Food guides

Vietnamese food guides

One dish at a time, rotating North, Central and South. Each guide covers what it is, where to eat it, what it costs and how to order – plus an eat-green tip.

A bowl of beef phở with chopsticks, lime wedges and fresh chili on a table in Hanoi
North

Phở in Hanoi: how to eat it like a local

Hanoi's breakfast bowl – clear beef broth, rice noodles, and a queue before 7am.

A white bowl of bún chả cá: rice noodles, sliced fish cakes, herbs and black pepper
Central

Bún chả cá: Nha Trang's fish-cake noodle soup

The coastal breakfast most travel lists miss – springy fish cakes in a light broth.

North

Bún chả Hà Nội

Charcoal-grilled pork with noodles and herbs.

Coming soon
Central

Cao lầu Hội An

The chewy noodle you only find in one town.

Coming soon
South

Cơm tấm Sài Gòn

Broken rice, grilled pork, big flavour.

Coming soon
North

Cà phê trứng

Hanoi's egg coffee, whipped and sweet.

Coming soon
Central

Mì Quảng

Not quite a soup, not quite dry.

Coming soon
South

Bánh xèo

Sizzling crêpes you wrap in leaves.

Coming soon