10 MUST TRY VIETNAMESE DISHES in SAIGON 🇻🇳 Phở - Bánh Mì & MORE ft.

As my time in Saigon draws to a close I want to give you 10 Vietnamese dishes that I think you must eat when you visit Saigon in 2023.
From Phở to Bánh Mì to Bánh xèo and everything in between. These are my favourite Vietnamese dishes so far!
Cơm tấm
To get to this Cơm tấm shop, it's opposite here:
goo.gl/maps/Hcp8gJzFKDzYVwXR7
• 🇻🇳 Eating Where The Lo...
Gỏi cuốn (Summer Rolls)
Gỏi Cuốn Tôm Thịt
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• Saigon Street Food is ...
Bánh xèo + Banh cong
Bánh Cóng Sa Đéc Hai Chị Em
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• First Time Trying BANH...
Bánh canh cua
Crab noodle Ba ba (Bánh canh cua Bà Ba)
goo.gl/maps/mTgcPBbVry2Fn6ELA
• My First Day in Vietna...
Bún riêu
Crab Paste Vermicelli Soup Mrs Yen (Bún riêu Yến)
goo.gl/maps/Xv9k7gAArS6CkViB6
• My First Day in Vietna...
Phở
To get to Phở Tàu Bay (Áo Đỏ), follow the Google Maps link below:
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• 🇻🇳 PHO - NOMENAL 68 Ye...
Phở Hải (not in this video)
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• This is Why Vietnam Ha...
Bún thịt nướng
Bún thịt nướng - Nguyễn Trung Trực
goo.gl/maps/f1ZdiULppwf9G6qr9
• My First Day in Vietna...
Bún bò Huế
Bánh mì (Bánh mì Việt Nam)
It's around here that she starts:
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• 🇻🇳 NEXT Level Banh Mi ...
Bánh mì bò nướng Cô Lành
• Saigon Street Food is ...
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Chapters:
0:00 intro
0:19 Com Tam
7:08 Summer Rolls
11:37 Banh Xeo/Banh Cong
18:40 Bánh canh cua
23:48 Bún riêu
29:07 Phở
35:05 Bún thịt nướng
39:33 Bún bò Huế
44:57 Bánh mì
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My name’s Gary and I’ve been living in Bangkok for the past five plus years and travelling Thailand for over ten. I’m obsessed with Thai street food and it’s that obsession that led me to start this KZbin channel. I want to share my favourite hidden spots in Bangkok and the rest of Thailand so you can fall in love with authentic, local Thai food as much as I have!
I’ve never understood travelling to a town or city and not eating the local food. How else do you really connect with a place? Let’s get out and explore together and I guarantee you’ll find a whole different side to this wonderful country.
If you love seeing off the beaten path, non-touristy, local life and authentic local life in Bangkok and Thailand then this is the channel for you. If go go bars on the Sukhumvit Road are more your thing (I’m not judging) then maybe not!
#vietnam2023 #saigonstreetfood #vietnamfood

[@romeoalphafoxtrot9517]

The French showed the Vietnamese how to make Baguettes, then they took it to an entirely new level! They truly make some of the best food on the planet! I'm not kidding!

[@theroamingcook]

Totally agree! Next level stuff

[@longthanh3774]

Chào Max ! Chàng trai Sài Gòn - Việt Nam ... Ở Sài Gòn , bạn hay các bạn nước ngoài đi thưởng thức ẩm thực Việt mà đi với Max là đúng bài rồi - thổ địa Sài Gòn đấy !

[@jonfranklin4583]

La Lot Bahn Mi, brilliant! I spent 3-1/2 weeks in Vietnam in 2001 with my buddy who did two tours during the American war with the Marines. We literally ate our way from Saigon to the former DMZ. Stumbled upon Bo La Lot at a roadside restaurant in Khe Sahn and instantly fell in love with it. I cannot wait to try that Bahn Mi, looks unbelievable! Thanks for the tour!

[@kayflip2233]

Vietnam is a must for high level, sophisticated food people. Street food is just as serious there as it is in Thailand but they interpreted it in a whole different way.

