1. Vietnamese Jicama Roll, Bò Bía
As well as its little bro, Goi Cuon, Bo Bia is one of the most famous and easiest snacks to find when walking down the street of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). This spring roll packs a unique punch of flavor and texture. With rice paper on the outside, Jicama, Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, fried shallots, and multiple herbs on the inside this little roll is not to be missed. It is usually served with a peanut dipping sauce, and don’t forget to add the chili into that to intense the heat.
2. Vietnamese Rice Paper Salad with Dried Beef, Bánh Tráng Trộn.
According to the survey on the Internet, eighty percent of the time Vietnamese people choose Banh Trang Tron as their favorite street food. What is it? What to do with the scrap rice paper? The answer is using thin strips of rice paper to compose the bulk off the salad, dried beef, dried shrimp, Quail egg, Vietnamese Hot Mint, Julienned Green Mango, toasted peanuts, and fried shallots are tossed together with loose, dark, sweetened soy sauce with kumquat juice. After being thoroughly mixed, it’s tossed into a bag with disposable chop sticks shoved inside.
This concoction is a fun texture experience and bursting with a great combination of flavors. This dish is great for accenting the strong and unique flavor of Vietnamese Dried Beef.
3. Offals Braised in Coconut Juice, Phá Lấu
Beef Offals in a Sweet Coconut Soup served with Sweet Fish Sauce and Crispy Bread.
Pha Lau is a dish which can be great or awful, this is a sweet wonderful broth with tender pieces of offal. This dish should be slightly sweet beautiful broth with no detectable “off” flavors and a pleasant flavor of coconut. There will be intestine, heart, thymus, kidney, stomach, and lungs inside. It’ served with a sweet fish sauce and fresh bread for dipping
4. Grilled Vietnamese Rice Paper, Bánh Tráng Nướng
Hailing from the mountain area of Dalat and one of the newest in the food scene of Saigon, Banh Trang Nuong, has been called “Vietnamese Pizza”. Here are the basics for Banh Trang Nuong, rice paper, open flame, egg, and cheese.
This crispy snack is being served right on the street so it isn’t hard to miss.
5. Pork and Pork Sausage Skewers, Thịt Heo Nướng – Hồ Lô Nướng
These meat skewers are a great pre-game to hold you over before dinner.
Thit Heo Nuong, Marinated Pork Skewers, find an excellent balance between chewy and tender. Pork comes into the markets around 4AM here in Saigon. That is when the pork shoulder is purchased, then cut, and marinated for 6-8 hours in a mixture of honey, sugar, salt, and soy sauce.
Ho Lo Nuong, Sweet Pork Sausage balls, can’t help but leave a smile on your face when your teeth pop the roasted casing on the outside to find yourself enjoying a great balance of fat and sugar that is mixed into the sausage. Named for its resemblance of a round squash, these sweet morsels of meat are typically found in Southern Vietnam.
Don’t miss the chili sauce and pickles that are necessity in balancing out the rich meaty flavor. Also, a nice cold beer goes quite well.
