Cuisine
Food
The cuisine of Vietnam comes as a pleasant surprise to many visitors and is definitely a part of the Vietnam experience not to be missed. One of the characteristics of Vietnamese food is that it is always fresh being bought the same morning straight from the market. Food is usually prepared with a minimum of oil and served with the ubiquitous fish sauce called nuoc mam.
Typical Vietnamese dishes you can expect to try including pho, a type of rice noodle soup eaten for breakfast, cha gio (nem in the northern dialect), deep-fried spring rolls, and goi ngo sen, a delicious salad made with lotus stems, shrimp and peanuts. Due to the strong Buddhist influence in Vietnam, vegetarian food is widely available but more so in Southern Vietnam.
Please let your Travel Coordinator know if you have any allergies.