[@lacviet8728]

Well said! Viet food and culinary traditions are more complex and refined than Thai food, and frankly, any other SE Asian cuisine

[@gianglai5412]

@@lacviet8728 YES. Ẩm thực. Và trái cây. Việt Nam. Rất. tươi ngon. Tuyệt vời lắm. Rất đa dạng. Phong phú. Giá cả. Rẻ. Hợp lý. Nhất. So với. các nước khác👍. ~ Thank you. I.Lo Ve you. VIETNAM.👍😘😘💖👌

[@bunnyhelper7791]

My favorite food from Vietnam are xoi man thit cam , nem lui ,com hen , hu tieu, Banh khoai, Banh beo ,xoi bop , xoi den, Che ba mau , goi Xoai , goi ga , chao long , 😊bung thit nuong ,

[@helloalo2090]

Gary Bulter > Bún Bò Huế broth must especially add Shrimp Paste Huế during cooking. Shrimp paste mades the mix between little shrimp and pork and lot of ingredients then grind completely. Only Huế middle of vietnam has that little shrimps. Other area of vietnam also have the shrimps but those shrimps make for the paste not very fragrance and delicious.

[@damiann4734]

Difference between Chinese spring rolls and vietnamese spring rolls, is vietnamese spring roll filling has a lot more texture and flavours. You can say its a lot more complex. You forgot on more ingredient, taro.

[@phucvo2237]

Dành cho những người thích du lịch. Chứ mình là mình thuộc dạng không phải người đi du lịch. Mình chăm sóc vườn và uống trà và ăn những thứ xung quanh mình có. Có thể hàng năm trời mình không ăn cơm tấm, bánh mì ngon như TP... nhưng mình thích thế đổi lại mình ăn được cháo gà thả vườn, cá nuôi tự nhiên,trái cây hàng ngày... Và tham gia công nghệ cùng với mọi người

[@phucvo2237]

Và tuy sinh ra và lớn lên ở TP nhưng mình thật khó để tồn tại ở TP này. Mình phù hợp với miền quê hơn

[@rickglasser]

This video had me drooling worse than my dogs. I'm fortunate to live in an area with a large Vietnamese population, so I have a go-to place for Bahn mi, another for com tam dac biet, another for bahn xeo. Wife and I can make a meal of cha gio and goi cuon and bun thit nuong. We also have pho restaurants everywhere.

[@theroamingcook]

I envy you mate. I have to fly for a good bun thit

[@AP-jd4fs]

For a regular Bun Rieu soup in Sai Gon, the sweetness can be from pork bones, dried shrimps, dried squids and crabs. It's my most favorite noodle soup. As a Vietnamese overseas, this is the kind of soup that I miss most. It is full of umami flavor.

[@brucewayne2773]

So nice of Max ( Mr. Arkansas) to show you some great VN classics at all the good places to dine at. Mate, if you spent a week there, you will have a much better time . I know you would miss your son and wife.

[@theroamingcook]

I think I’ll do at least 5 nights next month!

[@nhatanhpham6281]

Bò Lá lốt is so so good

[@Jefe_Perro]

Epic food tour. It's definately too long since my last visit. Did you ever wake up in the morning and scream out the window "Good Roamin' Vietnam!!" Robin Williams style?

[@theroamingcook]

Hahahah no but I will next time 😂

[@giaonguyen2039]

Max hướng dẫn bạn cách ăn món Vietnam rất rõ ràng và hấp dẫn 😍👍👍💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@linngu2594]

Thank you for showing us your favourites. You r spot on that the Vietnamese eat load of herbs & veg in our meal. Please kindly note the basil you are eating is Vietnamese one as the leaves are much larger and have less of star anise fragrant vs the Thai basil has much smaller leaves

[@khanh2225]

Hoàn hảo,

[@theroamingcook]

🇻🇳❤️🇻🇳❤️

[@louis20122]

Agree totally. They are delicious and must try.

[@andden.nguyen8926]

Wellcome to my country ..... i hope you have a great time here .

[@theroamingcook]

Thank you so much

[@tuyenbui]

The banh mi with the wrapped beef leaves looks ridiculously good!!

[@jeanbenoit4288]

nice hungry review, the bread of the banh mi really look like a French baguette, probably an history heritage.

