If you’re the sort of traveler who believers that eating locally is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in a culture, prepare to be amazed by Vietnam. From traditional street stalls to contemporary big – city temples of upscale dinning, the country serves up an endless banquet of exquisite eating.
Diverse landscapes – fertile highlands, water-logged rice paddies, forest-cloaked mountains and sandy coasts – lend the country its cuisine variety, while a long history of contact with outsiders brings complexity. Over the centuries locals have absorbed and adapted Chinese, Indian, French and even Japanese techniques and specialties to their own kitchens and palates, and, more recently, expatriates and those Vietnamese chefs who have spent time cooking overseas have breathed new life into white-tablecloth dinning scenes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In Vietnam, to ‘eat local’ can mean anything from supping on rice-flour vermicelli flavored with fish sauce, to feasting on beef stew accompanied by a crispy baguette.
The country’s vast range of excellent edibles invites experimentation. Though Vietnam’s well-known classics – pho, spring rolls, and shrimp paste grilled on sugar cane – are all well and tasty, it pays to venture into the unknown. Every bustling wet market, every bicycle – riding vendor and every open –air eatery is a potential trove of delights that rarely make it beyond the country’s borders. Keep your eyes open, follow your nose, and you’ll depart with mouth-watering memories that will have you saying ‘ Hen gap lai’ (see you again)
Chè or sweet soup, a special of Hanoi
Flavors of Hoi An
Lau mam (Mixed vegetable and meat hot pot)
Silky lean meat paste( gio lua)
Lang Son roasted pork
Sour Noodle
Banh khuc
La Vong grilled fish
Coffee with cell phone and net
Vietnamese Tea
| Trung Nguyen Senior Travel Consultant |
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| 30 seats Bus | 45 seats Bus |
Welcome Dinner Menu
1. Crab & sweet corn soup
2. Hanoi spring rolls
3. Fives spices salad with prawn, pork, pickle, red cabbage & lotus roots
4. Grilled fish tikka in pandanus leaves with tartar & sweet chili sauce
5. Grilled chicken with lemon leaves
6. Sauteed beef and capsicum with sweet & sour sauce
7. Sauteed vegetables
8. Steamed rice
9. Fresh fruit platter
10. Tea or Coffee