Got a suggestion from one online travel agency. Found a video by Daniel Klein.
Almost at the same time! Combined two ideas in one. I came up with this post!
A taste of Vietnam!
Almost at the same time! Combined two ideas in one. I came up with this post!
A taste of Vietnam!
Young American Daniel Klein came to Vietnam for two weeks to discover the country, people's lifestyle in the food culture.
Together with Mirra Fine, camera-girl, Daniel have visited different places.
Halong Bay in the north.
Hanoi. The capital.
Huế.The feudal central.
Mekong Delta in the south.
Saigon. Day and Night.
They tried a variety of dishes!
They discovered new tastes! Captured surprising moments!
Back home, Daniel launched a video called "A taste of Vietnam"!
Many foods appear in this video. It's short! But enough for us to catch what's Daniel had tried and to
create our own food discovery based on our film-maker's experience.
If you stay here only for few days? How to taste all things that you saw in the video, without traveling
thousand kilometers in Vietnam?
Don't worry and remember! Sài gòn is the largest food hub here, in Vietnam.
You can also design your own discovery plan by selecting your most favorite and follow the instructions in "where to go?"
Ok, what we got from Daniel's film?
Quite many!
Some I know exactly what's that! Some I only guess, judging by the look!
Many of them, among Daniel's capture in his film, are really real street food.
WHAT TO DISCOVER ?
Discovery One
Famous beef noodle (Phở bò) 45,000 - 60,000 VND (*)
Sài gòn baguette (Bánh mỳ Sài gòn) (**) 15,000 - 23,000 VND
Sweet dessert soup with banana (chuối chưng) 10,000 - 15,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 4, 5 USD - 7,5 USD (***)
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(*) For your reference only, it may vary in price, the price range due to location and quality. 10% VAT may be included in the restaurant. (**) Could be for to go! (***) Exchange rate: 1 USD: 20,000 VND
Discovery Two
Grilled pork with rice noodle (Bún chả Hà nội) 35,000 - 60,000 VND
Fish hot pot (Lẩu cá - lunch or dinner time) 120,000 - 250,000 VND
Sticky rice with sweet gourd (Xôi gấc) (**) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage ? 9, 25 USD - 20,5 USD
Discovery Three (lunch or dinner time)
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/pc
Fried fish with sweet, spicy fish sauce (cá chiên & nước mắm) 80,000 - 120,000 VND
Sweet sour soup with fish (canh chua cá) 40,000 - 100,000 VND
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage ? 8,5 USD - 17,75 USD
Discovery Four (lunch or dinner time)
Vietnamese pan cake (bánh xèo) 25,000 - 80,000 VND
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/ pc
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 3,75 USD - 10,75 USD
Discovery Five (lunch or dinner time)
Sweet sour soup with fish (canh chua cá) 40,000 - 100,000 VND
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/ pc
Grilled eggplant (cà tím nướng) 25,000 - 50,000 VND
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 5,75 USD - 14,25 USD
Discovery Six
Crystal noodle with chicken (miến gà) 45,000 - 60,000 VND
Sài gòn baguette (Bánh mỳ Sài gòn) 15,000 - 23,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
Your damage! 3,7 USD - 6,7 USD
Pancake in central style
Snacks
Deep fried chinese donut 5,000 VND/ pc
Steamed bun filled with pork, mushroom 25,000 VND/ pc
Rice cracker 5,000 VND/ pc
Sticky rice 15,000 VND/ pack
For gifts (be notice your country's customs policy!)
Chinese sausage 120,000 VND/ 1/2 kg
Rice cracker 35,000 - 40,000 VND/ pack
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WHERE TO GO?
Now where do you go to find out the treasure of pleasures ?
It could be a challenge without speaking a language but surely a BIG fun!
Beef noodles
Northern style
Phở Minh: 63/ 6 Pasteur street, distr.1 in small alley, but right in the center of Sài gòn.
Phở Tàu Bay: 433 - 435 Lý Thái Tổ, dist. 10 (morning only)
Southern style
Phở Lệ: 303 - 305 Võ Văn Tần, dist. 3 or 413 - 415 Nguyễn Trải, dist. 5 (Chinatown)
Phở Hiền: 269 A, Nguyễn Trãi, dist. 1
Please check my post about beef noodle for more details.
