Posts Tagged ‘vietnamese foods’

Gac is commonly known as trái gấc or quả gấc (trái/quả meaning "fruit") in Vietnamese. It is known variously as Baby Jackfruit, Spiny Bitter Gourd, Sweet Gourd, Momordica Cochinchinensis or Cochinchin Gourd in English .The yellow flesh is creamy like an avocado but a bit bitter. In Vietnam gac has been traditionally used as both food and medicine .... Full story

Bun is one of the most popular dishes of Vietnam. Almost every area has a separate domain with its own characteristics. If North Vietnam has bun cha (fried fish paste noodle)and bun oc (shellfish noodle), Hue has bun bo (beef noodle) and bun thang (noodle served with mixture of pork, ... Full story

As food is an important part of culture, discovering new cuisines is a passion for many travelers. Those visiting the border town of Chau Doc for the first time should not miss bun nuoc leo Chau Doc (a kind of rice noodle soup), an indigenous rustic dish. Bun nuoc leo Chau Doc, gently sweet and fragrant, ... Full story

Mangosteen is a small fruit grown on evergreen trees. They are grown mainly in southeast Asia ( Thailand, Vietnam...). They are purple when ripe and about two inches in diameter.A mangosteen consists of a sweet white flesh resembling garlic cloves, surrounded by a hard, inedible skin . The number of petals on the bottom of the mangosteen indicate how ... Full story

Cha bong  is made by stewing cuts of pork in a high grade fishsauce mixture until individual muscle fibres can be easily teased apart with a fork. This usually happens when the collagen and elastin that normally hold the fibres have been cooked out of the meat . After a light drying in a pan over very low heat , the meat is mashed and ... Full story