Vietnamese Food
Appetizers
1. bánh bèo (water fern banh)
— from Bánh Hỏi Châu Đốc
— from Bánh Cuốn Hoa II
2. tôm chiên cốm (deep-fried shrimp coated with green rice), gỏi xoài (mango salad) from Lemon Grass
3. nem cua (fried crab spring roll) from Bodega Bistro (San Francisco)
4. gỏi sứa tôm thịt (jellyfish salad with shrimp and pork) from Red Pier (Houston)
5. gỏi mít trộn hến (young jackfruit salad with basket clam) and bánh ít ram (fried mochi) from Hương Giang (Houston)
Drinks
1. Nước mía (sugarcane juice)
2. Nước rau má (pennywort drink)
3. Sữa đậu xanh (mung bean milk)
Noodle soups
1. Bánh canh cua (from Bánh Hỏi Châu Đốc, Houston)
2. Bánh canh tôm thịt (from Kim Sơn Restaurant, Houston)
3. Bún Bò Huế Cố Đô (bún bò Huế, hủ tíu mì, hủ tíu Nam Vang)
4. bún bung
5. bún măng vịt (vermicelli soup with duck and bamboo shoots)
6. bún mộc (rice noodle soup with cha lua and mushroom)
7. bún riêu (rice noodle soup with tomato and crab)
8. phở
— Rosie’s phở
— seafood sour phở at Phở Hòa (Berkeley)
— Phở Danh (Houston)
— phở at Le Regal (Berkeley)
Noodle
1. bún thịt nướng (rice vermicelli with grilled pork)
— at phở Vỉ Hoa (Menlo Park)
— at Bánh Cuốn Hoa II (Houston)
2. bún xêu (stir fried rice noodle with celery)
3. Bánh Hỏi Châu Đốc (Houston): bánh hỏi thịt nem nướng, bánh tầm bì thịt nướng
4. phở xào at Le Petit Cheval (Berkeley)
Rice
1. cơm bò nướng (rice with grilled beef) at Rosie’s Pho (College Station)
2. cơm tay cầm (claypot rice) at Phở Vỉ Hoa (Menlo Park)
3. Tây Đô restaurant: cua lột chiên bơ (deep fried soft-shell crab), vịt chiên khoai môn (fried duck with taro), bánh hỏi tôm thịt nướng (bánh hỏi with grilled pork and shrimp)
4. cơm sườn nướng (grilled pork chop) at Lemon Grass (San Jose)
5. bò lúc lắc (shaken beef), bò lá lốt (lolot beef), bò cuộn tôm nướng (grilled shrimp in beef wrap) at Lemon Grass (San Jose)
6. pineapple fried rice at Le Regal (Berkeley)
7. cơm phần (family dining) at
— Cao Nguyên (San Jose)
— Thanh Đa Quán (Houston)
8. cơm tấm (broken rice) at Cơm Tấm Thiên Hương (San Jose)
9. Xôi:
— xôi bắp (sweet sticky rice and corn) from Kim’s Sandwiches (San Jose)
— xôi đậu (sweet sticky rice and peanuts) from Alpha Bakery & Deli (Houston)
10. cơm hến (rice with basket clam) from Hương Giang (Houston)
Soups
1. giò heo hầm (stewed pig feet)
2. canh chua cá (sour fish soup) at Kim Sơn Restaurant, Houston
3. lẩu (hot pot) at Hot Pot City, Houston
Bánh, but not cake, i.e. savory bánh
1. Bánh bao
— mini banh bao from TP Banh Bao
2. bánh bao chỉ (loh mai chi – mochi with mung bean paste filling and coconut coating)
3. Bánh bột lọc (translucent banh)
4. Bánh chưng bánh tét
— bánh chưng bánh tét chay nhân đậu (mung bean paste, vegan) from Linh Sơn Pagoda
— mini pork bánh chưng from Hương Lan Sandwiches 4
— meat bánh tét from Hương Lan sandwiches 4 and banana banh tet from Thao Tien
5. bánh cuốn:
— Bánh cuốn Tây Hồ (San Jose) (banh cuon nhan thit, banh cun thit nuong)
— Bánh cuốn Tây Hồ (Bellaire, Houston) (banh cuon nhan thit)
— bánh cuốn Tây Hồ (Oakland) (banh cuon nhan thit, banh cuon bi, banh cuon tom chay)
— Bánh Cuốn Hoa II
6. Bánh dầy
— bánh dầy đậu (Vietnamese mung bean mochi)
— bánh dầy giò (sticky rice bun with silk sausage)
7. Bánh giò (from Giò Chả Đức Hương)
