Vietnam is certainly a paradise for gourmet, since the culinary traditions of this country are undoubtedly affecting their incredible wealth and a variety of dishes, as well as ingredients. In fact, many recipes in this country were borrowed from neighboring countries in China and India.
Also, thanks to the long colonial dominion of France, many dishes came from there. But with all this, it is considered a clone by any of these, in no case.
Of course, in Vietnam, everything using a huge amount of sauces and seasonings is prepared. Dishes are prepared only exclusively of fresh products and often add seasonings, garlic and ginger root.
Very often used Vietnamese sauces of Vyki Cham and yoke Mom. Also in Vietnam, various herbs are incredibly popular, in particular even young bamboo shoots here are eagerly used in food.
Well, of course, the most popular products that are used in Vietnamese cuisine are primarily considered - rice, noodles, seafood, herbs, pork and many others. Of course, in every Vietnamese family, the main dish is rice, but in addition it is included as part of another in a huge number of amazing and original recipes.
However, it is safe to say that vegetarian cuisine is also very developed in Vietnam, which can be explained by Buddhist gastronomic traditions. For example, from this kind of dishes can be noted rice with roasted soy cottage cheese - Dow Fu and also with vegetables - Rau.
It can also be argued that soy, as well as products from it completely replace dairy products in Vietnamese cuisine, which, oddly enough among Vietnamese, are practically not used. Very popular here soy sauce and special soy milk, which is called Soy Dae.
As for meat dishes, the Vietnamese usually eat familiar and familiar to us - beef, pork and poultry meat. However, various insects together with reptiles here are now considered quite rare delicacies and give them far from all restaurants.
But Vietnamese cuisine is rich in very meat exotic. For example, it is very often possible if you wish to try the meat of boa, which is considered extremely useful. But also here is very popular snake meat, which fries with spices and with nuts, while the head is cut off before cooking so that the poison can not get into the dish.
Some of the most popular places in the Vietnamese resort are "Lotus Restaurant" with European and Asian cuisines, Pu Luong The Deer Restaurant, specializing in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine, as well as "PU LUONG THE DEER RESTAURT", oriented mainly to the local traditional kitchen.