Vietnamese cuisine is famous in the world for its diversity and richness. However, to truly understand the life of Vietnamese people, rustic cuisine is what you need to try on your journey to explore Vietnam.
1. Fish sauce - the soul of Vietnamese cuisine
Fish sauce is an indispensable ingredient in family meals, a spice imbued with Vietnamese culture. Fish sauce is a spice made from salted sea fish that is fermented for several weeks to two years. Fish sauce is popular with Vietnamese people in every meal, used daily as a spice or dipping sauce. People often add a little lemon juice, garlic, and chili to make the dipping sauce more flavorful.
Vietnamese fish sauce is usually made with two main ingredients: anchovies and salt. Quality fish sauce is the type that does not contain additives and preservatives. Foreign visitors may love this condiment so much that they bring a few bottles back as gifts, although some famous brands such as Mega Chef, Red Boat and 3 Crabs can be found in supermarkets around the world.

2. Vietnamese Rice Wine - A Traditional Cultural Beauty
Rice wine can be consumed by Vietnamese people at any time: during family meals, festivals, etc. Vietnamese rice wine is distilled from the country's staple food - rice, often processed in family workshops, sold cheaply and unregistered in reusable plastic bottles.
This type of rice wine, a traditional wine produced by ethnic minorities in the mountainous regions of Vietnam, uses black or brown sticky rice, herbs, tree bark and other natural flavors, fermented in a large ceramic pot for at least a few weeks. Rice wine is often available in supermarkets, sipping a glass of rice wine with local snacks can be a unique experience only in Vietnam. And according to the concept of community culture, gatherings to sit together and enjoy rice wine are like the beautiful customs of the people.
3. Vietnamese coffee - Rich in flavor, sophisticated in culture
Coffee is a drink that has become very popular in the world. However, for Vietnamese people, coffee has its own flavor that cannot be found anywhere else, both in ingredients and in processing. Foreign visitors still tell each other to buy ground coffee or go to famous coffee shops in localities and big cities to enjoy the taste of Vietnamese coffee.
The best way to sip coffee in the Vietnamese style is usually a cup of black coffee or iced milk coffee. Add ground coffee to the filter, pour boiling water to let the coffee drip into the cup below, add condensed milk to taste and a few ice cubes to cool, and anyone can enjoy this wonderful drink. If you want to try a more unique coffee flavor, you can enjoy egg coffee, salt coffee... which foreign tourists often tell each other about every time they have the opportunity to set foot in Vietnam.