8. Bánh hỏi
— Tây Đô restaurant
— Bánh Hỏi Châu Đốc
— Le Regal
9. Bánh mì:
— bánh mì Ba Lẹ (Oakland)
— bánh mì Hương (San Jose)
— bánh mì thịt nướng (grilled pork, Lee’s Sandwich Houston)
— bánh mì ba chỉ pâté (bacon and pâté, Lee’s Sandwich Houston)
— bánh mì gà nướng (grilled chicken, Hương Lan Sandwiches 4)
— banh mi thit nguoi, pate, cha lua (Saigon Express, Berkeley)
— banh mi Kim (San Jose)
10. Bánh tầm bì (thick rice noodle with shredded pork skin) from Bánh Hỏi Châu Đốc (Houston)
11. Bánh xèo (sizzling crepe)
Miscellaneous meats
1. Beef:
— bò kho (beef stew)
——- Phở Hòa (Berkeley)
——- Phở Hà (San Jose)
— bò lá lốt (grilled betel beef), bò nướng sả (lemongrass grilled beef), bò mỡ chài (omental fat beef sausage) from Ánh Hồng 7 Courses of Beef (Berkeley)
— homemade bò bíp-tết (Vietnamese steak)
— chả bò (beef sausage) from Giò Chả Đức Hương (Houston)
— 7 courses of beef at Thiên Phú (Houston)
— nem (cured beef) by Rau Om
2. Fish:
— cá kho tộ (claypot fish) at Le Regal (Berkeley)
— cá nướng da giòn (crunchy-skin grilled catfish) at Thiên Phú (Houston)
3. Pork:
— chả lụa (silk sausage) from Giò Chả Đức Hương (Houston)
— chả chiên, chả cốm (fried pork sausage, sausage with rice flakes) from Giò Chả Đức Hương (Houston)
— giò heo hầm (stewed pig feet)
— thịt kho trứng (braised pork and eggs slow cooked in fish sauce) at Bánh Cuốn Tây Hồ #8 (San Jose)
4. Poultry:
— chim cút rô-ti (roasted quail) at Thảo Tiên (San Jose)
— chả gà (chicken sausage) from Giò Chả Đức Hương (Houston)
Snack and desserts
1. Avocado “ice cream”
2. Sweet bánh (pastries, buns, cakes, breads, cookies, pies)
—- bánh bao chỉ (loh mai chi – mochi with mung bean paste filling and coconut coating)
—- Bánh bía (Vietnamese-adapted Suzhou mooncake)
—- bánh bò bông (steamed sponge muffin)
—- Bánh bò nướng, bánh cam, bánh khoai mì nướng, bánh su kem (from Kim Sơn restaurant, Bellaire, Houston)
—- bánh chuối nướng (banana bread pudding)
—- bánh da lợn (pig skin pie)
—- bánh dừa (coconut sticky rice stick)
—- Bánh gai (thorn leaf sticky rice bánh)
—- bánh ít (little pyramid)
—- bánh khảo/bánh in (“pressed” snack bar with mung bean paste)
—- bánh khoai môn hấp (steamed taro cake)
—- bánh men (yeast cookie)
—- bánh quy (turtle mochi)
—- Bánh tiêu (sesame doughnut)
—- Bánh trung thu trà xanh (green tea mooncake)
—- Bánh tổ ong lá dứa (green waffle)
—- Bánh ú tro (Vietnamese-adapted jianshui zong)
—- Bánh xu xê (couple cookie)
—- Buche de Noel (Yule log) (from Xuân Hương Bakery)
3. Chè
—- chè bánh lọt, chè ba màu (tapioca worm che, triple colored che)
—- chè chuối chưng (banana tapioca pudding)
—- Chè đậu trắng (black eyed pea chè), chè bột báng (tapioca chè), chè trôi nước
—- Chè khoai and chè bắp (taro che and corn che)
4. Chuối khô (chewy dried banana)
5. Chuối nếp nướng (grilled banana in sticky rice – banana dog)
6. Kem ống (ice cream in tube shape)
7. kẹo chuối (banana chewy candy) from Vua Khô Bò & Ô Mai
8. candied fruits:
– cà na
– mứt Tết (candied fruits for Vietnamese New Year) from Eurasia Delight
– homemade mứt cam (candied orange peel with pulp)
– Ô mai (spiced fruit ball) from Vua Khô Bò & Ô Mai
9. Pate chaud (brioche) from Lee’s Sandwiches




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