Forcing My American Dad to Try This Authentic Vietnamese Dish

In this food travel vlog, my dad and I visit Westminster, CA aka Little Saigon to try Canh Chua (Vietnamese sour soup). This was my dad’s first time trying this authentic Vietnamese dish.
The exact name and location of the restaurant we ate at is:
CƠM TẤM ĐÀO VIÊN
8461 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683, United States
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[@KennyNguyen-io4zk]

We, Vietnamese, don't usually eat Canh Chua by itself. We have it with rice or vermicelli noodle. When you eat Canh Chua by itself is similar to eating hamburger patty without the buns. You can eat just the burger patty, nothing wrong with that but if you include it with buns, lettuce, tomato, ketchutp; it is whole new experience. Next time, try it with rice and eat it like Vietnamese in order to compare if you should eat Canh Chua by itself.

[@user-hw2kj6ir1i]

LOL was going to say "Where's the rice?"

[@dorichardtran598]

True. But why don't the restaurant give them rice though???

[@Tloc103]

@@dorichardtran598you have to ask for it and pay extra that’s why

[@clifforddang5947]

I wish I have good relationship like this with my dad.

[@IVvOOvVI]

Yeah, is that look like this guy that I know but the guy I know is younger and he’s tall like that too but I think his that look like an older version of that guy so I would probably think his dad is nicer because the other guy likes to drink a lot

[@eqqq54]

You just have to make it happen.

[@NhungLe-js7gk]

Ca' bo^ng lau = Cat Fish ...This soup We eat with white rice

[@stanlee4765]

You have a cool and supportive dad!

[@BigTimeBentley]

this is very true

[@tylertran93nsx]

You need to eat it with white rice to balance the taste cause the soup is strong.

[@jonathanhuynh43]

Your Dad is Super cool

[@vietnamemperor123461]

Cá lóc is called snakehead fish. Vietnamese only use this kind of fish in the countryside. But in fancy restaurant this soup is cook with Swai steak fish.

[@ki5ngau]

Actually, swai/basa (bông lâu) is for poor people. In Nha-Trang we cook sour soup with cá mú (rock cod or grouper).

[@vietnamemperor123461]

@@ki5ngau ca mu or "grouper" is for rich people. Ca bong lau is for regular middle class. Ca loc is for poor people. It's cheap and can find everywhere in the countryside.

[@Tloc103]

Catfish is the best fish for canh chua

[@TTMc377]

Ca Loc in English is snake-headed fish. The fish in the sour soup you ordered is catfish.

[@zhenxaxingzhing12]

Hi TYLER, Its nice of you to say that your girLfriend's Mom cooks this CANH chua better than this restaurant. in Viêt nam, the Viêtnamese often cook Canh chua and CÁ Lóc together. Most Viêtnamese call CÁ Lóc " snakehead. Fish", PLease correct me if i'm wrong. Thank you TYLER for another good video. And one more thing TYLER, when you go back to Sài gòn, could you pLease continue to make the "GOOD MORNING Vietnam video" series, because "Good morning Viet nam" has ALWAYS been my favorite videos to watch. Thanks TyLer, you and your father have a great day.

[@Lauren88O8]

Love Canh Chua with a bowl of hot rice 😋

[@IVvOOvVI]

Sounds good and I like to skim off the fat from the soup

[@infinitibottle]

Tyler walks into a restaurant in the US and orders like he is in Vietnam. We usually sit down first here. 😊

[@BigTimeBentley]

Haha true

[@Oranguthanh-df9sl]

Hello to Bentleys, This place does not specialize in this dish, it’s a com tam place, u gotta go to hot pot spot in Garden Grove, lil Saigon , Bolsa, cảnh chùa by itself unusual, need a lil rice w it 😂 Enjoy rest of ya day 🤚✌️

[@skatingcanuck9837]

It's rare for a non-Vietnamese to be able to speak Vietnamese. The first employee should have graciously replied in Vietnamese. I recently went to Montreal, Canada where a lot of people are bilingual in English and French. In the past I didn't even try speaking French because I knew they would reply in English. This trip I was stubborn and committed to speaking French. People replied in French and those that didn't eventually yielded. Please don't apologize, but be proud of your Vietnamese language skills. Keep on keeping on in Vietnamese!👊✊

[@user-hw2kj6ir1i]

I think that young man does not speak vietnamese even thou he is one, very common these days. kinda of sad.

[@skatingcanuck9837]

@@user-hw2kj6ir1i I can understand not speaking Vietnamese fluently, but he works in a Vietnamese restaurant. How can he communicate with guests when half the menu is in Vietnamese? In Canada all the employees in Vietnamese (regardless of age) restaurants speak Vietnamese.

