12 most famous delicious Thai dishes in Ho Chi Minh City

Enjoying local food is something that anyone wants to do while traveling. Through food, you will surely know a lot more about land. Thailand always attracts tourists from all over the world not only by its beauty but also by the special features in its cuisine. However, not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy that special feature. But do not be sad, in Ho Chi Minh City finding and eating Thailand food has become much easier and of course, the taste is not bad.

Thai Nguyen tea

Thai tea is a traditional Thai tea. However, this dish is one of the most popular Vietnamese tea dishes, especially for young people. Thai tea is a smooth combination between the sweet and aromatic taste of many fruits such as longan, litchi, jackfruit, … and the characteristic aroma of durian, creating a delicious taste and color. equally attractive.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Thai Y Phuong Tea – No. 108 Nguyen Tri Phuong, Ward 4, District 10, HCMC
Thai Tea 521 – No. 521 Nguyen Tri Phuong, Ward 8, District 10, HCMC
Thai Phuong Mai Tea Shop – No. 167, Street No. 19, Binh Tri Dong Ward, Binh Tan District, HCMC
Yen Do Tea – No. 79 Ly Chinh Thang, Ward 8, District 3, HCMC
Bangkok Restaurant – No. 82 Nguyen Trai, Ward 3, District 5 and No. 377 Nguyen Trai, Ward 7, District 5, HCMC

PRICE: from 15,000 VND

Thai tea is always loved by young people in Vietnam (Source: Collected)

12 most famous delicious Thai dishes in Ho Chi Minh City

Y Phuong Thai tea shop is crowded at night (Source: Foody)

Thai milk tea

Thai tea (also known as cha-yen) is known to be an extremely popular drink among Thai people. Arriving in the country of golden pagodas, you will definitely find Thai milk tea available in every corner, every shop, from popular sidewalk shops to luxurious coffee shops. If compared with Vietnam, Thai milk tea is as popular as iced tea, iced milk coffee, cold ginseng water or iced tamarind. Besides famous dishes such as Tomyum soup, seafood vermicelli salad, Thai tea is also one of the dishes you must drink and taste when you have the opportunity to visit Thailand.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Ne’Mer Drinks – Opposite No. 10 Huynh Thuc Khang, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC
Nat – 399/39 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3, HCMC
House of Sweet – Lot F-S09, Apartment 171A, Hoang Hoa Tham, Ward 13, Tan Binh District, HCMC
Thai Milk Tea – 868 Truong Sa, Ward 14, District 3, HCMC
Sweefla – 339/46 To Hien Thanh, Ward 12, District 10, HCMC
World of snacks Ti Quynh – 55 Ho Xuan Huong, Ward 6, District 3, HCMC

PRICE: from 10,000 VND

Thai milk tea is an attractive drink both visually and in taste (Source: Collectibles)

Thai milk tea has many lovely variations (Source: Collectibles)

Coconut sticky rice ice cream

Coconut sticky rice ice cream is considered a relative of Thai coconut ice cream (usually found at Chatuchak flea market). Ice cream usually consists of half a small Siamese coconut that is used as a lovely bowl and assorted toppings such as: an ice cream that is usually coconut (big), sticky rice (usually sticky rice or sticky rice with nuggets), Coconut jelly, crispy desiccated coconut, sweet corn kernels, … and indispensable a glass of coconut water. Coconut sticky rice ice cream is a combination of fat – sweet – seductive bar.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Ca Rem – 241C Cach Mang Thang 8, Ward 4, District 3, HCMC
Co Ba coconut sticky rice ice cream – 150/54 Nguyen Trai, District 1, HCMC
Coconut sticky rice ice cream Bui Vien – 155A Bui Vien, District 1, HCMC
Bubu Ice Cream – 205 Street 7, District 7, HCMC
Cat’Creme – 106A Le Thi Rieng, District 1, HCMC
I Love Calam – 63 Thong Nhat, Thu Duc, HCMC

PRICE: from 20,000 VND

Coconut sticky rice ice cream is a relative of Thai coconut ice cream at Chatuchak flea market (Source: Collectibles)

Attractive coconut sticky rice ice cream with enough fat – sweet – bar flavors (Source: Collectibles)

Lod chong

Lod chong comes from a traditional Thai dish. Lod Chong is a combination of tapioca starch and pandan leaf juice, pressed through a tool into a shape that looks like small worms (almost like Vietnamese pancakes). Lod chong is usually served with sugar water, coconut milk.

