Food and drink
The bowl changes with the city: a Hanoi pho morning, Hue's lemongrass broth, Hoi An's hot cao lau toss, and Saigon's broken-rice plate at lunch.
Start with the food guide for the place you are sleeping in, then taste how the same idea of breakfast, lunch, and a sit-down drink shifts down the map. Hanoi's morning is pho and the lunch is bun cha, with egg coffee when you sit down. Hue starts with bun bo Hue, then com hen. Hoi An tosses cao lau while it is hot. Da Nang's lunch is mi Quang. Ho Chi Minh City's plate is com tam, and Vung Tau's snack is banh khot, one small cake at a time.
Food guides
Hanoi food guide Pho in the Hoan Kiem lanes in the morning, bun cha at lunch, egg coffee in the afternoon, then snail noodle… 
Ho Chi Minh City food guide Ho Chi Minh City eats from every region, and hủ tiếu is the bowl that belongs here, while phở is best in Ha… 
Hue food guide Hue eats like the old capital it is: bún bò Huế at Dong Ba, cơm hến on Hen Island, bánh khoái along Kim Lon… 
Da Nang food guide Da Nang cooks the middle of the country: turmeric noodles at lunch, fish-cake soup in the morning, seafood… 
Hoi An food guide Hoi An’s bowl is cao lầu: thick rice noodles barely wet with pork broth, under char siu, crisp ram, and Trà… 
Hai Phong food guide Hai Phong starts with bánh đa cua: thin red crackers from Dư Hàng Kênh and crab in a crab broth. 
Nha Trang food guide Nem nướng is the grilled pork roll from Ninh Hòa, sweet, fatty, sour, tart, and crisp in one bite. 
Can Tho food Can Tho eats on the water at dawn, on Đề Thám in town, and at the garden tables of Mỹ Khánh. 
Da Lat food guide Morning is bánh căn off a charcoal pan or a hot bowl of pork-meatball broth with a grilled baguette. 
Phu Quoc food guide Bún quây is the morning bowl: rice-flour noodles, seafood, and a sauce you mix. 
Quy Nhon food guide Start with bún chả cá on Nguyễn Huệ: fried and steamed fish cake in a gently sweet fish-bone broth, with Bi… 
Buon Ma Thuot food guide Buon Ma Thuot eats a red noodle bowl in the afternoon, rolls its own rice sheets one plate at a time, and k… 
Ba Be food guide You eat on the stilt-house floor at Pac Ngoi, or at Bo Lu when Long Tong is on. 
Bach Ma food guide The meal before the climb is at chợ Cầu Hai: brick crab with a thin shell and sweet red roe, land shrimp, a… 
Ben Tre food guide Coconut candy is warm at the kiln, coconut milk and sugar. 
Ca Mau food guide Ca Mau eats the mangrove: crab for the meal, salted ba khía with hot rice, and dried shrimp, Năm Căn cracke… 
Can Gio food guide Order lẩu cá dứa on đường Duyên Hải and đường Tắc Xuất, then walk to chợ hải sản Hàng Dương for live seafoo… 
Cao Bang food guide Cao Bang eats a sour pho and rice rolls in bone broth in town, then a highland table on the roads out: Trùn… 
Cat Ba food guide After the boat you eat from the harbor: seafood by weight on đường 1/4 and đường Núi Ngọc, plus forest hone… 
Cham Islands food guide Order the catch with rice and little spice: fish soup, a light braise, a salty braise, fried fish, and drie… 
Chau Doc food guide Châu Đốc eats fish from the Hậu. 
Con Dao food guide Côn Đảo eats from small day-boats and the bàng tree. 
Cu Chi food Eat on a tunnel day. 
Dak Nong food guide Split a tube of cơm lam, tear off the grilled meat, and dip both in chili salt: that is the festival meal o… 
Dien Bien Phu food guide Eat at the Thái table: pa pỉnh tộp folded and grilled over charcoal, chicken in lemongrass leaves, twice-st… 
Dong Hoi food guide Cháo canh is the everyday bowl of noodles, snakehead, and a crisp fried ram, and bánh khoái is the large cr… 
Gia Lai food guide Pleiku starts with two-bowl pho and grilled chicken with bamboo rice. 
Ha Giang food guide Ha Giang eats from the highland pot: thắng cố at the Sunday market, mèn mén steamed from stone-milled corn,… 
Ha Long food guide Ha Long eats squid cake on the boats and at Tết, then a morning bowl of bún bề bề or bún cù kỳ. 
Kon Tum food guide Kon Tum starts the day with two bowls of phở khô, dry noodles in black soybean sauce with a clear broth bes… 
Lang Co food guide Lap An oysters are the plate on the lagoon: grilled over the fire until fragrant, stirred into a nourishing… 
Mai Chau food guide Dinner in Mai Châu is the stilt-house table in Bản Lác or Pom Coọng. 
Mang Den food guide Mang Den eats from the farm, the forest, and the grill: free-range chicken with sticky rice from a bamboo t… 
Moc Chau food guide The morning cup is cold yogurt or fresh milk in the farm town. 
Mui Ne food Mui Ne eats from the sea: a hotpot, sun-dried squid, a fish salad wrapped in rice paper, and grilled seafoo… 
My Son food guide Eat before the gate. 
My Tho food guide Mỹ Tho eats hủ tiếu at breakfast, lunch, and supper, dry or with broth, from strands of local Gò Cát rice. 
Nam Dinh food guide Nam Định starts the day with phở bò, a small, soft noodle in a clear beef broth, and bánh cuốn làng Kênh of… 
Ninh Binh food guide Ninh Bình eats mountain goat and crisp cơm cháy on the roads out to the karst, pork-ball noodles and nhệch… 
Phong Nha food guide Phong Nha eats from the Son River: grass carp braised with pepper, grilled eel, river prawns, and grilled c… 
Pu Luong food guide Dinner in Pù Luông is the stilt house: Cổ Lũng duck dipped in chẩm chéo, cơm lam from the bamboo tube, hill… 
Quang Ngai food guide Quảng Ngãi eats from its river: lightly sweet don broth where the Trà Khúc meets the sea, peppery braised r… 
Sapa food guide Sa Pa eats for a cold evening: thắng cố with rượu ngô, skewers on the grills by hồ Sa Pa, and salmon at Thá… 
Son La food guide Son La eats a Thái hearth and a Hmong pot: pa pỉnh tộp, hearth-smoked buffalo, cơm lam, xôi ngũ sắc, nậm pị… Tam Coc food guide After the boat, lunch in Tam Coc is crisp rice, mountain goat, and nem Yên Mạc. 
Tay Ninh food guide Stop in Trảng Bàng on the road from Ho Chi Minh City and roll bánh tráng phơi sương around boiled pork or y… 
Tuy Hoa food guide Tuy Hòa eats from the market, the river bank, and the lagoon: bánh canh hẹ with sea-fish cake and chives, t… 
Vinh food guide Eat cháo lươn in Vinh, a thin eel porridge, silky from whole grains and a little sticky rice, fragrant and… 
Vung Tau food guide Eat bánh khọt on Nguyễn Trường Tộ, one small crisp cake at a time, wrapped in herbs and dipped in sweet-sou… Southeast Asia TravelGuide Network
Compare Across Southeast Asia: Vietnam vs. Thailand
Pho, bun cha, and hu tieu have a sister table in Bangkok night markets, Chiang Mai khantoke, and southern curry rooms.
Sister table
Thai food guide
- Bangkok street stalls and river markets
- Northern khantoke and Chiang Mai cafes
- Southern curry and island seafood