Saigon baguette
Bánh mỳ Huỳnh Hoa: 26 Lê Thị Riêng, dist.1 (open from 4:00 PM). Not far from New World hotel.
Please check my post Saigon's baguette for more details.
Vietnamese coffee
Cafe Trung Nguyên
349 Hai Bà Trưng, dist.1
19 B Phạm Ngọc Thạch, dist.3
Vietnamese pan cake and spring rolls
Bánh xèo Đinh Công Tráng - 46 A Đinh Công Tráng, dist.1
Please check my post about Vietnamese pancake and wrap & roll for more details.
Crystal noodle with chicken
Miến gà Kỳ Đồng - 14/5 Kỳ Đồng, dist.3
Please check my post about crystal noodle with chicken for more details.
Grilled pork with rice noodles - Hanoi style
Bún chả Hà Nội : 26/ 1A Lê Thánh Tôn, dist. 1 (near to Thái Văn Lung street)
Bún chả Hồ Gươm: 8B Trần Phú, dist. 5 (very near to Equatorial hotel)
Please check my post about grilled pork with rice noodles in a Northern style for more details.
Other dishes (price here is higher)
Restaurant Hoàng Yến: 148 Hai Bà Trưng, dist.1
Sticky rice with sweet gourd
Giò chả Minh Châu: 76 Lý Tự Trọng, dist. 1 (morning time)
If you stay here only for few days? How to taste all things that you saw in the video, without traveling
thousand kilometers in Vietnam?
Don't worry and remember! Sài gòn is the largest food hub here, in Vietnam.
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| Hundred year old market, Bến Thành is one of the food hubs in Sài gòn. |
Ok, what we got from Daniel's film?
Quite many!
Some I know exactly what's that! Some I only guess, judging by the look!
Many of them, among Daniel's capture in his film, are really real street food.
 |
| Famous Vietnamese beef noodle at Phở Tàu bay |
WHAT TO DISCOVER ?
Discovery One
Famous beef noodle (Phở bò) 45,000 - 60,000 VND (*)
Sài gòn baguette (Bánh mỳ Sài gòn) (**) 15,000 - 23,000 VND
Sweet dessert soup with banana (chuối chưng) 10,000 - 15,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 4, 5 USD - 7,5 USD (***)
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(*) For your reference only, it may vary in price, the price range due to location and quality. 10% VAT may be included in the restaurant. (**) Could be for to go! (***) Exchange rate: 1 USD: 20,000 VND
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| Filter coffee with condensed milk, around 50,000 VND at Trung Nguyen Cafe! |
Grilled pork with rice noodle (Bún chả Hà nội) 35,000 - 60,000 VND
Fish hot pot (Lẩu cá - lunch or dinner time) 120,000 - 250,000 VND
Sticky rice with sweet gourd (Xôi gấc) (**) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage ? 9, 25 USD - 20,5 USD
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| Grilled pork with rice noodle Hanoi style (bún chả Hà Nội) 35,000 VND/ portion! |
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/pc
Fried fish with sweet, spicy fish sauce (cá chiên & nước mắm) 80,000 - 120,000 VND
Sweet sour soup with fish (canh chua cá) 40,000 - 100,000 VND
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage ? 8,5 USD - 17,75 USD
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| Glamorous deep fried spring roll (chả giò) in southern style (10,000 VND/pc at Đinh Công Tráng place) |
Vietnamese pan cake (bánh xèo) 25,000 - 80,000 VND
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/ pc
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 3,75 USD - 10,75 USD
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| Spring roll - Hanoi style (nem cua be) 15,000 VND per one piece! |
Sweet sour soup with fish (canh chua cá) 40,000 - 100,000 VND
Spring roll (gỏi cuốn or chả giò) 15,000 - 25,000 VND/ pc
Grilled eggplant (cà tím nướng) 25,000 - 50,000 VND
Fruits as dessert (trái cây) 20,000 - 60,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
What's the damage? 5,75 USD - 14,25 USD
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| Famous fresh spring roll (gỏi cuốn) |
Crystal noodle with chicken (miến gà) 45,000 - 60,000 VND
Sài gòn baguette (Bánh mỳ Sài gòn) 15,000 - 23,000 VND
Vietnamese coffee (filter) with condensed milk (cà phê phin sữa) 15,000 - 50,000 VND
Your damage! 3,7 USD - 6,7 USD
 |
| Deep fried chinese donut with honeycomb cake |
Deep fried chinese donut 5,000 VND/ pc
Steamed bun filled with pork, mushroom 25,000 VND/ pc
Rice cracker 5,000 VND/ pc
Sticky rice 15,000 VND/ pack
For gifts (be notice your country's customs policy!)
