Food & Drink

Vietnamese Dishes

Traditional dishes and foods from Vietnamese cuisine.

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Bánh bòSouthern VietnamDessert"Cow cake" (literal name in Vietnamese), made from glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, with a honeycomb-like texture
Bánh rếBình ThuậnDessertBánh rế is a Vietnamese street food made from sweet potatoes. The sweet potato is made into a pancake, deep-fried, then sugared.
Bánh cáyThái BìnhDessertRectangular-shaped sweet dessert made by roasting and grinding glutinous rice and other ingredients
Bánh da lợnSouthern VietnamDessertColored steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, coconut milk, water, sugar, and other ingredients
Bánh chuốiDessertBanana cake
Bánh cốmHanoiDessertMade from cốm, green bean paste, grated coconut and pumpkin jam or naked lotus jam. Often used for engagement ceremonies
Bánh đậu xanhHải DươngDessertMade from ground mung bean paste with sugar and vegetable oil or animal fat
Bánh gaiNorthern VietnamDessertThe crust is made up of glutinous rice flour and hemp leaves; the filling is of finely chopped lard, banana essential oil, coconut rice, and cooked green beans
Bánh troNorthern VietnamDessertLeaves are burned into ashes and then soaked with glutinous rice to create a golden brown color like amber. Served with sugar or honey/ molasses.
Bánh inHuếDessertA Vietnamese cake from the Huế, often sold in small rectangular shaped snack packs. The main ingredients include mung bean, rice flour and durian
Bánh FlanDessertVietnamese adaptation of flan that was introduced during French colonization. Often used condensed milk as the base for a somewhat denser and heavier texture.
Bánh kẹp lá dứaDessertPandan and coconut flavored waffle eaten plain
Bánh khoai mìDessertSweet cassava cake
Bánh khảoNorthern Vietnam (Hải Dương)DessertGlutinous flour roasted with sugar, filled with pumpkin jam and fat
Bánh lọtSouthern VietnamDessertMade from rice flour and tapioca starch with the aroma of coconut milk, sugar, and the green and white color of pandan leaves
Bánh mậtNorthern VietnamDessertMade from glutinous rice flour mixed with mung bean molasses, and wrapped in banana leaves
Bánh nhãnNam ĐịnhDessertMade from fragrant glutinous rice or Hai Hau yellow sticky rice, chicken eggs, white sugar and lard
Bánh píaSóc Trăng ProvinceDessertTeochew-style with durian
Bánh tétSouthern VietnamRice dishLog-shaped cylindrical glutinous rice cake, wrapped in a banana leaf and filled with a meat or vegetarian filling
Bánh tiêuDessertHollow doughnuts
Bánh trung thuDessertMooncake
ChèDessertSweet dessert soup or pudding
Chè trôi nướcSouthern VietnamDessertDessert consisting of balls made from mung bean paste wrapped in a shell made of glutinous rice flour.
Chè bánh lọtDessertCoconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar
Chuối chiênDessertBanana fried in a batter
Coconut candykẹo dừaBến Tre ProvinceDessertCandy made with coconut milk and coconut cream
Sữa chuaDessertYogurt made with condensed milk
Douhuatào phớTofu dishSoybean pudding
Grass jellythạch sương sáoDessertMade by boiling the aged and slightly oxidized stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis (member of the mint family) with potassium carbonate for several hours with a little starch and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency
Mè xửng HuếHuếDessertA chewy candy originally from the city of Huế, made with boiled down cane sugar, (into a soft and thick solid), coated with sesame seeds, and usually containing peanuts.
Bánh trôiNorthern VietnamRice dishBoiled Glutinous rice balls – also called bánh chay; literally "floating cake") – served together with bánh chay
Tapioca puddingchè chuốiDessertMade from bananas and tapioca
Taro cakebánh khoai mônDessertTaro cake
Thạch rau câu or sương saDessertGelatin dessert
Rượu nếpNorthern VietnamDessertSweet dessert made from black glutinous rice.
Sâm bổ lượngSaigonSoupSweet, cold soup
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