There are many ways you can enjoy this dish. You can combine with green beans, red beans to make a cup of three-color tea that is extremely delicious and attractive. To have a delicious bowl of Lod chong with cool green nuggets, requires the cook to be extremely meticulous and sophisticated as well as to be skillful in choosing ingredients.

Just imagine, in the middle of a hot summer afternoon with friends, enjoying a cup of cool tea makes all senses awake and extremely refreshing. Then each piece of green powder is supple, slightly lumpy, still fragrant with the smell of sticky leaves plus the cool, fatty flesh of coconut milk mixed in shaved ice. It’s great, isn’t it?

In particular, Lod chong shops also combine with young tofu, dew, dew, pomegranate seeds, even bananas or fruits to enrich the dish as well as to satisfy difficult customers. most counted.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Coco5 – 184 Ly Chinh Thang, Ward 9, District 3, HCMC
Lem Lem Ly Quan – 172A/17 Lac Long Quan, Ward 10, District 11, HCMC

PRICE: from 15,000 VND

Because of its worm-like shape, Lod chong is often called “worm tea” by Vietnamese young people (Source: Collectibles)

Lod chong attracts customers by its cool taste (Source: Collectibles)

Jackfruit Tea

Sticky jackfruit sounds like it, right? Jackfruit sticky rice is a dish that is becoming very famous among young people today, not only simply eaten like normal sticky rice but also great to eat and play. This is a dish that is both delicious and beautiful to look at. Jackfruit sticky rice has become extremely popular, attracting a lot of attention, love and of course, because of the delicious and fatty taste of glutinous rice along with the fresh taste of naturally sweet jackfruit making the dish delicious. times more.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Coco5 – 184 Ly Chinh Thang, Ward 9, District 3
Coco5 – 68 Nguyen Hue, District 1
Thai sticky rice – 286 Huynh Van Banh, Phu Nhuan District
La Cai Quan – 12 Do Tan Phong, Ward 9, Phu Nhuan District

PRICE: from 35,000 VND

Jackfruit sticky rice is popular with attractive take-out boxes (Source: Collectibles)

Until the parts of jackfruit sticky rice are presented eye-catching, to lemon (Source: Collectibles)

Papaya salad with three sides

Papaya salad is a very popular dish in Thailand and is also very popular in Vietnam. Especially in brackish water in the season of Ba Khiem, this dish becomes more and more popular. Papaya salad mixed with three aspects is not only delicious, but also has a very unique flavor. Once you have tasted this dish, it is very likely that you will be addicted. Be careful!

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Redpot Foodcourt – 72 Le Thanh Tong, District 1, HCMC
Mr. Bee Grilled & Beer – 4A Tran Quang Dieu, District 3, HCMC
Thai Y Phuong Tea – 380 Nguyen Tri Phuong, District 10, HCMC
TukTuk Thai Bistro – 11/17 Le Thanh Ton, District 1, HCMC

PRICE: from 30,000 VND

Three-knot papaya salad makes people salivate when they first see it (Source: Collectibles)

The taste of papaya salad can be addictive (Source: Collectibles)

Pad Thai

Pad Thai is a particularly famous dish in the Thai culinary world. Pad Thai is much simpler to prepare than the original dish when taken out. Maybe it’s because the original Pad Thai consists of fresh rice noodles mixed with sauce and a few other seafood ingredients, which sounds quite simple but in fact causes quite a lot of difficulties in processing.

SOME POPULAR RESTAURANTS:

Malee Thai Restaurant – 37 Dong Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC
Chilli Thai Restaurant – 38 Mac Thi Buoi, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC
Mama Restaurant, 33 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Da Kao Ward, District 1, HCMC

PRICE: from 30,000 VND

Pad Thai is a familiar dish along the sidewalk (Source: Collectibles)

Pad Thai is also a luxurious dish in some restaurants (Source: Collectibles)

Tom yum

Tom yum is known as a famous specialty dish of Thai people. It is not only suitable for the taste of locals but also a dish that is loved by many foreigners and Vietnam is no exception.