Chinese sausage 120,000 VND/ 1/2 kg
Rice cracker 35,000 - 40,000 VND/ pack
--------------------------------------------
WHERE TO GO?
Now where do you go to find out the treasure of pleasures ?
It could be a challenge without speaking a language but surely a BIG fun!
Beef noodles
Northern style
Phở Minh: 63/ 6 Pasteur street, distr.1 in small alley, but right in the center of Sài gòn.
Phở Tàu Bay: 433 - 435 Lý Thái Tổ, dist. 10 (morning only)
Southern style
Phở Lệ: 303 - 305 Võ Văn Tần, dist. 3 or 413 - 415 Nguyễn Trải, dist. 5 (Chinatown)
Phở Hiền: 269 A, Nguyễn Trãi, dist. 1
Please check my post about beef noodle for more details.
Saigon baguette
Bánh mỳ Huỳnh Hoa: 26 Lê Thị Riêng, dist.1 (open from 4:00 PM). Not far from New World hotel.
Please check my post Saigon's baguette for more details.
Vietnamese coffee
Cafe Trung Nguyên
349 Hai Bà Trưng, dist.1
19 B Phạm Ngọc Thạch, dist.3
Vietnamese pan cake and spring rolls
Bánh xèo Đinh Công Tráng - 46 A Đinh Công Tráng, dist.1
Please check my post about Vietnamese pancake and wrap & roll for more details.
Crystal noodle with chicken
Miến gà Kỳ Đồng - 14/5 Kỳ Đồng, dist.3
Please check my post about crystal noodle with chicken for more details.
Grilled pork with rice noodles - Hanoi style
Bún chả Hà Nội : 26/ 1A Lê Thánh Tôn, dist. 1 (near to Thái Văn Lung street)
Bún chả Hồ Gươm: 8B Trần Phú, dist. 5 (very near to Equatorial hotel)
Please check my post about grilled pork with rice noodles in a Northern style for more details.
Other dishes (price here is higher)
Restaurant Hoàng Yến: 148 Hai Bà Trưng, dist.1
Sticky rice with sweet gourd
Giò chả Minh Châu: 76 Lý Tự Trọng, dist. 1 (morning time)
Please check my post about sweet sticky rice for more details.
Sweet dessert soup with banana
Bánh mỳ Hà Nội: 83 - 85 Nguyễn Thiện Thuật, dist. 3
Please check my post Banana as King of street food for more details.
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About Daniel Klein
Daniel Klein is the founder, editor, producer and director of The Perennial Plate. This series promotes his passions of food, filmmaking and activism.
After learning to cook at his mother’s bed and breakfast, Daniel went on to work and train at many of the world’s top restaurants. His culinary education brought him to Spain, France, England, India and New York, where he has worked and trained at top Michelin starred restaurants including The Fat Duck (Heston Blumenthal), St. John (Fergus Henderson), Mugaritz (Andoni Luis Aduriz), Bouchon (Thomas Keller), Applewood (David Shea) and Craft (Tom Collichio). After graduating from NYU, Daniel also pursued a career in film. He has directed, filmed, edited and produced projects on various issues including the development industry in Africa and oil politics. Daniel’s most recent film “What are we doing here?” has aired on TV, in theaters and at numerous festivals around the world.
After learning to cook at his mother’s bed and breakfast, Daniel went on to work and train at many of the world’s top restaurants. His culinary education brought him to Spain, France, England, India and New York, where he has worked and trained at top Michelin starred restaurants including The Fat Duck (Heston Blumenthal), St. John (Fergus Henderson), Mugaritz (Andoni Luis Aduriz), Bouchon (Thomas Keller), Applewood (David Shea) and Craft (Tom Collichio). After graduating from NYU, Daniel also pursued a career in film. He has directed, filmed, edited and produced projects on various issues including the development industry in Africa and oil politics. Daniel’s most recent film “What are we doing here?” has aired on TV, in theaters and at numerous festivals around the world.
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