[@YENNGUYEN-ni3kb]

Thank you for your introduction. So happy to have Max join you here. I love the way you eat the noodles. I like Banh xèo the best. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😃😀😀

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks so much. I can’t wait to get back and explore more

[@Saigonlifevn]

Ngon và hấp dẫn quá, chào mừng bạn đến đất nước xinh đẹp của tôi 🇻🇳 Hy vọng 1 ngày gần đây sẽ được đồng hành cùng bạn trên mọi nẻo đường sài gòn

[@07.loctrunghau70]

Đất nước này của bạn hả

[@gianglai5412]

@@07.loctrunghau70 Họ. Nói chuẩn rồi. Việt Nam. Mãi mãi. Trong. trái ♥ tim tôi. Thank you. I.LO VE YOU. VIET NAM.👍😂. ❤💜❤💜💑👫👫👬👬🌹🌻🌸🌻🌷🌻

[@hungrytoexplore]

great foodie guide! Want to see more of these type of videos :)

[@theroamingcook]

Cheers mate!

[@nest_tossapon]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@theroamingcook]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@spykersgirl13]

Hi Max ăn cơm tấm bì sườn chả thấy ăn ngon miệng quá làm chị thèm quá nha 🤪🤪❤️❤️❤️

[@adamproctor9315]

As someone who lived in Vietnam for 5 years I have to comment, and I'm sorry if you dislike any criticism, I love your videos. Firstly, it's criminal mentioning Saigon and Pho, Pho is best in Hanoi, hands down. You also ate Pho without fried breadstick which is an absolute must. Secondly, please please don't convince people that only street food is good. Sure, for a few days, but eventually not everyone wants to sit on a small childs plastic stool on the street. There are hundreds of super high quality places that do it better than the street food. You can pay 30k for Pho on the street, but if you pay 50 you can have a comfortable seat in a restaurant and get higher quality. Every Vietnamese food video, especially from Max and the ginger guy, are ALWAYS street food. Not everyone lives like a pauper and in Vietnam and India you can eat at amazing restaurants for cheap. You can pick up Thai food or other high quality western food if you want a break from Vietnamese food for 3-4 dollars a meal at super nice restaurants. You can EVEN go to five star restaurants in Hanoi and Saigon and eat michelin level Vietnamese food for only $10-15. Why isn't this done?

[@theroamingcook]

I don’t mind a bit of constructive criticism mate, it’s all good. For me, I’m only in Saigon for two or three days at a time so I don’t need a break from street food but I do get what you’re saying. It’s the same for me in Bangkok, I don’t eat Thai food three times a day. There must be channels you can watch that go to 5 star restaurants?

[@adamproctor9315]

@@theroamingcook but I’m not even talking five star. There’s so much more than just street food. Appreciate the honesty. And next time get the kuay with the pho! It’s a game changer.

[@adamproctor9315]

@Commie Monkey except pho in hanoi is packed with herbs and coriander leaves as standard ….

[@QuangLe-hd2oc]

"Pho is best in Hanoi, hands down": this is personal opinion not FACTS; and so it's the rest of your comment.

[@QuangLe-hd2oc]

@Commie Monkey To be honest: All I got from your comments: it's your poor taste of life

[@ric44n]

com tam can have a variety of ingredients and different kind of meats but the proper or traditional com tam has to be with pork chop/cha/shredded pork skin , aka com tam suon bi cha.

[@MisterPhat]

Anthony Bourdain was a fan of Vietnamese soups with blood cake in them, so of course Bun Rieu. I'll have blood but it doesn't get me excited. He also did a classic visit to a Banh Xeo place, and loved it. I use to go to that one (before he did!), where they make great huge ones. Miss him.

[@theroamingcook]

What a legend!

[@MisterPhat]

@@commiemonkey8166 You know he did a number of episodes in Vietnam, . In one, he visited "the lunch lady" in Saigon who featured blood cake in her soups, and he really focused on that, talked about how much he loved it.

[@MisterPhat]

@@commiemonkey8166 I said he was a fan of blood cake, I didn't say it was his favorite. Or that he had Bun Bo Hue with the lunch lady (doubt it). I never said a thing about Bun Bo Hue. Was BBH his favorite? No idea. Not really relevant to my comment.

[@lacviet8728]

Bourdain was not only a fan, he shot more episodes in Viet Nam than any other country. Before he passed, his last episode in Viet Nam, he said he was seriously considering moving to VN but his wife wouldn't like it.

