let's talk about vietnamese food culture hi everyone welcome back to my channel my name
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topic is going to be about vietnamese food culture i want to answer questions like what not to
eat in vietnam and what do vietnamese people eat on their daily basis all right so if you are
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alright without further ado let's get started so number one what does a typical vietnamese
breakfast look like is it home cooked or bought outside okay so typical vietnamese breakfast
really depends on the region you're from so for example i'm from hanoi which is the
northern part of vietnam we usually eat Pho which is our traditional noodle soup and we also
eat Banh cuon which is steamed rice wrapped with minced pork and mushroom very delicious and we
really like noodle dishes like buncha which is grilled pork with sweet and sour fish sauce
or bun ca the fried fish sweet and sour soup etc and in the central part of vietnam people
usually eat bun bo Hue which is super popular in hue if you come to hue you should definitely try it is
a very savory and flavorful beef noodle soup and they eat meat and eel porridge so in the south
people usually eat vietnamese sandwich which is banh me and they really like the Com tam suon
which is pork chop with broken rice and usually they eat Banh Canh which is thick rice noodle
soup and breakfast in vietnam is very affordable from one dollar to five dollars you
have a very good meal for breakfast in the past breakfast was being cooked by women
and family nowadays the majority of women work so that's the reason why they don't have enough time
to prepare for breakfast so vietnamese people are opt for going to street food stalls or a restaurant
for breakfast any recommendations about what not to eat or drink how can you tell which street
vendors are safe okay that's a good question because food safety in vietnam is always an
ongoing problem and we just don't have very strict food safety regulations here in vietnam as
a vietnamese person i would suggest you not to eat any raw meat or any strange meat that you're not
familiar with blood puddings or any fruits that have edible skins like apples or grapes because
they can rely on peta size maybe just wash them with salted water like soak them for a little bit
before eating them and especially you should not eat puffer fish in vietnam because it can be very
poisonous so have you guys ever seen the simpsons there was a scene when mr simpson ate the puffer
fish and then the doctor told him that he only had 24 hours to live because he just ate the deadly
animal and puffed fish can be super dangerous if the chef doesn't know how to process and cook
it right about what not to drink in vietnam i think you shouldn't drink tap water here or water
bottles that are unsealed definitely you shouldn't drink homemade snake wine because it can be
poisonous and very dangerous for you you can see there are a lot of street vendors in vietnam
the way to tell if they are safe and clean is just to observe them you know like if the chef
wearing gloves when processing and cooking the food for you or like the surrounding is it clean
so another tip is that whenever you wanted to go to a restaurant you should read the review online
or if you go there if you see that restaurant has a lot of customers coming in and out you know it's
safe to eat because people have been eating there how are spring rolls in clear rice paper called
in vietnam it's called guy wood if you could eat one vietnamese dish for the rest of your life
what would it be gosh this is a cruel question you know like i came back to vietnam to not have
to eat cereal every day for the rest of my life actually it is a tough question because i'm a food
lover i love all the food but if i have to choose i would choose Pho to eat every day
because i'm a type person who wanted soup in my my food and fall is like so light and
delicate and it has broth so it's easy to eat and in Pho it has what like protein carbs
veggies everything in there super healthy and hearty so i'm going to choose Pho to eat
every day if i have to noodles or rice what do vietnamese people eat in their daily life okay
did you know an average vietnamese person consumed 100 kilograms of rice in a year that's crazy
right vietnamese people eat way too much rice rice is served in every meal and
vietnamese people eat a lot of food that made from rice like rice porridge
steamed rice and the bang Chung the sticky rice square cake and even Pho Pho is made from
rice too so vietnamese people consume a lot of rice i personally prefer noodles over
rice because it's easier to eat a typical vietnamese person would eat rice every day and
the typical meal will include a bowl of rice a plate of veggies and a plate of protein that can
be meat or fish which regions had the best fall so i heard Pho originated from Nam Dinh , so Pho Nam Dinh supposed to be the best right right i personally like hanoi because the broth
is so light and delicate and usually with hanoi there are a lot of condiments go with it like
those sour vinegar chili and like limes and everything like that go with hanoi so i can just
mix all the spices together and make my own broth Pho saigon is tasty and flavorful too it's so
good too but i just feel like there's not enough room for my creativity there so yeah i still pref
for hanoi and when you come to hanoi um i really like 14 near Hoan Kiem Lake and Pho Nho on Huynh Thuc Khang
i'm gonna leave the links below so you guys can see the address but yeah i really love those two
for when you come to hanoi you should try those why vietnamese bread is so well known okay are
you talking about Banh mi which is an official word in the oxford english dictionary and is
the food that Anthony Bourdain fell in love with that's a symphony in a sandwich if you
can understand the history behind by me i think you will appreciate every single bite
of it so vietnamese sandwich was not invented by vietnamese people it was actually being introduced
by the french during their colonization here with the name baguette so during that time the french
had to ship milk coffee baguettes from france to keep up with their european diets due to
the fact that wheat can't grow in vietnam and those foods were extremely expensive and only
the french can afford it vietnamese people were deemed unworthy of eating the bread so during the
world war one the french had to leave asia to help with the war effort so those food were flooded
everywhere in saigon market with affordable price vietnamese people actually had a chance to
taste it and modified it with local ingredients so they would substitute like mayonnaise with
butter and expensive coat cuts with veggies and then the vietnam war happened or you can call
it american war in vietnam vietnamese people moved to other countries and they didn't forget to
bring the recipe of Banh Mi to the rest of the world and so that's why Banh Mi is so popular worldwide
and i feel like banh mi is a perfect combination of asian cuisine and european cuisine and i think
when you come to vietnam especially when you come to saigon you definitely should try it Banh Mi
because every bite has a touch of history in there okay so the next one any favorite foods to eat
in hanoi besides vietnamese food yeah there are a lot of food in hanoi and saigon you know in the
big cities we have so many international food like indian korean japanese every kind of food
if you can't eat vietnamese food and in hanoi i know if you want like the western food
options you can definitely go to Tay Ho district because they serve a lot of western dishes over
there is seafood expensive in vietnam vietnam embraces about 3 000 kilometers of coastline
so it's a good source for seafood that's the reason why the price of seafood in vietnam
is relatively cheaper than other country what are the differences between north and
south vietnam in terms of the flavors of food good question my first impression when
i ate the southern food is that southern food is sweeter than northern food and is sometimes
spicier you know but northern food is more savory and is not like too spicy or like not too
sweet but i love food from both regions because they just have distinctive flavors and i'm an
easy eater too so all right guys so i hope i answer all of your questions about the vietnamese
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