Ho Chi Minh City makes CNN’s list of best cities for street food

(VNF) - Ho Chi Minh City has been listed by CNN as one of the 23 Best Cities for Street Food in the world, along with other popular cities like Bangkok, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris …

Accordingly, pho (noodle served with beef and chicken), banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) and com tam (broken rice) were introduced as typical dishes of street food in Ho Chi Minh City.

Banh mi, according to CNN, was spreading out all over the world. The baguette could be filled with a various selection of meats including pate, sausage, and shredded pork skin.

A loaf of bread sliced ​​pork tenderloin: grilled thin, pork bologna or sausage, liver pate greasy, sauce and basil vegetables, smell, sweet and sour cucumber, scallions... (Source: daubao.com)

Pham Ngu Lao Street (the western edge of District 1) at night (Source: saigonbudgetcarrental.com)

CNN also suggested visitors to visit Pham Ngu Lao Street – a place close to many attractive sites like Ben Thanh market and the Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts Museum to enjoy com tam with BBQ pork.

In May, CNN site also give hints about ten street dishes that every visitor should not miss when they come to Viet Nam, including bun cha (rice noodles served with grilled pork), goi cuon (spring rolls), ca phe trung (Trung’s coffee), banh mi, bot chien (Fried rice flour cakes), pho (noodles with beef or pork), cao lau (pork noodle), bun bo Nam Bo (Southern style vermicelli with grilled beef), banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese crepe) and xoi (sticky rice with crushed peanuts and sesame salt).

Also on the list are Honolulu (Hawaii); Durban (South Africa); New Orleans (Louisiana); Istanbul (Turkey); Paris (France); Cairo (Egypt); Marrakech (Morocco); Mexico City (Mexico); Cartagena (Columbia); Portland (Oregon); Dakar (Senegal); Port Louis (Mauritius); Miami (Florida); Rome (Italy); Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Sydney (Australia).

Thailand’s capital Bangkok was on the top of the list – the place that, as CNN notes, is “impossible to avoid street food”.

Other big cities in Asia countries were also on the list as Tokyo (Japan); Mumbai (India); Beijing and Hong Kong (China) and Bali (Indonesia)./.

Minh Phuong ( cnn.com )