Vung Tau Vietnamese Cuisines: Top 10 Best Dishes to Try

1. Overview

Vung Tau is an attractive tourist destination for domestic and international tourists to visit and relax. Not only does it stand out with many beautiful scenes like a fairyland, but Vung Tau also makes many tourists “drunk” with its extremely unique cuisine. Coming to the beautiful sea, you will experience the unique Vung Tau cuisine made from ingredients with bold natural flavors of the sea. 

Each dish not only shows the creativity and talent of the cook but also contains the unique features of the typical coastal culinary culture. The delicious dishes in Vung Tau are rustic and simple, but they have the ability to conquer any demanding guests. The unique Vung Tau Vietnamese Cuisines, will be shown through the top 10 dishes you should try below.

2. Vung Tau Vietnamese Cuisines: Top 10 Best Dishes to Try

2.1. Hotpot Stingray

Stingray hotpot is the first dish you should definitely try. Although the dish is simple, the people here prepare it with a very unique flavor, so it will definitely make you remember it forever. Tourists enjoy sweet and sour stingray hotpot, cooked with wild sour bamboo shoots, served with vermicelli, herbs, etc. 

• Suggestions for Delicious Stingray Fish Hotpot Restaurants in Vung Tau:

– Ba Sau Stingray Hotpot: 06 Tran Hung Dao Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

– Bay Co Stingray Hotpot: 552 Tran Phu Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

– Co Hong Stingray Hotpot: 18 Hung Vuong Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

• Reference price is about: 5.89 USD – 7.86 USD/portion

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2.2. Long Huong Soup Cake (Banh canh Long Huong)

Long Huong Banh Canh is a Banh Canh brand in Vung Tau that has long been famous with tourists from near and far. According to many visitors, the bowl of Banh Canh here makes a strong impression with the toughness of the banh canh made entirely from tapioca flour and the accompanying “huge” slices of pork sausage, creating a full impression along with the delicious broth and sweet, simmered from bones, sea fish, and shrimp. You can choose pork trotters, lean meat, ribs, or a mix of three types of meat to eat. After enjoying the noodle soup, don’t forget to dessert with a glass of sweet sugar cane juice, fragrant with pineapple flavor from the shop.

• Address: welcome gate of Ba Ria Town, Phuoc Hiep Ward, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province
• Reference price: 1.57 USD/bowl.

2.3. Mai fish salad (Goi Ca Mai)

Mai fish salad is extremely famous in Vung Tau. This dish is made from apricot fish, a very popular fish in Vung Tau waters. The fish salad is marinated with spices and prepared with a very special fish sauce, then eaten with herbs. Even though this dish is a salad, it is not fishy at all, is still very easy to eat, and has a sweet taste. When enjoying, you will feel the layer of rice paper on the outside, rolled up with raw vegetables and salad inside, rich but not boring. 

• Suggested places to eat delicious, nutritious, and cheap Mai fish salad:

– Mango Garden Restaurant: 34/5 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

– Bay Trip Restaurant: 33 Phan Boi Chau Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

• Reference price is about: 7.07 USD – 9.43 USD/portion

2.4. Vung Tau Jellyfish Vermicelli

Jellyfish vermicelli is a typical dish for residents of the Central Coast region. And it is present in Vung Tau, attracting many diners. Jellyfish vermicelli has a broth simmered from pork bones for many hours, is clear, not greasy or fatty, and has a sweet taste. A hot bowl of jellyfish vermicelli includes sweet jellyfish pieces, a few slices of fish cake, and some roasted peanuts on top of the vermicelli and rich broth. Served with jellyfish noodles are raw vegetables, including: lettuce, bean sprouts, cabbage, banana ears, herbs, etc.; spices: ground chili or sliced chili; lemon; and fish sauce to add rich flavor to the dish.

• Addresses of Vung Tau Ngon Jellyfish Vermicelli Restaurants: 

– Shop No. 84: Nguyen Truong To Street, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

– 3 Cao Restaurant: 23C To Hien Thanh Street, Ward 4, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province

• Reference price is about: 1.18 USD – 1.98 USD/bowl

2.5. Banh Khot

Banh Khot is considered a typical dish of Vung Tau, and you can easily see shops selling this dish on many streets of the city. Banh Khot is made from flour, poured into small molds, fried to a crispy layer of dough underneath, and on top will be filled with shrimp and some other ingredients. When cooked, the cake will be eaten hot, rolled with vegetables and lettuce, and dipped in a sweet and sour dipping sauce. Banh Khot is also the only Vung Tau snack to be included in the top 12 Vietnamese dishes recognized by the Asian Cuisine Organization as having “Asian culinary value”.

