World Recipes

French-Vietnamese baguette sandwich with pâté, pork, pickled vegetables, and cilantro.

Aromatic beef broth with rice noodles, herbs, and rare beef — Vietnam's soul.

A deeply aromatic beef and rice noodle soup with star anise, cinnamon, and charred ginger, served with fresh herbs and bean sprouts.

A crusty baguette filled with pate, cold cuts, pickled daikon and carrot, cilantro, jalapeño, and Maggi sauce.

Spicy, funky beef noodle soup from Hue — Vietnam's other great noodle soup.

A spicy, lemongrass-scented beef and pork noodle soup from Central Vietnam with thick round rice noodles.

Grilled pork patties and belly served with noodles and herbs in dipping broth — Hanoi's lunch.

Charcoal-grilled pork patties and belly served with rice vermicelli, fresh herbs, and a tangy dipping broth.

Cubed beef seared in a wok and tossed with watercress and lime dressing.

Fish braised in caramel sauce in a clay pot — savory-sweet Vietnamese home cooking.

Chewy Hoi An noodles with char siu-style pork, crispy wontons, fresh herbs, and a small amount of rich broth.

Pork belly and hard-boiled eggs braised in a dark coconut water caramel sauce with fish sauce and pepper.

Crispy fried spring rolls with pork and shrimp — the fried counterpart.

Broken rice with grilled pork chop, egg meatloaf, and pickled vegetables.

Translucent rice paper rolls filled with shrimp, pork, rice vermicelli, and fresh herbs, served with peanut sauce.

Rice paper rolls with shrimp, pork, herbs, and rice noodles — fresh and light.

Vegetable pho with charred aromatics — all the fragrance, no meat.

Lighter chicken version of pho — cleaner and faster to make.

Catfish steaks braised in a dark caramel sauce of fish sauce, sugar, and pepper in a clay pot until rich and sticky.

Cubed beef seared in a screaming-hot wok with garlic and butter, served over watercress with a lime-pepper dipping sauce.

Tangy tamarind fish soup with pineapple, tomato, and okra.

Rice paper rolls with tofu, vegetables, and herbs.

Strong Vietnamese drip coffee topped with a frothy, sweet egg yolk and condensed milk custard.

Chicken stir-fried with lemongrass, chilies, and fish sauce until caramelized and aromatic.