Thank you for your interesting questions about Vietnamese food. Here are my answers to 2 questions 1. Balut (the first time I’ve known thia name – thanks :D), which is an egg with a baby duck or a baby quail, is a popular food in Vietnam. Of course, I have eaten it so many times. I don’t know how you feel when eating it – a baby chicken. Personally, it tastes very good, and it is also a nutritious food. Vietnam people eat Balut at every meal, especially light meals, but we often have it at breakfast. 2. Rice accompanied with vegetables, fish and meat is our main food. Vietnam people make many dishes out of food such as sticky rice “xôi”, “bánh chưng”, “bánh cuốn” , or young rice, etc. The Vietnamese always have them instead of rice at breakfast. + Sticky rice “xôi”: Made of glutinous rice, it is a common food of Vietnam people at breakfast. To make it more delicious, we cook glutinous rice with bean, peanut, and corn; or we eat sticky rice with roll, meat. Moreover, sticky rice always appears on the table at anniversaries or ceremonies celebrating in a traditional way such as Death’s anniversary, wedding, new house ceremony, etc. Here is some photos about "xoi": http://mrbep.com/UserFile/AmThuc/633792085166093750/xoigac.jpg or http://k14.vcmedia.vn/Images/Uploaded/meoxu/2008/11/91108_mbt_xoidaudong3.jpg
+ Banh chung (sticky rice cake): It is our traditional dish on holidays, anniversaries or ceremonies, especially Tet holiday. It comes from a legend from the beginning of Vietnam history. During Tet holiday, people always put “banh chung” on the alto to worship the ancestors. People wrap glutinous rice, fatty meat, green bean, and a little pepper with “dong” leaves into a cubic. Then, they boil it for about 12 hours. Additionally, because glutinous rice above is green after boiling, it is thought to symbol for the land. These days, “banh chung” which is wrapped in a small size is often eaten at breakfast. Here are some photos: http://www.dinhduong.com.vn/files/u22/banhchung1.jpg http://files.myopera.com/pigandchic/blog/BanhChungMieng.jpg
+ Banh cuon: it is made of rice powder. People mix rice powder and a lot of water; and then steam this sauce to make “banh cuon”. It is eaten with meat roll and “nuoc mam” – also a tradition sauce in Vietnam. Especially, the Vietnamese usually put fried dry onion. “Banh cuon” is a popular daily dish at Vietnamese breakfast. Here are some photos: http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/Cuoi2005/Restaurants/XuanHuong-9014.jpg http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3331/28hh252.jpg + Young rice “cốm”: you can see the following link to be more specific http://hanoi1000yrs.vietnam.gov.vn/Home/Green-sticky-rice-of-Vong-village/20103/4762.vgp
Thanx u so much! It's very pleased to hear. I have a Japanese friend who is keen on Vietnamese food. Especially her taste is like mine, which makes me really happy.
Thank you for your interesting questions about Vietnamese food. Here are my answers to 2 questions
ReplyDelete1. Balut (the first time I’ve known thia name – thanks :D), which is an egg with a baby duck or a baby quail, is a popular food in Vietnam. Of course, I have eaten it so many times. I don’t know how you feel when eating it – a baby chicken. Personally, it tastes very good, and it is also a nutritious food. Vietnam people eat Balut at every meal, especially light meals, but we often have it at breakfast.
2. Rice accompanied with vegetables, fish and meat is our main food. Vietnam people make many dishes out of food such as sticky rice “xôi”, “bánh chưng”, “bánh cuốn” , or young rice, etc. The Vietnamese always have them instead of rice at breakfast.
+ Sticky rice “xôi”: Made of glutinous rice, it is a common food of Vietnam people at breakfast. To make it more delicious, we cook glutinous rice with bean, peanut, and corn; or we eat sticky rice with roll, meat. Moreover, sticky rice always appears on the table at anniversaries or ceremonies celebrating in a traditional way such as Death’s anniversary, wedding, new house ceremony, etc.
Here is some photos about "xoi":
http://mrbep.com/UserFile/AmThuc/633792085166093750/xoigac.jpg
or
http://k14.vcmedia.vn/Images/Uploaded/meoxu/2008/11/91108_mbt_xoidaudong3.jpg
+ Banh chung (sticky rice cake): It is our traditional dish on holidays, anniversaries or ceremonies, especially Tet holiday. It comes from a legend from the beginning of Vietnam history. During Tet holiday, people always put “banh chung” on the alto to worship the ancestors. People wrap glutinous rice, fatty meat, green bean, and a little pepper with “dong” leaves into a cubic. Then, they boil it for about 12 hours. Additionally, because glutinous rice above is green after boiling, it is thought to symbol for the land. These days, “banh chung” which is wrapped in a small size is often eaten at breakfast.
Here are some photos:
http://www.dinhduong.com.vn/files/u22/banhchung1.jpg
http://files.myopera.com/pigandchic/blog/BanhChungMieng.jpg
+ Banh cuon: it is made of rice powder. People mix rice powder and a lot of water; and then steam this sauce to make “banh cuon”. It is eaten with meat roll and “nuoc mam” – also a tradition sauce in Vietnam. Especially, the Vietnamese usually put fried dry onion. “Banh cuon” is a popular daily dish at Vietnamese breakfast.
Here are some photos:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/Cuoi2005/Restaurants/XuanHuong-9014.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3331/28hh252.jpg
+ Young rice “cốm”: you can see the following link to be more specific
http://hanoi1000yrs.vietnam.gov.vn/Home/Green-sticky-rice-of-Vong-village/20103/4762.vgp
Thank you for giving us interesting information about Vietnamese food! If we get the chance to eat them, we'd like to try.
ReplyDeleteThanx u so much! It's very pleased to hear. I have a Japanese friend who is keen on Vietnamese food. Especially her taste is like mine, which makes me really happy.
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