Vietnamese foods have a distinct taste and are really unforgettable. Indigenous spices and local ingredients are used to make the dishes so tasty and lively. You can easily find five tastes in all the varieties and these are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and hot. Vietnamese soups are really mouthwatering. The dishes are usually cooked in stir-fries. In Vietnam, you can see dishes are perfectly laced with lemongrass and limes where pungent tasted fish sauce will be present. Lettuce leaves with fresh herbs are used for wraps. Neighboring Southeast Asian countries share the same indigenous with Vietnamese food. But it should be mentioned that Vietnamese cuisine has some specialty or uniqueness that no one can compete with that.
You can also have French flavor in Vietnamese food. European-style sauces are used along with pates and meats. Sometimes French rolls made softer by a slight fusion of wheat flours and rice. If you have a plan to take Vietnamese cold roast pork sandwiches for your lunch let me tell you these are a Hanoi lunch staple that too stuffed with raw vegetables and fresh herbs into Vietnamese-style baguettes. French introduced some ingredient such as potatoes and asparagus in Vietnam and this is the way Vietnamese dishes combine indigenous flavorings with these ingredients to give birth to new fusion food.
In South Vietnam you can experience some different food taste. The fragrant and hot curry dishes influenced by Indian style are very famous. In North Vietnam you can see the optimum use of sesame and black pepper. Vietnamese use oil-rich frying techniques with the southern region specialized in a lighter mix. Water based cooking and grilling is more used than oil frying. Vegetables and herbs are usually served raw. You can also enjoy the taste of limes, vinegars, chilies, coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar cane and also nuoc mam.
I am always attracted to Vietnamese food because of its delicate, sophisticated, fresh, exotic, complex and light nature. You can always feel light after having Vietnamese food as these are less oily and contains less carbo-hydrate. Vietnamese foods are easy to cook. You can easily prepare it for evening snacks and also for dinner. It is good if you have a well-equipped kitchen and also some handy appliances. The indigenous ingredients to prepare Vietnamese food are easily available in all the supermarkets. Chilies and lemongrass are most important. Now a day coconut milk is also available in supermarkets.
A typical Vietnamese meal includes a soup, steamed rice, a fish or meat dish and a vegetarian dish. Food is placed in the middle and each of the members carries a small bowl and chopsticks. They take food from the table as and when required. Vietnamese cakes and noodles are very famous. Most of these are made from rice. Some of the names can be mentioned as crab noodle or bun rieu, beef soup noodles or pho, sticky rice cake or chung cake and spring rolls or nem. Cakes are usually served as wrapped in coconut or banana leaf. Elders are generally asked to eat first while eating with younger Vietnamese.
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