Mon an 3 mien

Welcome
to Vietnamese cuisine

Outline
I. Common features of Vietnamese food
1 / Typical Vietnamese family meals

Individual bowls of rice
Meat, fish or seafood
Stir-fried, raw, pickled or steamed vegetables
Canh or other Vietnamese-style soup
Prepared fish sauce or soy sauce for dipping with garlic, chili, ginger or lime juice added
» All dishes apart from the individual bowls of rice are communal and to be shared.
2/ Five elements correspondence



five spices: spicy , sour, bitter, salty and sweet

five nutrients: powder, water, mineral elements, protein and fat.

five colours: white , green, yellow, red and black
popular vietnamese dishes
Movie
(Chen movie )Bánh chưng
the soul of Vietnamese new year
+ traditional & irreplaceable cake of Vietnamese people in Tet Holidays and King Hung’s anniversary (10th March Lunar).

+ ideal way to express gratitude to ancestors and homeland.
II. Special food in three regions: North-Central-South
II.1 Special food in the North of Vietnam:
1.1 Distinctive features in cuisine:
- typical with stir fries, noodle
- use less meat, fish, black pepper to create spice
-Taste: strict, less sweet, more salty
(hinh bua an)
1.2 Food ingredients :

- use soy sauce, fish sauce, prawn sauce

- have many stir fried dishes

- the most notable dishes: phở and bánh cuốn
Some kinds of Phở
Pho gio
+ less diverse in choosing spices, ingredients
+ In the winter: seasoned broth with vegetables and meat
+ a common fish dish: Chả cá
Special food in the north
Miến luon
Special food in the north
Bánh trôi

Bánh cốm
Banh day

II.2 Special food in the central
2.1 Distinctive features in cuisine:

+ Quiet distinct from the cuisine of both the Northern and the southern

+ Distinct in its extreme spices and color of food of Hue’s cuisine, affected by royal cuisine
2.2 Food ingredients
+ constitute dishes served at small proportions
+ have a mixture of fish sauce, sugar, garlic, chilly, onion and grease
+ taste: sweet, buttery, salty, bitter, sour and peppery-hot
Special food in the central
My Quang (Quang soft noodle soup)
Banh trang cuon thit heo
(Dry pancake roll with pork)
Com hen song Huong
(Perfume River mussel cooked rice)



Cao lau
Banh beo xu Hue
(Hue bloating fren-shaped cake)
Banh la cha tom (Grilled rice cake with Cray fish)
2.3 Special food in hue:
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II.3 Special food in the South
3.1 Distinctive features in cuisine:
+ Heavily affected by Combodia, Thai, Chinese cuisines, French colonists, typical tastes: sweet and spice (chilly pepper)
+ Reflecting the tropical climate, foods are cooked in short time

+ Using a wide variety of herbs
(chen hinh thao moc)
3.2 Food ingredients:
+ Having many available ingredients

+typical diets: herbs, fruits, vegetables

+ Popular dish: Chả tôm (shrimp wrapped in sugarcane)
Mắm cá cơm
Mắm cá







Mắm kho cá kèo




Ca tai tuong chien xu ("Tai tuong" bloating fried fish
Ca nuong trui
(Bare fried fish)
Ca kho to
(Dry-boiled catfish)



Lau mam (Mixed vegetable and meat hot
gỏi miến
gỏi xoài

Gỏi chua ngọt

Cua rang muoi (Fried salted crabs)
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