baguette with paté, pickles, fresh coriander.

Price: 25,00060,000 VND · Best in HCMC District 1
How to order: Cho tôi một bánh mì thịt (cho toy mot banh mee teet)

Bún chả

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Bún chả Hà Nội(boon cha)

Grilled pork patties with rice noodles in a sweet-sour bath.

Price: 45,00090,000 VND · Best in Hanoi Old Quarter
How to order: Cho tôi một suất bún chả (cho toy mot swat boon cha)

Gỏi cuốn

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Gỏi cuốn(goy gwon)

Fresh translucent rolls with shrimp, pork, vermicelli, herbs.

Price: 25,00060,000 VND
How to order: Cho tôi gỏi cuốn (cho toy goy gwon)

Chả giò / Nem rán

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Chả giò(cha zo)

Fried rice-paper rolls — nem rán in the north, chả giò in the south.

Price: 30,00070,000 VND
How to order: Cho tôi nem rán (cho toy nem zan)
Prices are 2026 estimates.Tourist-strip menus charge a premium; the same dish in a backstreet stall is dramatically cheaper. Spice levels in Vietnam are below Thai or Sichuan baselines — even "spicy" here is approachable.