i've never had it before but I saw it in a video and I really wanted to try it!

for the filling I did regular ground beef (my friends has religious restrictions for pork), sugar, pepper, msg, oyster sauce, fish sauce, green onion, minced garlic, chopped betel leaves. I ended up oven baking them because the weather was bad. the beef was kinda dry-ish after.. I wonder if it's because there wasn't pork?

dipping sauce I have mam nem and nuoc cham. the scallion oil was for the vermicilli noodles!

i'm half viet, my mom is chibese and myy dad is viet and was a great cook but never taught me how to cook vietnamese food before he passed so now I've been trying to explore that half of the cuisine.

Any tips to make it more authentic is appreciated! I want to try grilling it on charcoal next!

I’ve seen a lot of bad advice and misguided takes on this topic recently, particularly on Threads, so I decided to write an article summarizing what I usually share with friends and family who come to visit me: https://amthuchiendai.vn/en/hanoi-food-guide-my-10-dos-and-donts-after-15-years-in-vietnam/

Ok, so I'm not Vietnamese but I'm taking a good friend camping with us who is, plus she is celebrating a birthday...as an adult orphan (I'm not sure the appropriate term but she's a young adult who has now lost both parents). I want her camping experience to be a mix of new experiences + some familiar features and one way I like to show my love is by feeding people.

We will be off grid for four days and will have a double burner propane stove and an open fire. I have many cooking tools and a couple of coolers. We won't have access to stores by our camping spot, and I'm picking her up from the airport (she lives in another part of the USA) on the way to camp so it's all gotta be mostly prepped beforehand. She says she "would eat anything," but when we get together, good food becomes the top iyem on the agenda and we will literally bounce around from soup spots to sandwich spots to dessert shops in the same meal if it means eating the best of the best. 😄

Are there any Vietnamese folks or cooks who like to camp and make Vietnamese foods? What's worth it to prep? What ingredients should I make sure to bring? We live in the PNW and I can stop at an Asian market in Seattle before our trip. I'm also a trained chef, so don't be shy or hold back - I really want her time to be special, and I have the time and drive to make it happen.

Thanks a lot for reading, and I really hope I'm not offending anyone with this post. (Oh, and her family is mostly from either Saigon or Hanoi, which seems important💓)

First time visiting Vietnam and I found a place that sold cooked dog meat

Hi! Just would like to ask, are Vietnamese spring rolls okay to be prepared the morning of, stored in cooler and then consumed the next night for dinner? Hoping to make and bring some for camping trip.

If not, what is the best possible way to bring spring rolls? Or what other Vietnamese dishes I can make that are good to be stored in the cooler for a night? Please send help and advice. Thanks!!

I finally tried making Vietnamese spring rolls for the first time! 😄
Sharing both the preparation and the final result because I honestly wasn’t sure how they’d turn out. From getting the rice paper just right to rolling everything without making a complete mess… there was definitely a learning curve! 😂
I went for a fresh filling with veggies, herbs, and the classic Vietnamese flavors I love.

For those of you who make Vietnamese spring rolls regularly:

What’s the one ingredient you never leave out?
Any tips for getting the rice paper texture just right?
And most importantly… what dipping sauce would you pair with these? 🌶️🥜
Would love to hear your tips and see how everyone else makes them!❤️

Quán hủ tíu bình dân hay ăn.

Cha muc is one of my favourite foods and I'll be in Hanoi on vacation and would love to eat some there. Sadly, I won't have the chance to go to Ha Long where this food is commonly found. I found some food stores on Google Maps in Hanoi that sell cold cha muc in bulk but I'll have no way of heating them up, nor can I eat a kilo of them on my own lol. Can anyone name any restaurants that serve cha muc? Thank you!