Bánh tráng trộn (Rice paper salad)
This low-cost smasher is made from a few simple ingredients, including slice rice paper, dried shrimp, sliced mango, flinch eggs, peanuts and herbs all stirred together. The combination of ingredients in the rice newspaper salad brings your pallet a fantastic blend of sour, piquant and blue flavours, resulting in an explosive smack in your mouth. It ’ s not recommended by a dietician because of low nutrition, but this serve is the first thing that comes to mind if you ask the Saigonese what their go to street food is, particularly favored by students .
Price : 10,000-20,000vnd/serving Places to eat :
- Nguyen Thuong Hien street (District 3): This street is rice paper salad market as it sold in almost vendors.
- Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica or Turtle Lake (District 1) area: while visiting these attractions, don’t forget to stop by any vendor to give this tasty meal a try.
Súp cua (Crab soup)
This nosh is frequently enjoyed by about everyone in Saigon, thanks to its high nutrition and stomach friendliness. Crab soup is made of cancer, chicken, quail eggs, mushroom, sweetcorn, herb, adding some soy sauce and chili to spice up the relish. It ’ mho best to be eaten on a cool, windy or showery good afternoon.
Image courtesy of Instagram @xiapingtl Price : 10,000 – 20,000vnd/bowl Places to eat :
- Unnamed street vendor, 84 Nguyen Du (District 1), near Notre-Dame Basilica: Crab soup has been sold here for over 20 years, making it the most well-known crab soup street vendor in Saigon to date. It opens from 12-22pm..
- Hanh crab soup, Tan Dinh market (Nguyen Huu Cau District 1): the vendor opens from 6am to 6pm or until sold out.
Xoài lắc (Mango shake)
This swallow has only recently been invented due to its irregular blend of ingredients, but this tantalizing nosh has taken the young Saigonese by storm, making it a identical democratic drink among students. The recipe combines mango, boodle, fish sauce and chili salt together in one cup, before being shaken by the seller to provide a delightful cocktail, hence its name, a mango shake. The taste of mango shake will confuse you taste buds, but I find the sour and sweet of the mango complements the piquant and gaminess of the chili powderize which when mixed up all in concert, make quite addictive beverage for a nosh fan ( like myself ) .
Image courtesy of Instagram @nhu_lamm Price: 15,000 – 30,000vnd/depending on cup size Places to eat:
- Nguyen Thuong Hien street, District 3: sold at most of the street vendors here, usually open from noon to late night.
- 106 Ham Nghi, District 1: open from 11am to 10pm. They also sell lots of other fresh fruits and snacks.
Bột chiên (Fried rice flour cake)
Originating from Chinese-Vietnamese families, fried rice flour cake quickly became a popular serve of the Saigonese because of the concern season from the eggs, cassava and rice flour. A smasher of fried flour normally consists of pieces of deep fry rice flour cake, mix with electrocute eggs, topped with pickles, sliced papaya, green onion and eaten with pisces sauce. In order to find true authentic fried flour, you must visit a patronize run by a chinese kin .
Image courtesy of Instagram @minth26 Price : 15,000 – 25,000 vnd/dish. Places to eat:
- Stores on Vo Van Tan street: near city center, easy to find. They usually open from 3pm to 10pm
- China town (district 5): walk around Hai Thuong Lan Ong or Phung Hung street, you can find many stores that offer this tasty dish.
Hủ tiếu gõ (knocking noodle)
Knocking attic is a term, referring to a popular betray method acting of noodles that is used in Saigon. The noodles are normally sold on bikes or tuk tuks, moving one place another to serve customers rather of having a cook memory. Sellers normally use two wooden bars, knocking together to make noise to grab people ’ randomness attention, therefore called the knock attic. Customers normally buy and eat right field future to the seller or take away. A typical bowl of knocking attic will have white noodle, thin sliced list pork barrel, fried onion, bean sprouts, chives and crackling. This cup of tea is not sold in the morning, but from good afternoon til midnight and a highlight of Saigon cuisine since it ’ mho delectable however the price is very low-cost, a identical popular dish among the working class and students .
Image courtesy of Instagram @beta.ann Price : 10,000 – 20,000vnd/bowl Places to eat :
- 197 Ton That Thuyet, District 1: one bowl costs you 15,000 but the quality is worth double the price, trust me!
- 358 Cach Mang Thang Tam, District 3 : you can either choose noodle with or without the broth, price is 12,000vnd per bowl.
Chè chuối nướng (Baked banana with coconut sauce)
Baked banana with coconut sauce is one of the most well acknowledge snacks of southern people though its recipe is extremely simple. The ripe banana is covered by a rice layer, create an irresistible scent when baked on stave. The banana is served with lots of coconut milk, adding some copra, peanuts and cassava. The dish is quite sweet and will be identical appealing to those with a gratifying tooth .
Image courtesy of Instagram @peequee1804 Price : 8,000 – 12,000vnd/serving Places to eat:
- Chuoi nuong Nam Bo Ut Lua (115 Phan Dang Luu, Phu Nhuan, District 1): recognized as the best grilled banana by Street Food Festival 2013 in Singapore, this vendor is famous among both locals and travelers. The street vendors opens from 9am to 10pm, however, it’s quite far from city centre.
- Che chuoi nuong (230 Ly Chinh Thang, District 3): this place is also a little distance from the centre, so I usually visit here whenever I crave a decent grilled banana but too lazy to go Phu Nhuan district.
Bắp xào (Stir fried corn)
For students and young people on the belong, stir-fried dessert corn is a tasty quick nosh which can keep you wax until dinner time. This is a perfect alternate to other popular street food such as break rice or boodle. The corn offers alike levels of energy as early street food dishes, whilst besides offering variation for your smack bud, to satisfy your epicure needs ! Each seller has their own unique recipe to make their dish stand out. A typical suffice will have corn ( lots of corn ) touch fried with butter, with some dried shrimp and runt paste to spice it up, topped with chili sauce and green onion. This infusion of different ingredients takes your tongue on a travel from gratifying, to spicy and salty. If you ask me what is the perfect nosh for a late good afternoon, which everyone can enjoy, this is decidedly the first thing that comes to mind .
Image courtesy of Instagram @kngan.ltkn Price : 10,000 – 20,000 vnd/ depending on serving size Places to eat :
- Gia Dinh park, Le Van Tam park: parks are always known as street food zones for Saigonese. Stir fried corn (and other street food) can be found in abundance here with affordable price. With less than $5, you can buy 3-4 servings of street food and indulge yourself throughout the afternoon.
- Ho Con Rua (turtle lake): stir fried corn is sold on a small bike but the street stall is noticeable as there’re always plenty of customers surrounding it. Specifically, the bikes usually linger opposite to Ho Chi Minh city University of Economic’s front gate. Just ask any locals for direction as this street stall is very popular in the area. Due to the high number customers, the vendor doesn’t cook the dish when ordered, as many other vendors do. Instead, she precooks her corn at home and stores it in a big saucepan to keep the food warm all the time, so you can expect have your food in 30 seconds or less.
Bottom Line : If you ’ re afraid of street food hygiene or still confused with the location pointed out above, it ’ randomness better to accompany yourself with a local friend on your travel exploring Saigon street food. A local can bring you to the best street food alley, suggest you some yummy food with “ sell-to-local ” prices and tell you some insightful stories about the food culture in Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City food know by Inspitrip offers a number of individualized journeys, depending on local insider ’ second suggestions and your travel preferences to give you an insight into what its like to eat like the Saigonese. so make certain you don ’ triiodothyronine miss the probability to immerse yourself in the biggest street food city in Vietnam .
