Vietnam offers some of the best food I’ve had in Southeast Asia so far: a variety of mixed vegetables, seafood, tofu, fresh fruit and mixed fruit shakes, bbq chicken, pork and shrimp, fresh spring rolls, soups and amazing coffee drinks – to list only a few of the great dishes from the Vietnamese cuisine. 

Vietnam hat einige der leckersten Gerichte zu bieten, die ich bisher auf meiner Reise durch Südostasien probieren durfte: eine Vielfalt an Gemüsevariationen (Netties und meine Lieblingsspeise), Fisch und Meeresfrüchte, Tofu, exotisches Obst und frische Fruchtshakes, BBQ mit allen möglichen Fleischspezialitäten und Shrimp, frische Frühlingsrollen, Suppen und tolle Kaffeedrinks! Um nur ein paar der unglaublich leckeren Gerichte der vietnamesischen Küche zu nennen.

Steamed fish in banana leaf – lots of different dishes and snacks here are served in banana leaves

First dinner in Saigon and already the first amazing food experience – gotta love the Vietnamese cuisine

Vegetable, seafood, noodles, tofu: it doesn’t matter what kind of soup you order, you’ll never get disappointed in Vietnam

There’s always lots of fresh seafood, such as shrimp and squid

Dried squid: they warm it up for you on the grill and it curls up during that progress. After that you tear off little peaces and eat it. Pretty chewy business but for seafood lovers like mom and me, still delicious

And of course, tons of super delicious fresh fruit

Egg-tomato-soup

Dragon fruit from our Mekong Delta Tour

Traditional “white coffee” from Vietnam: black coffee with condensed milk – I really like this sweeter coffee version

Best veggie burger I’ve ever had in my life at Tam’s pub and surf shop in Da Nang! If anybody ever gets the chance: do yourself a favor and have a red bean burger and a little chat with Tam – she’s an amazing woman with lots of exciting stories to tell (and an excellent cook)

Tofu in tomato sauce: my new favorite dish

No day passes without a fresh mango-pineapple-smoothie for mom and me

Fresh muscles sold on the streets

Fish from the market which we bought for our Vietnamese cooking class

5 course taster menu at “Miss Ly’s” in Hoi An – four very traditional Vietnamese dishes, served in small portions. Totally recommendable in order to try everything and get an idea of the Vietnamese cuisine. I wish I remembered all the names of the dishes – sorry about that:

This kind of candy must be famous in all of Vietnam: You can find it everywhere on the streets and the locals seem to really like it. It is super sweet and most of it has some kind of a jelly texture. It’s made from coconut, bean, corn or fruit and a lot of sugar and you simply pour everything into a cup and eat it just like that. Nettie and I gave it a try but I think in the future we’ll rather stick to good ole German Milka chocolate. Obviously, the more than unnatural colors contributed to our, let’s call it interesting, taste experience.