[@LTLotusHeart]

The soup should be eaten with noodles or rice. And Cá Kho Tộ is also a perfect match with the soup. Of course with rice and noodles as well.

[@JamesNguyen-fe6it]

It's great that you share fish head with your dad. I feel like most American or westerner are so afraid of eating fish head and eyeballs. My favorite part of the fish are the eyeballs. Most of my American friends have never try VN food so when they try it, they really enjoy it. It's nice to share our culture with other people. Food is a wonderful experience and should be shared with friends.

[@BigTimeBentley]

haha I usually let my gf eat the eyeballs she loves them

[@nctran901]

You’re spot on. Canh chua is a traditional việt soup, especially for southern miền Tây. It’s a light and healthy soup supposedly. I think cá lóc is snakehead fish but not sure. Btw the waiter should’ve served you with a separate bigger “soup” spoon. Great video as always!

[@msloannguyen7322]

Snackehead fish sour soup 🥣 “ canh chua cá lóc “… eating with rices 🍚 “

[@tonychang9354]

You're a good son. Making me missing my son, but unfortunately my son has been gaslighting by her mom.

[@-UnknownX-]

You can eat canh chua with rice noodle or rice. It's delicous!

[@jimjohandes]

Watching your videos makes me hungry. LOL Jim in California

[@tlseeslt3462]

Hi, Mr Tyler. Next time trying the cat fish soup with white rice 🍚. You will love it. You are right about the staffs. I ate a lots at restaurants in little Saigon and not too many restaurants with friendly staffs. There are more friendly staffs in Vietnam restaurants. Love your videos 😊

[@LanNguyen-cz5zh]

For me the súp same like not really good “ wrong restaurant, if you go in to more st , up to Brookhurst st and Edinger or bolsa st , so much good Vietnamese restaurants , the súp you eat there’ must have rice noodles come with, but any way, I happy to see you and dad enjoy your meal and enjoy your day as much you can 🤗❤️’ love you all “

[@longdang3602]

Thanks!

[@BigTimeBentley]

Thank you!

[@WingChunBoyz]

You guys just ate a big bowl of noodles, of course you’re not gonna eat the soup with rice. Y’all already got your fill of carbs. I’m Cambodian American and grew up eating cảnh chùa too as the province my family is from borders Vietnam. I also understand some Viet and tried learning it. I think your Viet is awesome! I was just in the area to eat bánh mì for lunch. There’s a really good bánh mì place with a drive through called Carrot and Daikon Bánh Mì. Hay wah! I listen to Việt radio everyday when I drive home from work. I only took 1 semester of Vietnamese at Golden West College. Hope you had fun in the States bro! Ngon lắm! Mien Tay ơi! You know this dish is from Mekong delta right?

[@dillonle4034]

in America canh chua they use cat fish not cá lóc (snake head fish). Lẩu usually eats with bún

[@bullyear1973]

Snake head fish sound cooler than cat fish tho!

[@curiouspeople6441]

I need to eat that with white rice 🍚

[@vancouvertravels]

Yummy soup 🍲 😋. Your Vietnamese is so good. Handsome dad and son. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 💙💙💙

[@winnwinn7580]

This place is "Cơm Tắm Đào Viên", they are specialized "Cơm Tắm" which is "Broken rice" dish. For "Canh Chua" you should go to a seafood restaurant, they have fresh fish for the "Canh Chua", ex: Tan Cang Seafood restaurant on 1st street and Newhope in Santa Ana.

[@CC-hf2jn]

it looks like you are preparing for your dad to live in VN long term :)

[@chantallatham41]

WE USUALLY HAVE CANH CHUA WITH RICE.

[@l.h.tnguyen4916]

Dad dips in fish sauce and then dips in soup which erases the saltiness. Might as well not dip, lol

[@taminguyen8503]

The waiters are all guys, they don't know what they are doing. Lol, lol. Where are the noodles or rice? 😂😅😊

[@WingChunBoyz]

Lmao! Dang! 😂😂😂

[@johnli25]

Damn. Your dad is jacked!!!

[@Me-lm2ky]

Snakehead fish tastes like a trout. Often they uses trout in place of snakehead when you are in America. In most cheaper places, they use catfish. BTW, you guys were eating it wrong. That soup was seasoned to be eaten with white rice. The white rice mellow out the salty sour taste a little bit.

