Vietnamese cuisine is rich and varied, reflecting the harmony and distinctive in the way of mixing spices and eating habits of Vietnamese people. Each region brings an own different beauty, an own color. Therefore, people say that “” the North food has moderate, neutral, salty, but simple spices, the Central food has a spicy, simple but delicate spices and the South’s has sweet spices”. Vietnam food tours will now show you culinary cuisine stretched in the S-shaped country.
North Cuisine
Typical in northern cuisine is usually not spicy, fat, sweet in other regions. The dish is tasteful, not too intense but colorful and often is served with dilute and shrimp sauce. On the occasion of Tet holidays, the ingenuity and sophistication of Northern dishes are more clearly expressed through decoration. The Northern cuisine has a long-standing culture and Ha Noi is considered an elite cuisine of the North with delicious dishes which are famous on earth like Pho, Thang noodle, Cha noodle, etc. In the eating and drinking habit, residents behave in very subtle and gentle way. Therefore, older people and those who are respected are also invited to eat before or when to eat, the good things will be given to others first.
Central cuisine
The central cuisine is not diversity like the North because of suffering more natural disasters than any other lands in Vietnam. So, the people here always appreciate and turn the wonderful produce into their very own flavors, which anyone enjoys once, he will never forget because most dishes are also spices as if heartbreaking. Initially, we have to mention Hue food –cradle of central cuisine. It is famous for Hue noodle which attracts domestic and foreign tourists following “Che Hue”. Secondly, we can not miss Quang Nam food which is so fabulous. A lot of dishes you should try are chicken, Cao Lau, especially Quang Nam Noodle which is so notable.
South cuisine
We are just discovering about the North and Central cuisine. At the moment, food walking tours will provide you the information about the other. It is the south where people love sweet food. So, this place is the origin of many kinds of Che such as Che Dau, Che Bap…. It is famous for food streets. Mentioning drink of the North, we have to refer to wine particularly, Sai Gon people love using Western wine.
Each region has specialties so delicious. If you are interested in any dish of Vietnam, you may visit Vietnam cooking class to learn how to cook or where you should taste it.