THEY SAID I CANT EAT THIS! 🇻🇳 Funky Fermented Fish Noodles in Danang

Today is my second day in the wonderful food city that is Da Nang, Vietnam and we are getting right out of our comfort zone. We're heading out for two dishes that all the locals here have told me that foreigners like me can’t eat. The first stop is a funky fermented fish noodle dish called bun mam at the most famous place for this dish in Danang called Bún Mắm Bà Đông. This tasted almost exactly the same as plata and pa dark in Thailand / Laos and is seriously pungent!
The second stop is for some bun dao mam tom which is a pungent fermented shrimp paste sauce served with pressed noodles and a variety of herbs and other goodies to dip.
I'm not sure why every Vietnamese person I asked said that I shouldn't eat it as it's too 'stinky' but this was probably the best thing I ate the whole time I was there.
If you are travelling to Danang, or Saigon or especially Hanoi, I would 100 percent say you have to try bun dao mam tom, it's amazing!
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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!
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[@minhuc3642]

Vietnamese cuisine always make foreign tourist suprise and love it. incredible food🎉

[@leehaseley2164]

Vietnam has the most varied and delicious food anywhere. I live in Thailand and love the food, but compared to Vietnamese food, Thai food is boring. If you hadn't guessed, anh yêu Việt Nam ❤

[@cedric2827]

@@leehaseley2164 I LOVE LARB NUA,, KHENG NOR MAY ECT & I LOVE PHO BO, NEM NUONG ECT🧡🌹🧡

[@dansturm4852]

Thanks!

[@theroamingcook]

Thank you so much Dan 🙏🙏

[@cattran7563]

It's his accent that gets me!! Love it. Also your description of the food....I swear I can taste it!!

[@theroamingcook]

Haha I’m glad someone likes my Dodgy accent Cat 😂 thanks for watching 🙏

[@heyjowee]

Your Vietnamese is fine Gary. Kudos for trying new things and attempting to speak another language. I know it’s discouraging when people giggle, but know they’re not doing it in a mocking way. Makes locals happy to see foreigners attempting to speak their language

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks so much, I've got to learn some more

[@tuanngo100]

It requires a person with good, strong taste buds to appreciate these kind of fermented foods. You are blessed!

[@theroamingcook]

I've had a lot of practise 😃

[@hisnameisvu]

Can't wait my brother

[@caonhavu]

You're better than me for trying Bun Mam cuz I'm Vietnamese and I don't even go near it, let alone eat it.

[@theroamingcook]

Haha yeah it was a challenge alright

[@elemetalcrash]

@gary: Vietnamese people are friendly. One trick for tourists to clear out any possibile misunderstandings is to make clear about your your curiosity and the intention in filming & ask for permission. That would eliminate akward moments & most of them will welcome you with open arms!

[@theroamingcook]

I totally get it. So many people think they can just film without buying anything, it drives me mad!

[@mikeayon7136]

Good job Gary, keep up the good work!

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks as always Mike!

[@QuyenNguyen-vv5lb]

*_Ủng hộ bạn Gary Butler với món ăn Việt Nam_* !

[@theroamingcook]

Cảm ơn 🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@locyentam]

I love your style. Such a nice man

[@theroamingcook]

ah thank you, I appreciate that!

[@vythanguyen5703]

Thank you for sharing, bun mam from da nang is one of my favorite dish all time!

[@theroamingcook]

My pleasure!

[@JL-yh2nh]

I’m going Da Nang in September and I cannot wait to try this! It’s not even available in Vietnamese restaurants in London you have to buy the ingredients from the oriental supermarket and make at home

[@theroamingcook]

Enjoy!

[@duongnhdn]

Da Nang local here, if you want, feel free to hit me, I will show you some of the best locally spots in town.

[@bachha627]

The first dish he had is a regional dish of Danang, rarely found even in other parts of Vietnam, similar to "cao lầu" in Hoi An. Fermented anchovies sauce is like the final boss of stinky but ultra umami Viet sauce, along with fermented shrimp paste in the second dish. While this "bún mắm" is dry noodle, there's another dish with the same name but almost completely different that is very popular in the south, with seafood, roasted pork in a fermented fresh water fish sauce based broth. Hopefully the weather is nice when you there!