[@ctle7803]

I miss Anthony Bourdain so much. On an interview that I saw, Bourdain said if he had only one day to live, his first dish he would like to eat is sushi in Japan, second dish would be Bun Bo Hue, famous Vietnamese noodle originated from Hue, Vietnam. Bourdain was a legend and will always be missed❤

[@dashamunch]

will definitely try this out! 😋

[@CouncilCollective]

Watching from Portugal with a bloody bad back food looks fantastic Gary,,,especially that pork chop peace and happiness

[@huyquoctran2088]

If vietnam has california whether and not hot and humid. It be one of the best in the world 😂. Same for thailand. Good/affordable food and weather

[@TheRebornofSocialVietSub]

Without communist party 😂

[@aaa-jq4ow]

Ngon quá

[@theroamingcook]

Ngon 😎

[@danielj3010]

3:55 bro a chili style smoothie is def your wheelhouse

[@kim_kimngo2405]

Very nice com tâm. Thanks for shared!

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for watching!

[@neyler9314]

My throat hurts and eyes tear up at the amount of chili you added to your sauce for the broken rice dish.

[@hisnameisvu]

When the time hits 35:05 your favorite dish magically appears, I still love how your pronounce it, makes me smile ear to ear.. such a wonderful video once again my brother 1 hour of you explaining and experiencing the vast array of food you can get from Vietnam is incredible, I can't wait to try them again when I go back which is very soon.. although I do have these dishes from time to time but nothing can beat having the dishes from my motherland. Just seeing you eating the chili's without no doubt incredible I don't think I could eat as much as you though. For this video I give you 100/supurb thank you once again my brother 🙏 😊

[@haseebdailyvlogs2207]

Beautiful 😍

[@mfamily3301]

Love from Saigonese

[@davidwade490]

Mate, next time you come to Saigon you must try Oc Len Xao Dua with a banh mi...you will be truly blown away 😉

[@binhgiavlog]

Nếu có phụ đề Tiếng Việt trên kênh của bạn sẽ tốt hơn ạ. Chúc bạn thành công

[@anhtaa1]

Thank you for a great list and the directions to get there. Hopefully, they will still be there next year for our trip.

[@user-tj4hs7vl7o]

Phơ , Banh Xeo , Com Tam , Cha Gio , Ca Dieu Hong Banh trang , Bo To Cuon Tay Ninh , Banh Mi… SG mãi đỉnh

[@HoangLam]

Nice list. Totally agree 👍

[@sonnysantino7849]

Amazing video!Thank you 👏👏

[@seant6021]

I love to eat at this place

[@Holystar12]

Love your videos. I see you and Max are both friends and rivals in term of fresh herbs and spicy lover :P.

[@Simply_Ngon]

Stay hungry my friend!

[@theroamingcook]

Always!

[@cuongduong7191]

❤❤❤ quá hay

[@HoanglongTran-ex3pb]

Toàn món mình thích

[@5thPlatoon]

Great roundup duchess!

[@huynhxuansang214]

Bún Bò Huế vẫn là món ưa thích của mình nhất, nạm, gân, chả cua, thêm khoanh giò với huyết. BBH ngon nhất chỉ có ở SG mới có, mình đi du lịch nam bắc nhưng chưa được ăn như ở SG.

[@MisterPhat]

I've meant to try that crab soup place. I used to live a block away from it in D5, but I think this place opened after I left.

[@theroamingcook]

It’s a great spot for sure. I can actually take the credit for finding this one 😅

[@MisterPhat]

​@@theroamingcook oops, sorry! it looked great, I wanna try it.

[@freefootball1204]

biết dùng chanh lau thìa luôn :D

[@theroamingcook]

😎

[@thanhphan2081]

You guy know how to enjoyed food in vietnam

[@TheRebornofSocialVietSub]

Drink the fish sauce 😂🎉❤

[@theroamingcook]

😂😂😂

[@truyenwave]

❤❤❤

[@hle7089]

FYI Vietnamese chả giò is egg roll and it deep fry not spring roll and the non fry is call gỏi cuốn(spring roll) where you can see 2 to 3 shrimp in it. It literally in front of you when you eat the chả giò

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the info 👌😁

[@hydrangeapeony2835]

Interesting! In Canada, chả giò are spring rolls and gỏi cuốn are fresh rolls. In big cities, the supermarkets sell frozen spring rolls that you can fry at home. Egg rolls are often asociated with Chinese cuisine. I guess they have different names depending on where you live

[@rosieb4029]

I’m hungry now 😅

[@Hunter-go4bv]

Vietnamese popular food is family style and live seafood (steam, bbq, stew, porridge… endless). Pho and and bánh mì are popular but ordinary.

