We are taking streetfood tour operations to the south central coast for the first two weeks of February. Nha Trang is a resort town a short flight from Saigon and very much on the standard tourist trail. While most visitors tend to spend their days on the beaches and their evenings at the bars – something we are not averse to ourselves – there is a fantastic street food scene in this town, one that we’ve been enjoying on a regular basis for the past ten years.
We’ll be there over the Tet (lunar New Year) period, which adds a degree of colour and excitement to the atmosphere around town, as the locals hit the markets and shops in their preparations for Vietnam’s biggest family occasion. But, that said, because Nha Trang is a southern coastal town, the feeling about town is still relaxed. Remember, there’s always the beach.
So, what does Nha Trang have to offer the food-obsessed?
Seafood has to be the number one attraction. For breakfast, it could be in the form of fish noodle soup. In Hanoi, of course, it would be pho. In Nha Trang, expect lovely chunks of mackeral or tuna, along with fish cake slices with your threads.
Street food eateries and restaurants alike are pandering to the hankerings of those who want to eat stuff from the sea morning, noon and night. Let’s make the pictures do the talking.
Some of our other favourites around town include banh mi with fish cakes, Banh xeo (rice flour pancakes) with baby squid and the best spring roll in Vietnam, Nem nuong.
An Operation in Nha Trang features
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