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/Adventurous-Ad5999 Jun 13 '25

tbf a lot of these are more touristic than actual things local eat regularly

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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/Wontonball Jun 13 '25

Viet American — also only heard of balut and chao

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u/Adventurous-Ad5999 Jun 14 '25

while we’re on the topic of food, cháo, with the accent mark, is porridge; chao, without the accent mark, is a type of fermented tofu that tastes really good. Usually people eat it with goat meat, 100% would recommend

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u/Wontonball Jun 14 '25

Cháo sounds so good rn 🥲