[@linhxa6159]

You must have rice with canh man 😂… like peanut without butter

[@cotruongofficial]

7:20 Cá bông lau (Pangasius krempfi)

[@OurConversations]

Watching your video making me wanting to go back to Vietnam.

[@ki5ngau]

Cá lóc is snake head, native to south east Asia. Viet Nam only inland people eat snake for spyr soup, souther people tend to cook with basa. And in coastal city like Nha-Trang, we cook sour soup with cá mú (rock fish or cod).

[@TuanMR2]

Hehehe.. You came in Com Tam restaurant and eat Canh Chua...But You need to eat this steam rice Tyler. Snakehead fish is Ca Loc. Wish you have Have Fun with Dad.

[@IVvOOvVI]

Nothing wrong with that if they have good canh chua

[@TuanMR2]

Ofcourse it's OK, as you said IF you know Canh Chua is good.😂

[@taynguyen7792]

Cá lóc is Snakehead fish in English

[@titiung]

Your dad looks like your big brother, so young!

[@chinaboss6683]

Hair dye can do miracles. 😂

Very very impressed with your Vietnamese 😊

[@djinvn]

Ok.. we’re here based on your video lol. Ordered the same as you (got the combo). We’ll see! 🤞🏻

[@djinvn]

Verdict.. 8.5! Delicious! Yes, we’ll be back. Thanks for the recommendation 👍🏻

[@hoodhunter3262]

next time you're back in LA, take your dad to these 2 places, Brodard for nemnuong, and Oc & Lau for snail and many other seafood dishes.. And if you like lobster, go to New Canton to get lobster with XO sauce!

[@ThaoTruong-xd4sb]

I love it

[@marlonelias]

He look like your older brother!.!. LOL!.!.

[@chesterphung1143]

Anthony Bourdain looks great bros ❤😊😅

[@fancyfoodexperience6351]

Try Ngoc Suong restaurant for lunch. They have very good Vietnamese dishes and canh chua too. Usually order a couple of regular dishes and a soup pot. And some rice. Try Brodard in Fountain Valley for their Spring rolls.

[@MinhLe-ki6rl]

Your Vietnamese is impressive 🙌

[@natenay5730]

looks delicous, i want those. it would be great to eat with some rice. That fish you eat is called Catfish

[@andresloft]

You and dad, actually looks like brothers 😂

[@nhanhohuu758]

Last April, I went to this restaurant during my trip to America.

[@ThuyLe-bd3id]

This soup is usually accompanied with clay pot fish. Canh chua cá kho tộ or thịt kho tộ.

[@user-lv3gz2mn2q]

You're suppose to eat it with noodles or rice because the soup is too rich. Also Ca Kho To or an salty side dish balances out the sourness perfectly.

[@MrDuong12]

As Vietnamese, we never eat this soup as you did. You must eat with steamed rice and a salty dish like thit kho or ca kho to balance the taste.

[@shaolinman]

Damn. Dude. Your Vietnamese is pretty good. Better than my Vietnamese.

[@doanduong7119]

Canh chua is definitely an acquired taste. Growing up my mom love them, and I hate them, but for some weird reason my family keep having them, i would said they typically make it once or twice a week! (grandma also make a killer canh chua). People typically use them as an after meal cleanser (rice + something else, then the canh).

[@doanduong7119]

When you take that to go, the meat and veggie should go in one carton. And the soup in the other one. The staff seem pretty useless. They didn't bother to respond in Vietnamese when you speak in Viet to them, didn't offer to help when customer are struggling with taking stuff away, and just general laziness (should have been more proactive by offering rice or something when ordering canh chua). The one good things I see is one of the waiter makes the effort to find the English name translation for the fish.

[@BINHNGUYEN-ci7uu]

Mẹ bạn chắc người Việt Nam! Bạn nói tiếng việt rất giỏi,cảm ơn bạn chia sẻ video này rất hay mình rất thích 👍❤️👏💯👋hẹn gặp lại bạn video mới

[@dennisyuen3986]

depends on how strong your stomach is, you could be heading to the restroom soon after consuming the sour soup

[@listenlinda1323]

Go to Itango next to Ramada hotel in Garden Grove. Everything there is good.

[@chowholic]

I live five minutes walking distance from there. They specialize in Com Tam. I didn't know they serve Ca Canh Chua, because not too many places serve that. People only tend to order what a restaurant specializes in.

[@michaelnguyen1683]

Cá lóc is snake head mud fish or steel head mud fish. Next time, when you come back to Little Saigon - try Phoholic.

[@vungtauboatclub]

It’s much better with a bow of rice.

