Saigon (Ho Chi MInh City), Vietnam is the best city for foodies in the world. In this video we will show a 10 reasons why. Want me to go on a food tour with me around Saigon check out www.chadkubano...
0:55 It's not some traditional secret recipe or anything, they just don't know how to explain it to you. It's called Dioscorea Alata from the wiki. But basically if you translate from the VN you can call them Purple Potato or Fat/Creamy Potato (Khoai Tím or Khoai Mỡ), a combination of potato and sweet potato with a little extra creamy although it's a vine plant. They're as common as potatoes and very vitamin and mineral-rich, very easy to eat so they are usually used for porridge and soup for sick people or children.
What you said about tàu hũ is spot on. Whenever my family visits my grandparents, we always buy them tàu hũ since their teeth aren't as good anymore but they like sweet snacks. They love it.
The amount and quality of content AND production packed in one of your videos is just insane Chad! I miss Vietnam dearly, and your videos truly bring me right back home!
Absolutely loved this video man! My girlfriend is viet and this is such a fun way to get more invested in her culture. The style and energy of the video? Amazing bro, keep it up
So incredible, seeing what you could get for $1 in Vietnam is absolutely fantastic, from the looks of all the things you got would easily be around $25-$30 here.. I look forward seeing your new space chef 👨🍳 and try out some of these places you suggested too
Oh wow district 7 Ho Chi Minh city where i live, so happy to see you visit here, everyfood you've tried here indeed very good, i have eaten them many times too, still taste amazing as the first time, glad that you enjoyed it !
One of my favorite foods was lạp xưởng with eggs and rice. Simple, nostalgic, and tasty. At some point I plan on going back to Vietnam to visit family and I'm excited to try out the variety of food vendors. I love your content!
Although it may be traditionally eaten with sticky rice, when I make it at home, I eat it with long grain white rice (nonsticky). It's how my mother would feed my siblings and I while we were growing up.
For anyone who are interested in traveling around Ho Chi Minh city for food tours, the best districts are District 5,10,7 and Binh Thanh. You can find Food streets, an entire street dedicated to cuisines, both traditional and modern, western and Eastern, Northern and Southern. The best steak i've had was from a place called the Cow Express, where you can get 750g of succulent, sizzling cut of sirloin for less than 20 dollars. Every noodle stalls are long standing, family restaurants, so no two bowl of broth taste the same!
Damn as a Saigon local I was genuinely surprised by some of these prices. Especially the Xôi sầu riêng and Tàu hũ bánh lọt. I usually got them for a bit higher
8:22 hey that's my old high school lol! glad to see you're enjoying the nighttime street food over there! I don't recommend the cá viên chiên sold there though, they taste bad and are too overpriced. I will recommend milk tea Hani at that place, they're a bit more expensive but totally worth it imo. And if you're lucky enough to go pass somewhere between 4 - 6 PM there's a stall that sells really good bánh mì nướng!
I will be in Hanoi soon, first time Vietnam. I am just terrified of getting sick. I prob should have not looked it up and went there ignorant. Before anyone gives me advice, I have read and watched hundreds of pieces of info on the subject. I just tend to worry and overthink stuff.
the image quality of your videos is wonderful, it would mean everything to me if you would say what kind of camera and coloring techniques you use. I am such a fan, thank you so much.
We typically go to VN for 3.5 weeks and by the time we reach 2.5 weeks, a good old Mickey D's cheap burger is what I crave. Problem is now solved :) LOL
hi i would enjoy this much more if you provided the specific addresses in the description so i can go try it because they all look really yummy. Thanks!
I've had chao in Hà Nội in a number of places and it's never been that smooth. More like how you describe, with rice grains still present. Maybe this is a special version from some particular place
Cháo in Hanoi is normally like cháo anywhere else. The smooth texture is only meant for certain dishes, for example cháo sườn in this video. Another dish that has this texture is cháo trai, the porridge with a kind of river mussels.
Vietnam is one of the cheapest country. Sometimes in fancy restaurant… they might increase the value of the food. But mostly, Vietnam’s street food is really really cheap. I’m so happy that I was born in Vietnam. Like in America I heard my friends say the food is realy expensive (15-20$)
In Vietnam they buy direct from the producer. In US from farm to table involved 5-10 middleman each passing the cost on to the next middleman, we pay the cost.
Inflation exists because of costs. In the US, we are paying way more for gasoline than before because the President on his first day banned new drilling on federal lands including any new offshore drilling. Then he also cancelled the XL Pipeline, these companies have to store all these huge pipes for 4 years or more since their project just got stalled and that costs money they will pass onto consumers. Every business that receives anything will have to pay to get supplies delivered, along with all the services like lawn and window washing. Your mechanic and all these other services will raise their prices because they have to pay more for gasoline, food, rent etc. Businesses aren't going to eat the costs, they will pass on the costs to the consumer. They can't be too greedy or their competitors will put them out of business. The businesses and their competitors didn't meet up and agree to raise prices just for fun. They are all trying to survive just like everywhere else even in Vietnam the street vendors have to compete for $$
