These Central Vietnam luxury beach resorts and boutique hotels are some of the best in Southeast Asia, each possessing a distinctive design and architecture, dreamy beach and riverside locations, alluring swimming pools, and immersive activities and excursions, especially of the culinary kind. I have to...
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48 hours in Hoi An is just enough time to get a taste of Central Vietnam’s culinary capital and its distinctive cuisine, superb street food and cooking classes, and outstanding restaurants. But be warned: it will leave you wanting to return for more. Here’s how...
This Vietnamese fresh rice noodle recipe can be used to make both the sheets for the Vietnamese fresh rice noodle rolls known as Hanoi style pho cuon (phở cuốn Hà Nội) and the pho noodles or bánh phở used in Vietnam’s world famous rice noodle...
Vietnamese street food dishes you need to try in Vietnam and where to taste them – from bun cha in Hanoi to banh xeo in Saigon. We give you the lowdown on Vietnam’s must-try dishes and the regions and cities where you need to sample...
These Vietnamese spring roll recipes have been a long time coming. We fell in love with Vietnamese food over thirty years ago when we became addicted to fresh Vietnamese spring rolls. We thought it time we shared some of our favourite spring roll recipes –...
Our Vietnam food tour has just finished – 22 days eating our way from Saigon to Hanoi via the Mekong Delta, Dalat, Hoi An, Hue, Sapa, and Halong Bay – and I’m back home in Cambodia, already planning another Vietnam culinary tour. Are you going...
A Hoi An street food tour is essential when you visit the UNESCO World Heritage listed town in Central Vietnam. You just need to decide whether you’re going to embark on your own culinary adventure and do our self-guided Hoi An street food tour itinerary...
Our Vietnam Culinary Tour will explore the regional cuisines of Vietnam, from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and the Mekong Delta in the south, Hoi An and Hue in Central Vietnam, to Hanoi and the mountain food of Sapa and Bac Ha in the north. We’d...
This Banh Mi Op La recipe, which is essentially a banh mi or Vietnamese sandwich with omelette, is a great breakfast or brunch dish combining the Southeast Asian classic breakfast of grilled pork with the addition of an omelette all wrapped up in a baguette....
Hoi An chilli sauce or Hội An tương ớt is an indispensable condiment in Central Vietnam‘s UNESCO World Heritage listed town, used on Hoi An specialties, from the charming port’s legendary cao lau noodles to its famous banh mi Vietnamese sandwich. Hoi An Chilli Sauce – The Illustrious Hoi...
Banh Mi recipe? Who needs a recipe to make a Vietnamese sandwich? Well, this isn’t any old sandwich, it’s Hoi An’s best bánh mì, which we watched being made almost every day for three months when we lived there a few years ago. This Vietnamese banh...
Planning a holiday in Vietnam with food a high priority? Who better to consult for Vietnam eating trips than a local expert, the kind we go to for recommendations when we head back to Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City resident, writer, and street food tour operator, Barbara Adam. As long...
