5 International visitors’ impressions of Vietnamese cuisine

Famous for its unique, rich and diverse cuisine, what are the impressions of international visitors on Vietnamese cuisine? Currently, there are many delicious dishes from popular to luxurious Vietnamese dishes appearing in the list of delicious dishes in the world, making a strong impression on tourists who come here.

Recently, The Culture Trip magazine announced the results of the statistics of the characteristics of Vietnamese cuisine surveyed with international visitors who have visited this country. Accordingly, the 5 outstanding impressions of Vietnamese cuisine are making coffee a cultural feature, using fish sauce in dishes, eating blood pudding, having breakfast habits, and diverse desserts.

Making coffee a culture

In Vietnam, coffee is not simply a drink every morning but also a unique cultural feature. Coming to Vietnam, many international visitors are impressed by the coffee shops with grand spaces, eye-catching decorations in many different styles. Even here, visitors can easily find sidewalk shops that attract crowds of people to sip iced black coffee, iced brown coffee, iced milk coffee, etc. In particular, Vietnamese people also spend their weekends enjoying a cup of coffee while chatting with friends and relatives.

Using fish sauce in food

Fish sauce is one of the culinary ingredients that creates the unique flavor of Vietnam compared to many other countries in the world. This is also the impression of international visitors about Vietnamese cuisine when every family meal here has a bowl of fish sauce with lemon, garlic, and chili. Not only that, fish sauce is also a popular spice used to create a rich salty flavor for Vietnamese dishes. According to the traditional production method, fish sauce is made from anchovies, salted and fermented. Currently, in Vietnam, there are more than 30 different types of fish sauce used in cooking.

Eating blood pudding

One of the impressions of international visitors about Vietnamese cuisine is eating blood pudding. This is a dish made from animal blood, usually poultry, pigs, goats, etc. A bowl of blood pudding has meat, animal blood, fish sauce, herbs, roasted peanuts, etc. Foreigners are often hesitant to eat this dish, but anyone who has ever enjoyed it is conquered by its cool, rich and slightly sour taste. According to Vietnamese culture, many families still maintain the habit of preparing this dish on death anniversaries and friends’ reunions.

Breakfast habits

The habit of eating breakfast regularly of Vietnamese people also creates an impression in the eyes of international friends. This habit comes from the purpose of providing enough energy for a long day of activities. Therefore, breakfast dishes in Vietnam are all nutritious such as bread, pho, vermicelli, rice, porridge, wet rice paper, steamed rice rolls, boiled eggs… Many people even go to the market and prepare breakfast at home for their family members to enjoy.

Unique and diverse desserts

Vietnamese people have a preference for desserts with refreshing flavors such as sweet soup, juice, smoothies, milk… As for sweet soup, diners have a variety of choices such as Thai sweet soup, grapefruit sweet soup, mixed sweet soup, corn sweet soup, lotus seed sweet soup, red apple sweet soup… It is the diversity of desserts that has impressed foreign visitors about Vietnamese cuisine. Coming to Vietnam, foreign visitors can easily find and enjoy the desserts they want at popular to luxurious restaurants along the roads.