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Pho, a rice noodle soup is a staple of Vietnamese cuisine. The soup includes rice noodles, thinly sliced meat and clear broth made by simmering beef bones, oxtails, flank steak, serving with onions, basil, lemon or lime, bean sprouts and peppers. There are several varieties of Pho such as Pho Bo, containing beef, and Pho Ga, containing chicken.

Increasingly famous worldwide with restaurants sprawled over the globe, yet no Vietnamese food abroad can equal in flavor or quality to that made in Vietnam itself.

Plain rice ( com trang ) is at the center of the Vietnamese diet. Steamed rice is part of almost every meal. The Vietnamese prefer long-grain white rice, as opposed to the short-grain rice more common in Chinese cooking. Rice is also transformed into other common ingredients such as rice wine, rice vinegar, rice noodles, and rice paper wrappers for spring rolls.

 

To me, the thing I like best in Ha Noi is Trang Tien ice-cream. It’s a special food here. If you visted Ha Noi without trying it, you have definitely missed a part of the city.

There’s a famous s hop which sells Trang Tien ice-cream. It’s located on 35 Trang Tien Street in Hoan Kiem District. Coming there, you”ll see that the shop’s always crowded. A lot of people come for this delicious ice-cream, from the young to the old, from men to women.

"Right as I was getting on the plane to leave for Ha Noi my mom handed me a small, wrapped present, which I opened as soon as I sat down in my seat. It was the book 1000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz and on the card accompanying the book she wrote, "A little inspiration for your trip. Love, Mom".... Schultz chose the Old Quarter as of one her picks, and intriguingly devoted another coveted spot to Cha Ca La Vong, a restaurant that is famous for just one dish, grilled fish or cha ca. As a seasoned chowhound who spent the last two years obsessively trying new restaurants in New York City, I knew Cha Ca La Vong would have to be one of my first destinations upon arriving in Ha Noi... What the book said was true: Cha Ca La Vong is a veritable Ha Noi institution," writes Sara Schapiro in The Vietnam News.

With its rich culinary heritage and an exciting street food scene, Hanoi is a wonderful city for many delicious dishes.

They say that the way to man’s heart is through his stomach; cook him a good meal and he’s putty in your hands. I’d argue that somewhat similarly, residents of Hanoi are happiest at mealtimes, and many visitors fall in love with the city because of its incredible food. It’s a place that gets to you through the stomach!

PANO - A cuisine contest with the participation of 9 teams of Central Highland ethnic minorities was held during the ongoing Culture and Sport Festival of Kon Tum Ethnic Minority Groups 2010 in Kon Tum City.

At the competition, the teams introduced their traditional and unique dishes, which they often cook in their traditional festivals, like rice harvesting and buffalo baiting.

Origin from an agricultural civilization, Vietnam Culture is one of the oldest in East Asia which is influenced much from Chinese civilization, in terms of politics, government and Confucian social and moral ethics.

Following independence from China in the 10th century AD, Vietnam began a southward expansion which resulted to an annexation of territories formerly belong to the Champa and parts of the Khmer empire, which lead to minor regional variances in Vietnam culture due to exposure to these different groups.