[@anonymousperson2345]

I think next time you can ask the restaurant to put the fermented sauce on a side, that way you can control how much or if at all you will put in your bowl. You can just eat it with the thick fish sauce and no fermented sauce. 😊

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Hunter-go4bv]

We would love to see you show đanang premium seafood.

[@theroamingcook]

Next time for sure

[@arturoapilado8188]

I haven't try these dishes, but i am sure its my favourite

[@theroamingcook]

It's so good!

[@timcao.c.]

hi Gary, if u can handle the "mam tom", it will take your food to the next level. add chili to your mam tom, add lime to it.. stir until it bubble, then u r set

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the tip 😀

[@seanmahoney3813]

When are you gonna do another live? It has been a minute since your last.

[@theroamingcook]

Tomorrow Sean mate. It’s been nearly a month!

[@carolrampling862]

Well done Gary, great video 😊

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks Carol!

[@sazji]

People do get happy when you are willing to try the "difficult" dishes. My first morning in Saigon, the bún riêu ladies in the market couldn't wait to see if I could handle mắm tôm, and mixed some up for me. They made a bit too much of a big deal about it when I liked it 😅 and decided that I needed a Vietnamese wife. (Somehow I think that wasn't really about liking mắm tôm tho.) 😉

[@theroamingcook]

Hahaha, so did you take them up on the offer?

[@sazji]

@@theroamingcook You live there, you know the answer. :-) (I literally got asked "Lạp gia định chưa" within 5 minutes of exiting the airport in Saigon, pretty much every day for a month, and my Grab driver back actually wanted to give me his number so he could set me up when I returned.) 😀

[@Holystar12]

For bun dau mam tom you have to use your chopsticks to stir the mam tom up first. It's not original but a mix of mam tom, sugar, oil, chilli, vinegar to reduce the salty and fishy.

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the tips!

[@darklight-js3gc]

what a beast, should have gotten some beer also

[@theroamingcook]

I’m off the beers at the moment otherwise that would have been perfect 😭

[@locyentam]

Food adventure, an interesting video

[@theroamingcook]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@eswillie]

I saw the second half of this about a week or so ago when you first posted it, so you know I'd eat that. I'm even more interested in the first one here, the bun mam as a breakfast dish. I would definitely have that along with all the condiments and peppers. I'm actually growing some of those long peppers (not sure if they're Vietnamese or Thai) and they should be ready for tasting in another two weeks or so. I'll let you know if they're as hot as they're supposed to be. Enjoying these Da Nang videos, not sure if I've seen them all yet but keep 'em coming.

[@theroamingcook]

I k re these would be right up your street Willie! Don’t worry, there’s a few more to come yet

[@eswillie]

@@theroamingcook I'll be waiting here with baited breath. Lol. Not really, actually, I'm havin' a beer and watching the Subway Series game between the Yankees and the Mets. Two iconic baseball teams, both having one of their worst seasons.

[@minhuc3642]

i think you should try the dish called Hủ Tiếu which Gordon ramsay said that the best food in the world

[@theroamingcook]

I love it in Saigon!

[@roywinkley2184]

Nice 1 Gary 👍🏻 I’m going later in the year will try these dishes then

[@jeff1bruin]

Going get me some bun dau when I go to Saigon.

[@theroamingcook]

When are you heading there?

[@jeff1bruin]

@@theroamingcook beginning September. Then on the weekend I will go try some of your recommendations in BKK.

[@danielj3010]

This is damn good 🥣

[@theroamingcook]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@suayhughes8103]

So good!

[@theroamingcook]

❤️

[@leehaseley2164]

I would absolutely murder two or three bowls of bun mam, washed down with a few cans of Huda❤

[@theroamingcook]

Now you're talking mate

[@jim.pearsall]

Hello from the 3rd largest Vietnamese community in the United States (Houston). 😃🤤😋

[@hoandao-vu6486]

You are tougher then my mate😂 Im stay away from mom tom...🤢

[@theroamingcook]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@gforcekaras]

Try Tiết canh. Even I won't touch that. Those 2 I wouldn't have no problem consuming.

