Mekong Delta (Miền Tây) Street Food
5 dishes in Vietnam
5 street foods from Mekong Delta (Miền Tây), Vietnam: Đuông Dừa, Lẩu Mắm, Chuối Nếp Nướng, Bún Nước Lèo and Cá Lóc Nướng Trui. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.
Street foods of Mekong Delta (Miền Tây)
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Delta Delicacy · Coconut Palm Grub
Đuông Dừa
The coconut palm weevil that produces these grubs is a serious pest — its larvae tunnel through the trunk and can kill the tree, which is part of…
The plump, cream-colored larvae of the coconut palm weevil are pulled live from the trunks of dying coconut trees, then grilled, deep-fried, or eaten still wriggling in fish sauce. Mekong…
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Communal Feast · Fermented Fish Hotpot
Lẩu Mắm
The broth's defining ingredient started life purely as a preservation trick — a way to keep the delta's seasonal flood of river fish edible for…
A broth built on mắm, fish fermented for months in earthenware jars, is simmered into a deeply savory base and loaded with river fish, shrimp, squid, pork belly, and a huge spread of local…
Bến Tre Original · Grilled Banana Sticky Rice
Chuối Nếp Nướng
The sticky rice is usually cooked with coconut milk before wrapping, so the dish gets coconut twice — once inside the rice and again in the thick…
A ripe banana is wrapped in glutinous rice, bound in banana leaf, and grilled over charcoal until the leaf chars and the rice turns lightly crisp at the edges, then sliced and drizzled…
Khmer fish broth · Sóc Trăng
Bún Nước Lèo
The broth's key flavour is mắm bò hóc, a Khmer fermented fish paste, balanced with lemongrass and ngải bún, a small yellow root related to turmeric.
Rice vermicelli in a fermented-fish broth with snakehead fish, shrimp and roast pork, topped with bean sprouts, water spinach and banana flower, from market stalls across the delta.
Harvest Field Classic · Straw-Grilled Fish
Cá Lóc Nướng Trui
The fish is skewered and grilled whole without ever being scaled or gutted first — the charred skin is simply peeled away once it's cooked.
A whole snakehead fish is threaded lengthwise onto a bamboo stick and planted upright over a blazing pile of straw or rice husks until the outside chars black, then the burnt skin is…
Bến Tre Original · Grilled Banana Sticky Rice
Chuối Nếp Nướng
The sticky rice is usually cooked with coconut milk before wrapping, so the dish gets coconut twice — once inside the rice and again in the thick…
A ripe banana is wrapped in glutinous rice, bound in banana leaf, and grilled over charcoal until the leaf chars and the rice turns lightly crisp at the edges, then sliced and drizzled…
Khmer fish broth · Sóc Trăng
Bún Nước Lèo
The broth's key flavour is mắm bò hóc, a Khmer fermented fish paste, balanced with lemongrass and ngải bún, a small yellow root related to turmeric.
Rice vermicelli in a fermented-fish broth with snakehead fish, shrimp and roast pork, topped with bean sprouts, water spinach and banana flower, from market stalls across the delta.
Harvest Field Classic · Straw-Grilled Fish
Cá Lóc Nướng Trui
The fish is skewered and grilled whole without ever being scaled or gutted first — the charred skin is simply peeled away once it's cooked.
A whole snakehead fish is threaded lengthwise onto a bamboo stick and planted upright over a blazing pile of straw or rice husks until the outside chars black, then the burnt skin is…
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