In addition to beautiful landscapes and warm people, Can Tho is also an ideal place for food lovers. If this is a glimpse of what real street food can offer in the vast and varied Mekong Delta, it sure looks like an adventure through both selected new territory flavors. In this article, we will share with you 15 delicious dishes in the Can Tho’s Street Food Tour. Well, strap in and prepare your stomach with these best food spots in Can Tho to find out why this city is loved globally for its culinary experience!
From the moment you set foot in Can Tho and head to her night market, explore street food by embarking on a noshalicious journey that makes each turn around every bend another corner of culinary delights. The city comes alive in the evening with food stalls and buzzing markets – a perfect time to wander. It is a fantastic place to experience a variety of dishes and range, so make yourself hungry — lots more still to come!! Savory soups and crispy snacks make Can Tho a must-visit for all taste buds. Here are a couple of tips to make your experience even better:
Crispy Pancake with Coconut Core
Savory crispy pancakes packed with a delicious combination of coconut nucleus, shrimp and bean sprouts offer an explosion in your mouth. The crunchiness of the pancake works well with sweet coconut core and shrimp inside Seriously, it is a morsel of heaven that you can not afford to miss out on!
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Cai Rang Grilled Pork Sausage
Next is the popular Nem Nướng Cái Răng Grilled, ground pork sausages served with rice paper for wrapping, fresh herbs and a sweet-tangy dipping sauce. Or roll the sausage in rice paper with some herbs, dip it into the sauce and experience that explosion of flavors. It is a great example of how unassuming food ingredients can create an experience like no other.
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Grilled Snails with Green Pepper
So now, let’s raise the stakes with Ốc Nướng Tiêu Xanh! They marinate these delicious, spicy and salty things with green pepper before grilling. While grilling the snails, they absorb all those delicious flavors from the marinade and become a one bite flavor bomb.
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Fish Hotpot with Sesbania Flowers
Explore Lẩu Cá Linh Bông ĐiênĐiển, a warm and comforting hotpot made with supple fish served in natural sesbania flowers. It had a very sharp, clear broth with the perfect amount of delicious pungent richness which hugs up to that fine flake and dusting softness from the flowers.
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Dry Shrimp Noodle Soup
If you desire something filling and tasty, we recommend the Bún Tôm Khô. These are crispy shallots, fresh herbs in the noodle soup with sautéed dried shrimp and pork slices. Every bite offers multiple textures and flavors, with the chewy noodles complementing crispy shallots.
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Fried Shrimp Cake
Bánh Cống: A shrimp dumpling made with rice dough, mung beans and shrimp all fried to a crisp as they blend perfectly together in texture and taste. Delivering you a crispy outer layer and soft inner filling with every bite. A popular street food that you just cannot resist!
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Dry Sa Dec Noodle Soup
Hủ Tiếu Khô Sa Đéc – If you like Hainanese Chicken, Japanese Shoyu ramen and Thai noodle salad, make sure to get a bowl of these tender rice noodles coated with this delectable concoction of meats, herbs and savory sauce. A nice combination of sweet, salt and umami (the savory fifth taste) that is so addictive by itself.
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Silkworm Noodles with Pork Skin
Bánh Tằm Bì is chewy silkworm noodles topped with julienned pork skin, fresh smelling herbs and coated in a sweet rich coconut cream. The chewy noodles are perfect with the crispy pork skin and all of those wonderful herbs to bring it together, a winning rainy day dish.
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Grilled Snakehead Fish
How about something smoky and fragrant? You simply have to order Cá Lóc Nướng Trui. The Camembert-style cheese studded with tangy black truffle and thyme stands out as well, making the perfect sharing starter. Grilling is one of the best ways to bring out and enhance natural flavors, as it does in this unforgettable fish.
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Grilled Goby Fish in Bamboo Tube
Seasoning & grilling the fish in bamboo tubes lend a naturally sweet aroma and smokiness to Cá Kèo Nướng Ống Sậy that makes it irresistible. This bamboo tube cooking technique has a different taste and texture of the fish which you cannot find elsewhere.
