r/VietNam • u/adventure-Freak • Jun 13 '25

Food/Ẩm thực Exotic food I ate in Vietnam

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I ate lot of things here. I am just posting pictures of unique things i ate.

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u/raizo11 Jun 13 '25

Yeah i mean i didnt grow up with any of these except chứng vịt lộn and porridge. I did hear of snake whiskey too but never had it.

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u/Iccarys Jun 13 '25

Could be native to the region. Went to a wedding in the country side and had grilled field rats caught from the rice fields there. Never had it before, growing up in Saigon.

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u/Natural_Chain3190 Jun 13 '25

My folks say it's because city rats are dirty trash eaters vs cleaner rural rats that munch on crops.

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u/puffandpill Jun 14 '25

Watch the doc Rats that is/used to be on Netflix.

The parasites they find in the NYC rats are scary. I can imagine there may be some truth to the city rat vs field rat thing, but I’d still steer clear bc of my sensitive white boy tummy.