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.
Phở in Hanoi: how to eat it like a local
Hanoi's breakfast bowl – clear beef broth, rice noodles, and a queue before 7am.
Bún chả cá: Nha Trang's fish-cake noodle soup
The coastal breakfast most travel lists miss – springy fish cakes in a light broth.
Bún chả Hà Nội
Charcoal-grilled pork with noodles and herbs.
Coming soonCao lầu Hội An
The chewy noodle you only find in one town.
Coming soonCơm tấm Sài Gòn
Broken rice, grilled pork, big flavour.
Coming soonCà phê trứng
Hanoi's egg coffee, whipped and sweet.
Coming soonMì Quảng
Not quite a soup, not quite dry.
Coming soonBánh xèo
Sizzling crêpes you wrap in leaves.
Coming soon