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Fermented Fish Hotpot
Northerners and Southerners argue over who has the better lẩu mắm, but both could easily stake claims at the title of best-fermented fish hotpot in Vietnam.
Enjoy a Can Tho’s Street Food Tour starting with Lẩu Mắm, which is the rich and savory hotpot that is served in Vietnam. Its broth is made out of fermented fish paste which gives a bold and lush, multi-layered taste together with seafood choices and hard-cooked greens. Providing the true essence of Mekong cuisine in this dish.
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Phong Dien Vermicelli Cake
Our next stop on the Can Tho’s Street Food Tour is ‘Banh Hoi Mat. Continue Reading Its crisp and subtly tangy flavors balance perfectly with fresh herbs, grilled country pork patties (nem nuong), and a side dipping sauce.
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Duck Stew with Fermented Bean Curd
For people who want to eat something comfortable like a warm hug, the priority you should try is Vịt Nấu Chao. With the use of fermented bean curds, dry and damp spices; dried citrus peels with herbs like five-spice mix, etc., a flavorsome rich soulful duck stew that gives you warmth in every spoon thirdly duck mains always have to be robust substantial dishes if they are not an inspired adaptation from high-end dining or hipster cafe concepts out there this is one up your alley.
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This traditional favorite sticky rice cake is made with purple yam, bundled in banana leaves and steamed to perfection. How do you all feel about these delicious munching bites already, especially on festive occasions?
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Fermented Crab with Tamarind
Do you like the strong scent, and acid of Ba Khía Rang Me? Stir-Fried Fermented Crab with Tamarind Sour and sweet palate This unique bitterness in the mouth is an inherent part of Mekong cuisine.
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That concludes our amazing Can Tho’s Street Food Tour! From savory Lẩu Mắm to sweet Bánh Hỏi, there was always a deep dive into the colorful fabrics of our culinary culture in almost every bite.
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The Mekong River, the ‘Mother of Waters’, is the heart and soul of mainland South-East Asia. Millions of people depend on its waters. It’s a way of life, a home for the spirits, the defining element in the everlasting battle for survival, and the foundation and boundaries of cultures and kingdoms across eons. The river speaks of the past and the future, of the eternally recurring cycles of nature, of the people living upstream and downstream, of survival, beauty and danger.
Foreigners can’t appreciate the role of the river in the lives of those who live in the Mekong basin. It influences every aspect of their daily existence, shaping not only the land, but also the people themselves.
The Mekong Basin extends over 795,000km2. More than 70 million people, 55 million of which inhabit the watershed area lying within Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam, depend on the river and its tributaries for food, water and transport. At 4,350km, the Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia and the 12th longest in the world.
The river runs from its source deep in China’s Tsinghai Province through the eastern part of Tibet. From Yunnan province, it becomes the border between Myanmar and Laos, and between Laos and Thailand. From there it surges across Cambodia to Phnom Penh, where the Bassac River branches off. The two rivers continue to divide into nine outlets, the Cuu Long (Nine Dragons) of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, and finally discharge into the East Sea. The river is navigable from the delta to Southern Laos, where massive waterfalls near the Cambodian border prevent boats from travelling further.
About nine-tenths of the people in the Lower Mekong Basin are engaged in agriculture, mostly rice production on a massive scale, for which irrigation from the Mekong River is essential. A substantial proportion is exported, thus providing the staple diet of a far greater number than just those living in the area.
The Mekong River is also very rich in fish, the single most important source of animal protein in the diet of people living in the Lower Mekong Basin.
What is included: Transfer, tour guide, hotel in Can Tho, lunch, entrance fee(s), boat trip in Cai Be
What is included: Transfer, tour guide, hotel breakfast, lunch, entrance fee(s), boat trip in Can Tho
| Hotels in Can Tho | ||
| Star | Hotel | Room Type |
| 3-Star hotel in Can Tho | Hau Giang Hotel | Superior |
| 4-Star hotel in Can Tho | Muong Thanh Hotel | Superior |
| 5-Star hotel in Can Tho | Victoria Hotel | Superior |
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