The main ingredients to cook Tom yum are shrimp of all sizes or chicken and mushrooms. Indispensable spices to make the dish include Thai lime leaves (kaffir lime leaves), lemongrass, young galangal root, dried onions, fresh chili, lime juice or tamarind juice and some other spices. Although the ingredients and spices are quite sophisticated, the processing of Tom yum is very simple and fast. Tom yum is best eaten while still hot. The characteristic sour and spicy taste mixed with the aroma of lemon leaves and other spices will make you unforgettable.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Coca Suki Union Square – Basement B3 -09, 171 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC
Cafe Tom Yum Thai Restaurant – 65 Bui Huu Nghia, Ward 5, District 5, HCMC
Ngo Ri – 16 Bui Vien, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Quang Lac Noodles – 71 Mac Thi Buoi, District 1, HCMC

PRICE: from 100,000 VND

Tom yum has two main versions: shrimp… (Source: Collectibles)

…. and chicken (Source: Collected)

Thai hot pot

Thai hot pot is a variation of hot pot in Thailand and this is also one of the specialty and traditional dishes of the land of the Golden Temple. Thai hot pot is essentially a hot dish, where the diners dip meat, seafood, noodles, and vegetables into a pot of broth cooked at the table and dip it in a pre-mix before enjoying. The main flavor of Thai hot pot is sour and spicy. This is the very typical taste of Thai hot pot and is rarely confused with any other hotpot dish because of the characteristic aroma of galangal, lemongrass, and Thai lemon leaves, the most obvious being the pungentness of chili. .

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Hoa Restaurant – 39 Vinh Khanh, District 4, HCMC
Hotpot Runway – 151 De Tham, Co Giang Ward, District 1, HCMC
Thai Hot Pot No. 7 Poi Pet – 31A2 Hung Vuong, District 5, HCMC
Princess Hot Pot – 1/1 Truong Chinh, Tan Phu District, HCMC

PRICE: from 100,000 VND

Thai hot pot always attracts people to enjoy (Source: Collectibles)

Thai hot pot becomes an indispensable dish in gatherings of young people (Source: Collectibles)

Thai grilled fish

Thai grilled fish is a very delicious dish. With grilled fish meat that is sweet and chewy, not too fatty and imbued with rich spices, Thai grilled fish always attracts people to enjoy it right from first sight. This dish is especially delicious when enjoyed on chilly days.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Coca Suki – 3rd Floor, Parkson Hung Vuong, 126 Hung Vuong, Ward 12, District 5, HCMC
Sindat Thai – 168 Truong Sa, Ward 1, Binh Thanh District, HCMC
Poi Pet 7 – 31A2 Hung Vuong, District 5, HCMC

PRICE: from 100,000 VND

Thai-style grilled fish is usually grilled on a hot coal stove (Source: Collectibles)

The result after marinating and baking is a wonderful dish (Source: Collectibles)

Seafood vermicelli

Bun Thai is a dish that is no longer strange to everyone. It even became the “gut dish” of many diners because of the blend of sour and spicy flavors creating an unforgettable taste. Thai vermicelli is full of squid, octopus, shrimp, beef rolls with needle mushrooms, clams, … There are also very delicious green vegetables.

SOME POPULAR STORE:

Bun Sister Trinh – 116/1 Vuon Chuoi, Ward 4, District 3, City. HCM.
Thai Bun – 27A Nguyen Van Lac – 27A Nguyen Van Lac, Ward 21, Binh Thanh District, City. Ho Chi Minh City
Bun Thai Bangkok – No. 7 Dang Van Bi, Truong Tho Ward, Thu Duc District, City. Ho Chi Minh City…

Price: From 30,000 – 100,000 VND.

Seafood vermicelli

Seafood vermicelli

Som Tam (raw crab papaya salad)

If you are a food lover from Thailand, you will surely know the raw crab papaya salad with a bitter taste, but extremely attractive. Now, this dish has been raised to a higher level when the main ingredient is a large, stocky crab. Especially the brilliant red-orange crab brick inside makes many people salivate just looking at it.

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