10 fun facts about Vietnamese cuisine
Vietnamese cuisine is famous for its delicious flavor and diversity that capture the heart and soul of many foreigner visitors for the first time. Moreover, perfect combination between vegetables and meats makes it become one of the healthiest food in the world. Again, there are several specialties for Vietnamese but it becomes terrified dishes to foreigners at times.
Let's discover 10 surprising facts about Vietnamese dishes that make Vietnamese food so special!
Three kitchen Gods
According to Vietnamese legend, localsbelieve that there are three Kitchen Gods (Vietnamese: Tao Quan) observing and monitoring the daily affairs of the kitchen. Their responsibilityis to make an annual report about important events and then travel to Heaven in order to notify The Jade Emperor in the last day the lunar year.
Five elements balance
Regional cuisine in Vietnam brings their own uniqueness and flavor and they are the combination among 5 main Asian elements: sweet, spicy, sour, bitter and salty. These five spices are used and mixed to reach a fine taste for Vietnamese dishes.
A lot of fresh herbs
Herbs are indispensable part in Vietnam food, they are really plentiful and diverse. It can easily be seen that fresh herbs appear in many traditional Vietnamese dishes like: pho (noodle), rolls to rice, soups and Vietnamese breads. Not only do they make dishes more delicious, they also help the meals to look more attractive.
Rice is a popular food
Most of Vietnamese meals have boiled rice as the main dish. Normally, a typical meal in Vietnam consist of 3 main dishes: boiled rice, a dish of meat and a bowl of vegetables. Besides, noodle (pho) and “bun” are the most common food in Vietnam that are plentiful and available along the street.
Fish sauce
This is a key and important condiment of Vietnamese cuisine. Fish sauce is used almost every dishes such as: pancakes, summer rolls, egg rolls and many other ones. A typical dipping sauce generally adds garlic, sugar and chilly.
Vietnamese blood soup
This dish is a raw blood of animals, commonly duck and geese. It is eaten in some celebrations in Vietnam like: wedding or Lunar New year.
Haft-hatched eggs (Balut)
Many foreigners cannot eat this dish that a developed duck embryo is boiled and eaten in the shell with a piece of linger. This is one of the most popular breakfast of Vietnamese locals.
Vietnamese soup desserts (sweet soups)
You can easily find many sidewalk stalls and street vendors selling the sweet soups. This is one of the most favorite dishes of locals that is the combination of many ingredients such as: beans, seeds, glutinous rice and others.
Snake wine
Whole snake will be steeped in rice wine to get its essence, which is called snake wine. This wine is drunk to improve health and vitality.
Using chopsticks
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