Vietnamese food is something that I crave on a consistent basis. It’s up there with Mexican and Japanese. When I’m sick, I love a piping hot bowl of pho. When I’m hungry, it’s all about bun cha. When I’m hot and tired, spring rolls and a potent cup of Vietnamese iced coffee saves the day. The depths of flavors, temperatures and textures is what makes this food so delicious – and to pair almost every dish with raw greens and herbs makes it so wonderfully unique to the culture. And the best part is, you don’t have to go to Vietnam to have some of the best Vietnamese food. For example, check out À La Mode‘s exploration of restaurants representing regional fare from Northern, Central, and Southern Vietnam in Orange County’s Little Saigon!
- A hip hop artist’s homage to pho. With Vietnamese subtitles. Enough said.
- The time Karen and I visited North Vietnam.
- What is a Bánh Mì without a fried egg on top?! Nuthin’.
- Bún Thịt Nướng? Bánh bèo? Huh? There’s an app for that.
- A culinary tour of Vietnam in 3 and half minutes with The Perennial Plate.
- On a completely unrelated note, I’ve been cutting cake wrong my whole life . . .
(image by À La Mode)
My husband is vietnamese. This is our go to blog for recipes when we want to cook vietnamese food: http://www.theravenouscouple.com
I love that blog– thanks for the rec!
Where is the recipe please?
Vietnamese food is in my heart and I make it every week. THe street food culture there (and also South East Asian in general) is just so amazing. What I love the most is that there are so many different kinds of noodles in Vietnam I’d like to try them all
I guess we’ve all been cutting the cake wrong, who knew? Have a great weekend!
I couldn’t agree more! We’ve been in Vietnam for two months now, and I’m pretty sure I’ll only leave if they force me to. Which they will, when my visa expires next month. I’ll miss the food!!
A good friend is Chinese from Vietnam and occasionally treats me to spring rolls with crunchy eggroll wrapper and homemade sausage in them.
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The vietnamese thing – I get it. It freaking rocks. Although I might be a bit bias, being Vietnamese myself. As for the cake-what the what-I’ve been doing it wrong. Holy cake madness!
I’ve always been curious about trying Vietnamese cuisine and you have inspired me Erica, thanks! I think I’ll have to sample some this weekend! (And what, pray tell, is wrong with eating an entire birthday cake in one sitting?) 😉