Hoi An Ancient Town is small, but its culinary culture is extremely rich. Here are some delicious dishes in Hoi An and places to enjoy when you come to this special place.

Pho Hoi Chicken Rice

With all the cleverness in processing, locals have created chicken rice dishes in Hoi An enough to make a mark for people to give it a separate name: Hoi An Chicken Rice. Hoi Hoi chicken rice with onion, sour papaya, Tra Que herbs, also has a cup of soup with heart, liver, chicken served to add more appeal.

Address: Ba Buoi chicken rice (26 Phan Chau Trinh), Ba Huong - Kiet chicken rice (alley) Sica, Ba Minh chicken rice, Russian chicken rice ...

Hoi An chicken rice - delicious dishes in Hoi An

Cao Lau

Many people living for a long time in the old town say high-rise appeared in Hoi An from the 17th century. Perhaps because of that, this dish is heavily influenced by Chinese cuisine as well as Japanese cold Udon noodles. However, Hoi An high-rise buildings are still bold and unique and only Hoi An can have authentic Cao Lau dishes.

Address: It is very easy to find high-rise restaurants in Hoi An, from sidewalks to restaurants on Tran Phu street, the most famous one is Ba Be restaurant, Trung Bac.

Cao Lau dishes - signature dishes in Hoi An

Bánh Bao - Bánh Vạc

Bánh Bao - Bánh Vạc are two types of cakes with nearly the same ingredients, usually eaten together on a cake plate. Another is the ca ca cake made from crushed earthen shrimp mixed with a little pepper, garlic, onions, lemongrass and esoteric spices. The dumpling filling is made from thinly sliced ​​pork, mushrooms, green onions and sautéed with the same secret spices. Perhaps this spice is also a reason why the dumplings - cauldron can only eat well in Hoi An.

Address: White Rose Restaurant on Nhi Trung Street. Here, you can see the restaurant's elaborate baking process with your own eyes.

Bánh Bao - Bánh Vạc

Baked Cake - Stir-fried Mussels

The crispy batter that dissolves in the mouth, served with stir-fried mussel to the mouth is a very attractive dish in Hoi An.

Address: Passing Cam Nam bridge (45-seat car can not pass) about 100m, the road suddenly bends to the left, just past this turn, there will be a row of shops lined up and on each signboard. to the specialties of this area: "corn tea, biscuits, fried mussels". The most famous Ba Gia Banh Dam is here.

Baked cake - stir-fried mussels are must-try dishes in Hoi An

Corn Sweet Soup

Address: Sidewalk of Tran Phu street, Le Loi, only about 7,000 VND / bowl.

Corn sweet soup - a popular dish becomes very famous in Hoi An because it is made from the famous delicious Cam Nam corn of Hoi. Tea has a sweet, elegant and natural flavor of newly ground corn. Unlike tea of ​​the South, Hoi An corn tea is not cooked with coconut water, so it has the original taste of corn, only when eaten, you sprinkle a little juice on top to increase the fat taste. Cam Nam corn season is also the tea season, especially from March to September each year.

Hoi An Water Fern Cake

To make banh beo, people choose delicious rice, filled with shrimp and meat. Guests entering the restaurant, the owner arranged many cups of cake on the tray, poured in, added oil, chili sauce, fragrant onions and placed them on the table. When eating banh beo, you must use a "bamboo knife", which is a blade shaped bamboo. Such a style of food also evokes curiosity for the guests and is a culinary difference between banh beo and other Hoi An delicacies made with rice.

Address: Shop in Cam Chau, Cam Nam ...

Hoi An water fern cake is among the top-rated dishes in Hoi An

Quang Noodles

Address: Quan Ba ​​Minh, Cam Ha area or Hoi An market, at the beginning of Tran Phu street; Quang noodles are peddling on the street.

Quang Noodles are also signature dishes in Hoi An

From the outside, Quang noodles are almost like Cao Lau, but just once you taste it, you will see that these are two completely different dishes. Quang noodles are often eaten with shrimp, meat, quail eggs ... All are infused with spices. When eating, it is indispensable to crispy rice paper and vegetables.

Wonton

Wonton has many types: soup wonton, noodle soup wonton, fried wonton, each type is also divided into pig, chicken, and shrimp. According to experience, chicken and pork wontons are easy to eat, shrimp wontons are more fragrant and sweet, and fried wontons are a little greasy.

Address: Van Loc restaurant on Tran Phu street, more popular, there is 26 Thai Phien restaurant.

Rice paper (rolls / wet cakes)

Also similar to Hanoi Thanh Tri roll cake, but instead of thin rice paper with carpentry ear, in Hoi An, rice paper also has shrimp with lice. When eating, the cake is sprinkled with onion fat, very fragrant, served with silk rolls (silk rolls).

Address: Food Street along Hoai River.

Hoi An pancakes

Hoi An pancakes are genuine specialties of the land of Hoi. The main ingredient to make banh xeo is in addition to rice, but also shrimp and meat. To cast the pancake, the workers have to sit by the fire continuously, so the rainy season of the year from October to December is the most suitable season for making banh xeo in Hoi An.

Address: Gieng Ba Le Restaurant (alley Phan Chu Trinh); Bale Well (Ba Le restaurant) - 45/51 Tran Hung Dao.

Hoi An pancakes are delicious dishes in Hoi An, worth your time to experience