How does Vietnamese foods LOOK like?
- Freshness: Most of the Vietnamese foods are used with the freshest ingredients. In Vietnam, the fresher the ingredients are, the healthier a recipe can be. With that in minds, you can see most meats are usually briefly cooked.
- Vegetable Presence: Besides the freshness of the ingredients, Vietnamese also cares about the nutrition in every food they consume. A requirement for vegetables included is a need. In famous Vietnamese dish like Pho - a bone borth noodle soup can not be Pho without herbs and vegetables.
- Complex Textures: Gordon Ramsay had a trip to Vietnam and he was supprised by the texture complexity of a Viet soup. The noodle, meats, and vegetable are presented together to make the complexity of the recipe which increase the curiousity of the eater.
How does Vietnamese foods TASTE like?
There are five fundamental taste fonts in Vietnamese food. They are ultilized together to make unique coumpounds of flavor depending on the type of recipe.
- Sour
- Bitter
- Sweet
- Spicy
- Salty