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the info! 👌

[@supatracross5172]

Sawatdee kha Gary

[@HoanTran-pd3vv]

🎉🎉🎉

[@peteryeh6866]

Mr,, Are you very handsome 😍 Are you very handsome 😍 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@sonnysantino7849]

You are next Mark Wiens 🙏🙏

[@lacviet8728]

Next? He's better than the phony foodie.

[@sonnysantino7849]

@@lacviet8728 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lacviet8728]

@@sonnysantino7849 😉

[@TrongTran_1998]

❤❤❤😍😍😍

[@MyVietnameseRoots]

Hey Gary, I finally able to visit VN from May 15 for 2 weeks. Could you hook me up with your buddy Max? Love to hook up with him to make some videos, too. I just stated my KZbin channel for 7 months from the US side. Thanks ahead if you could help. I am sure I can fix his Vietnamese speaking, too.

[@Solid_Snack]

Gotta be careful with shrimp paste unless you want to get hypertension at an early age. From a friend. 😊

[@tamtv805]

*wtf, is a medicine found in vegetables, good for health, why are there so many tonics in South Vietnamese dishes? wtf… the bread at the end of the clip has more than 10 tonic spices in marinating meat, even the sauce is a medicinal spice, the leaves for the meat roll are also medicinal. Oh my God*

[@Hanhtran-mq3lp]

Chả giò is egg roll, gỏi cuốn is spring roll

[@tamtv805]

the way you use the name Saigon, it is considered very respectful and you understand about the South, southerners don't like the name of the mini china leader, the name of the zombie

[@TuyetLe-zr1fk]

Max giới thiệu còn hấp dẫn hơn người Việt chúng tôi

[@DiDayDiDo84]

Cơm Tấm chính xác nó là Sài Gòn

[@bunnyhelper7791]

In USA and Canada Vietnamese foods are very popular Thai foods are not well known here the foods are too spicy not good for digestion

[@ayoCanada0921]

This is incredible, you are a foreigner and you know that secrets foods ??? We can enjoy that here, But the problems is it's not authentic.

[@TravelForFoods]

Its called Pirilla!

[@theroamingcook]

Thank you!

[@vuah5675]

Món ăn Việt nam bạn có thể điều chỉnh hương vị theo ý muốn của mình

[@lanngoc1709]

Bạn đừng cho ớt vào tô bún nhiều sẽ rất cay nóng

[@peteryeh6866]

Hi Mr.. Are you very handsome 😍 Are you very handsome 😍 Are you the best best guy Are you the best best guy 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@JIEWTH]

I think six rounds of rice is not good. I'm sorry if it's a video show.

[@MisterPhat]

4:47 Dude, I've never seen anybody put that much chili into their fish sauce. More like you put a little fish sauce into your chili. Vietnamese don't do that. That kind of makes it Thai, going that heavy on the chili.

[@bunnyhelper7791]

Vietnam street foods are way better than Thailand a lot of tourists are going to Vietnam now

[@nourdinh.1450]

Vietnam got the Soups (Fire) but the others dishes i think Thailand Food are better and more choices🙄😉

[@bunnyhelper7791]

I don’t think so Thai dishes always cook with Vietnamese fish sauce . Fish sauce is original from Vietnam 😅just like the papaya salad without the Viet fish sauce it wouldn’t taste that great

[@theroamingcook]

Thailand wins on so many dishes I agree but then I’m biased haha

[@theroamingcook]

😂

[@bunnyhelper7791]

Vietnamese have one of the best cuisine in the world … .. that rights our soup are insane flavour.. besides that our breads coffee and spring rolls and balls and dessert are way better than Thailand .. a lot of tourists are going to Vietnam now Thailand only good at stir fry foods

[@JoyBoy-qz7hs]

BUN RIEU is the best

[@tonyle8240]

Your guy eat to much spiecy look like Thailand - malaysian - Indonesian - Indian cut of hot spicey good for your -- For me I m scare hot perper

[@theroamingcook]

😅😅😅😅