Street Food in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Ben Thanh market is definitely the center point for tourist as well as locals in Ho Chi Minh. With a complete range of daily needs in here, from vegetables, fruit, coffee, to the tourist artifact, such as paintings, T-Shirt, it is where all the people flock, either for shopping or just to kill time.

There are many traditional Vietnamese food stall inside the market, which is definitely for the strong stomach. And if you still around once the market close at 5:30pm, the road circling the market transformed into night market, complete with street food vendor.

Bánh Bèo Huế: Vietnamese Rice Cake, Huế style, served with spices, slice of ham and cut of sausage. Taste a little bit bouncy and refreshing.

Bún bò Huế, another Huế-style dishes. Served with rice noodle and, as with other Vietnamese dishes, generous amount of vegetables.

Chao Tom, shrimp paste rolled on sugar cane stick. It is served on top of server, and eaten with lettuce, mint, and rice paper. There are many variant of this food

Cỏi Cuốn, a typical Vietnamese Spring Roll

Street Food in Hanoi, Vietnam

With the richness of Vietnamese's Herbs and cuisine, it was so hard to resist the temptation to taste Hanoi's street food. Be warned, however, that this is only for one with strong stomach.

Pho Bo: Vietnamese rice noodle soup with slice of beef, served with mint leaves


Bo Bia Got: Sweet and Crunchy, perfect for dessert. You can find the seller near almost any market, standing beside his/her bicycle.


Thit Bo Kho: The name translates to beef jerky meat. However, they put in pork meat. Delicious and refreshing, though. This on is from the alley next to the water puppet show. Look for one with the most patrons.