Gia Dinh Pho and Vietnamese Cuisine

A cold beer that pairs well with banh goi.

A crispy fried white fish typically served on a bed of fresh herbs, like dill. The filet is seasoned heavily with garlic, ginger, and turmeric, and is served alongside a big bowl of rice noodles, peanuts, spring onions, red chili slices, and a mouthwatering sauce.

A fluffy deep fried pastry filled with mushrooms, minced pork, steamed quail eggs, and a spicy seasoning. It's often served alongside sweet-sour dipping sauces made with garlic, chili, sugar, lime juice, and fish sauce.

A vegan version of banh goi (deep fried pastry).

Snail vermicelli soup. The snails are roasted, dumped into a broth, then mixed with thin rice noodles, green bananas, fried tofu, prawns or fish cakes. It's topped with a big serving of herbs, like mint or basil, and chili sauce.

A creamy soup with big servings of rice vermicelli noodles, crab, and a fresh assortment of herbs, like mint, basil, and dill. The broth is tomato-based. Some renditions include ground pork, minced dried shrimp, and tofu.

A raw fermented pork dish made by mixing ground pork, chilies, sliced garlic, white peppercorns, Thai chilies, sugar, and a spicy seasoning. The mixture is rolled up like a sausage or spread in a large baking sheet and wrapped in plastic, then fermented for up to three days, sliced into small squares and served inside a banana leaf.

A hearty rice dish that's steamed to perfection, banh cuon is a thin rice sheet filled with a hearty serving of ground pork, mushrooms, and shallots. It's served in bite-size pieces and is often enjoyed for breakfast with a drizzle of fish sauce, bean sprouts, and cucumber.

A large and savory crepe. Named after the sizzle it makes when it's cooking, this crepe-pancake hybrid is topped with equal parts pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts. It's served for breakfast or lunch with fish sauce.

The famed banh mi sandwich. The bread is freshly baked and is filled to the brim with grilled sausage, thinly sliced pork, cucumber spears, cilantro, and chili.

A bite-size snack that is a mix of rice paper served like a salad with eggs (usually quail), sliced green mango, squid, beef jerky, basil, mint, sometimes shrimp balls, and peanut, as well as a hearty serving of chilis.

A staple that can be found all throughout the country. The pho in Saigon is slightly sweeter and fishier than versions found in other regions.