Cơm tấm – Warm broken rice often served with a slab of grilled pork chop marinated in sugar and fish sauce, a slice of steamed pork loaf topped with egg yolks, and a mixture of pork skin and thinly shredded pork
Phở – Noodle soup served with various cuts of beef and onions. Often eaten with basil, mint, lime, and bean sprouts
Sườn Ram Mặn-
Caramelized Spare Ribs
Mì Quảng – Wide rice noodles served with little broth, pork chops, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, peanuts, and rice paper cracker
Canh chua – A sour soup made with fish, pineapple, tomatoes (and sometimes also other vegetables such as okra), and bean sprouts, in a tamarind-flavored broth
Nem Nuong – Spring Rolls with Grilled Pork Patties
Bánh Cuốn – Steamed rice cake, made with rice flour, tapioca flour, water and oil and traditionally filled with ground pork, fried shallots and wood ear mushrooms. It is garnished with cilantro, sliced cucumbers, even more fried shallots, slices of pork loaf, and served with a fish sauce dip
Bún bò Huế – Vietnamese soup containing rice vermicelli, thin slices of marinated and boiled beef shank, chunks of oxtail, and pig’s knuckles. It can also include cubes of congealed pig blood
Bún riêu - Meat rice vermicelli soup, served with tomato broth and topped with crab or shrimp paste
Cháo – Rice Porridge
Hủ Tiếu – a noodle soup consisting of rice noodles with pork stock, ground pork, chinese celery, sauteed garlic and shallots
Thịt Kho Tộ – Carmelized Braised Pork And Egg Cooked In A Clay Pot
Bánh xèo – Savoury fried pancakes made of rice flour, water, turmeric powder, stuffed with slivers of fatty pork, shrimp, diced green onion, and bean sprouts
Ca Kho To – Carmelized Braised Fish Cooked In A Clay Pot
Bánh mì – Vietnamese sandwich containing cold cuts, pickled vegetables, sausage, fried egg, fresh cilantro and chili sauce.
Bo Luc Lac – Steak salad served on a bed of greens and tomatoes, topped with pickled onions and a lime dipping sauce.
Bun Chả giò – Vermicelli noodles with grilled pork, egg rolls, served over salad, herbs, bean sprouts, and sliced cucumbers
Bánh cam – Deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste
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