• Suggested places to eat delicious, nutritious and cheap Banh Khot:

– Banh Khot Ba Tam: 52A Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

– Goc Vu Sua Banh Khot: 14 Nguyen Truong To Street, Ward 2, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

– Eastern Banh Khot: 59 Ba Trieu Street, Ward 4, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

• Reference price: about 1.18 USD – 2.36 USD/disc.

2.6. Bread shumai

Coming here, you will encounter three main types of bread shumai: take-away bread shumai, pan bread shumai, and bowl of shumai bread. A portion of pan bread shumai will have large, fragrant, fatty meatballs, pate, fried eggs, sausages, sardines, etc. All placed on a cast iron pan with signature sauce and served with crispy bread is always wonderful and attractive to diners.

• Delicious restaurant suggestions: 

– Hang Quyen: 564 Tran Phu Street, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau

– Vung Tau Shumai Bread Nhut Ky:  33 Trung Nhi Street, Ward 1, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau

– Vung Tau Mo Mo Pan Bread : 3 Vi Ba Street, Ward 4, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau

• Reference price: 0.79 USD – 1.18 USD/portion

2.7. Salted egg sponge cake

You can find Salted egg sponge cake in many places, but in Vung Tau, this cake has a much smaller shape than in other localities. With traditional handmade methods, salted egg sponge cake in Vung Tau has a special and different flavor. Not only can you enjoy this specialty on the spot, but you can also buy it as a gift for your loved ones. In Vung Tau, salted egg sponge cakes are sold a lot, from bakeries to crowded beaches that also sell this delicious cake.

• Address selling delicious egg sponge cake in Vung Tau:

– Ngoc Hiep egg sponge cake shop: 11 Do Chieu street, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

– Sandwiches – Salted egg sponge cake Corner of Electric Pole: 17B Nguyen Truong To, Ward 2, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

– Salted Egg Orchid – Le Lai: 129 Le Lai, Ward 1, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

• Reference price: 1.18 USD – 1.98 USD.

2.8. Oc Vu nang

Oc Vu Nang is a rare specialty in Con Dao and is famous for being an irresistible delicacy that most visitors to Vung Tau want to enjoy. Visitors can choose Oc Vu Nang to be grilled, boiled, made into a salad, or mixed into a very delicious dish. This type of snail usually has a skewed pyramid shape with a small knob on the top, a dark gray outer shell, and a sparkling mother-of-pearl inner surface. The size of the Oc Vu Nang is usually only the size of 3 fingers and is found a lot in the Central Coast waters, but the Con Dao Oc Vu Nang is almost as big as a hand. 

• Suggestions for delicious snail restaurants: 

– Nature Snail Restaurant: 32 Le Quy Don Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

– Hien Snail Restaurant: 121 Ly Tu Trong Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

– Thien Nhien Snail Restaurant: 245 Truong Cong Dinh Street, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

• Reference price: About 2.75 USD – 3.54 USD/portion.

2.9. Mut hat bang Con Dao

Mut hat bang Con Dao Vung Tau  is famous near and far for its unique flavor. Mut hat bang processed to create delicious and attractive jams. Almond seeds still retain their characteristic flavor, and when roasted with salt or sugar, they bring unique flavors that visitors can enjoy depending on their taste. To make such delicious Mut hat bang requires careful attention, from choosing ingredients to processing, packaging, etc.

• Address: Vung Tau Specialties: 42 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ward 3, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
• Reference price: 7.86 USD/Serve

2.10. Vung Tau Seafood

Traveling to Vung Tau without enjoying fresh seafood is a shame. With a rich source of seafood, visitors to Vung Tau can enjoy steamed crabs, garlic-fired blood cockles, stir-fried fingernail snails with water spinach, steamed white shrimp, roasted crab claws with tamarind, spicy and sour octopus hotpot, etc.

• Address to Eat Cheap and Delicious Vung Tau Seafood:

– Vung Tau night market: behind Imperial hotel, Thang Tam ward, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

– Ganh Hao Restaurant: 3 Tran Phu Street, Ward 5, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.

– Bamboo Dust Restaurant: 39 Truong Cong Dinh, Ward 1, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

3. Conclusion

Above is Vung Tau Vietnamese Cuisines: Top 10 Best Dishes that you must try that Metta Voyage has shared. I hope you have an enjoyable trip here. Don’t forget to visit our blog  to see many other exciting travel experiences.

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