[@belianh]

That Still Dre quote ahaha, nice one Tyler, glad to see you're doing fine!

[@BigTimeBentley]

Classic

[@tw-75]

Just subscribed. 😊

[@hoodhunter3262]

definitely need to order a side of rice next time. Otherwise drinking/eating by itself is a bit sour. Usually cooked with catfish, but any fish with less bones is better.

[@listenlinda1323]

In America canh chua always cook with cat fish.

[@seamenvlogs5283]

In America Vietnamese restaurants are only use fresh catfish for canh chua brotha

[@listenlinda1323]

Canh chua can eat with rice or noodles. People don’t eat canh chua by itself. With that hot pot you should eat with noodles.

[@fancyfoodexperience6351]

Nice

[@sdbuix]

You got to eat it with rice or vermicelli

[@mini-tw1xp]

Cá bông lau: catfish, lẩu canh chua= sour soup hotpot which has bạc hà, cà chua, giá, ngò gai, rau om … you should ask them to do it, man.

[@onetwo6595]

you got to have some noodle with the canh chua

[@TTMc377]

May I have a box to go = Xin cho mot cai hop de mang ve

[@seamenvlogs5283]

Brotha please made a video what is the different Vietnamese food in little Saigon in California and Saigon in Vietnam ( price quality and service) thanks brotha

[@Uncoeurdailleurs]

I prefer the restaurant ambience in Vietnam to Little Saigon. Toi thich cam giac nha hang ben Vietnam hon ben My.

[@binhkyla1252]

This is Amazing Snakehead fish soup!with rice. I hope you’re like it. Thanks your Daddy like Vietnam food.👍👍👍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇻🇳🤪😜😛

[@TrangPhuong-qd5jn]

Bạn có thể ăn kèm với bún hoặc mì gói rất ngon☺️

[@bigcu6948]

Thiếu cơm , chắc nhà hàng họ quên 😂👍👍👍

[@cooliokewl7689]

need some rice with that soup.

[@jeffk4710]

lol in america everyone just stares at the camera.

[@IVvOOvVI]

Well, the surprise and also some of them might not want to be on camera maybe because they don’t think that they dress up or have their make up on that day or something like that ha ha

[@vladimirkondrashov1637]

Your Dad looks damn fit!

[@BigTimeBentley]

he is

[@seanlee7563]

Ca loc = snake-head fish, which is delicious for Canh Chua.

[@cryptoico2647]

That soup is a hit or miss for me. Some restaurants make it too sour. But yea, usually you eat the soup with rice or vermicelli.

[@sontruong2301]

😎👍

[@BigTimeBentley]

Cheers bro

[@Kyoominenono]

your dad looks like gigachad =)))

[@IVvOOvVI]

Bro, I have to look him up to see what he looks like

[@SiriphoneG]

That looks delicious 😋 But knowing me I’ll probably swallow a fish bone lol

[@harrypham1693]

Cá lóc means snakehead fish.

[@LongNguyen-oy7lc]

canh chua phải ăn với cơm chứ😊

[@listenlinda1323]

Just say a box to go 😁

[@heptoxidem3829]

Are you trying to Vietnamized your dad or something? Lol❤

[@IVvOOvVI]

He’s just trying to share a new dish with his dad and create content because a lot of people say they like his dad

[@BigTimeBentley]

Haha maybe

[@robloxgamerkylehengfe1867]

Ca loc (fish) is snakehead

[@joenguyen791]

Cá lóc is snakehead fish

[@MrDuong12]

the name of the fish used in this soup is Pangasius krempfi Fish (Cá bông lau)

[@kennynguyen2149]

This dish should be served with steam rice. Also, random restaurant like this won’t have the best canh chua. You should try oc va lau

[@MrUncleBob]

not sure, but i think ca' loc is catfish? thats the fish that s normally served in Viet sour soup

[@sichanlim]

Why didn’t they give you rice with the soup? BTW, dad is easy on the eyes too lol just saying……😂

[@lekhuong8738]

Snakehead - cá lóc

[@onetwo6595]

snake head fish is ca loc

[@tomkim6568]

Y’all should go try ÍTango

[@IVvOOvVI]

What are they good for? Do you work there?

[@tomkim6568]

@@IVvOOvVI No, I don't work there. They have The Best Food In Vietnam Traditional Dishes You Must Eat and Salty coffee

[@IVvOOvVI]

@@tomkim6568 I’ve only read really bad reviews there that they use MSG and all that other stuff that service and they overcharge you and change the price without telling you just unethical stuff I wouldn’t recommend that place