[@theroamingcook]

That sounds like a challenge!

[@themangopyrate]

Wow, looks awesome! been researching SEA for 2 years planning a move, and Da Nang, VietNam was my pick. $150 for a nice apartment close to the beach. And of course, THE FOOD!!! When I asked you before, you said for food, skip Philippines, so I narrowed it down to 2 places. Jomtien-Pattaya or Da Nang. What say you my friend? AND, Tiếng Việt của bạn nghe hay đấy!

[@theroamingcook]

Ohhh that's a tough one. Although I'm not a massive Patts fan, there is some great food there and it's so easy to get to other places in Thailand. The beach is much nicer and cleaner in Danang if that means anything to you?

[@HoangLam]

I think you should add sugar into that mắm tôm, because it's very salty.

[@theroamingcook]

I love it salty but I’ll try the sugar next time!

[@ChrissieSM]

Or use sparingly.

[@duongnhdn]

Sugar in Mắm tôm is for the weak mate, MGS is the shit if you can handle it.

[@quocpham8591]

It is "bún mắm nêm" bro!

[@theroamingcook]

Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@OniBMusic]

You can eat bún mắm at everytime in a day. My mom makes this 4 or 5 times in a month because eating too much mắm will cause high blood pressure

[@theroamingcook]

I bet your mum's is the best!

[@acanadianinlondon8586]

Hi Gary. Does the mam tom taste similar to Budu, that wonderful condiment from NW Malaysia and deep south Thailand? Gotta love me some funk!

[@hungcuongnguyen293]

You are very brave for eating those stinky Mam . I always have to pinch my nose whenever i smell that stuff . Erk ! the guy didn't wear gloves when he cut the meat for your soup .

[@theroamingcook]

I've had some practise!

[@donmunro3812]

This is the 2nd time you put this video about the stinky shrimp sauce & tofu , rice noodles ? So much good food in Vietnam , why put the same video up 2 times ?

[@theroamingcook]

Yeah I get your point totally but this was always meant to be part of this video, I just thought I’d lost the start footage at one point!

[@Davids748]

Haha...Just put Vietnam on the bucket list...haha.

[@jimshelley8831]

Think I'll give it a miss

[@theroamingcook]

😅😅😅

[@usa_ansinh]

Spicy

[@theroamingcook]

Always!

[@charlesphan9254]

Just so you know...fermented fish sauce is fish sauce before it has been filtered. Just think of it as 'virgin" or unfiltered fish sauce!

[@theroamingcook]

Thank you!

[@luckylife116]

wow, u can eat Bun Mam, a bit stinky smell but addicted taste

[@theroamingcook]

So good😀

[@datgal2u]

I'm not brave enough to eat mam tom, never mind for breakfast like that. I can tell it was tough for you. 😂

[@theroamingcook]

Hahaha yes it was strange because it tastes exactly like the fermented fish sauce we have in Thailand which through me off a bit 😅 the shrimp paste I would have on my cereal though!

[@ChrissieSM]

There are loads of Vietnamese people who would not eat any type of mam.

[@theroamingcook]

I'm sure!

[@fraac]

do you dislike "umami" because it sounds pretentious? i would understand that, because the word wasn't around when we were young, but i think you should feel fine about it because it's one of the basic tastes. any other word would be less precise. just a newer word than "salty", "sweet", "bitter", "sour"

[@theroamingcook]

That is why I dislike it yes! But you’re right, I need to get over it and I use it it all the time haha

[@nicholasdawson113]

Lol you couldn’t mouth the first one

[@theroamingcook]

😂

[@duyle7031]

Stay away from places called mam

[@theroamingcook]

😂

[@hoangbuile3671]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@theroamingcook]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@enelle5380]

13:03 I'll tell you what it is, it's pineapple. You got it wrong mate, not jackfruit.

[@theroamingcook]

Thanks for the heads up! The guy translated it to jackfruit on his phone but maybe he was talking about something else!

[@QuyetTran21]

Young jackfruit is there, one of the ingredients . Pineapple is offen in the mam nem sauce.