Vietnamese food is very distinct and can be the highlight of a visit these are 10 essential vietnamese foods everyone should try destinations arrow drop down 10 vietnamese foods you need to try share share tweet pin email insert drive file article o 5 mins o 3 april 2015 . Vietnam is a foodies paradise with a variety of unique flavours and specialties this is our favourite 10 traditional foods of vietnam which we fell in love with 1 pho the classic vietnamese dish pho pronounced fur is the traditional food of vietnam and known throughout the world. List of vietnamese dishes jump to navigation jump to search canh chua pho and eggs in ho chi minh city this is a list of dishes found in vietnamese a worm like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring usually derived from the pandan leaf shaved ice and palm sugar chuoi chien dessert banana fried in a batter coconut candy. These foods and pho beef noodle soup are the equivalent of fast food in vietnamese cities also common between meals are sweet fruits and ice cream introduced during the vietnam war era 1960s and 1970s