Saigon, the largest city in Vietnam, is one of the most well-known destinations for both domestic and international tourists. The city is famous for its historical attractions, crowded shopping malls, and its rich culinary. This article will provide you with the top 07 Saigon dishes you should not miss when traveling to this city. 

Through the post, you will have the chance to know about these dishes below. 

• Saigon Broken rice (Com Tam Saigon)
• Dried noodles (Hu Tieu)
• Crab soup (Sup cua)
• Fish sauce hotpot (Lau Mam) & Fish sauce noodle (Bun Mam)
• Trang Bang Cake Soup (Banh canh Trang Bang)
• Spring rolls (Goi Cuon)
• Che Saigon

Let’s find detailed information on each of the dishes above!

Saigon Broken rice (Com Tam Saigon)

Saigon broken rice is one of the Saigon dishes you should try when you visit the city. It is a favorite food that Saigon people eat for both breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 

The rice to make Saigon broken rice is a tiny grain different from regular rice in Vietnam. This type of rice makes Saigon broken rice more fragrant. A full plate of Saigon broken rice includes many toppings. Besides tiny rice, there are grilled pork, omelet, pork skin strips, and fish pie inside. Saigon broken rice is more delicious with carrot pickles, cucumber slices, and sweet fish sauce. 

Saigon broken rice

There are many restaurants serving Saigon broken rice that you can find along Saigon streets. Below is the list of some addresses you can refer to for a tasty meal.

Com Tam Ba Ghien

• Address: 84 Dang Van Ngu, Ward 10, Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City
• Price: around VND 40,000/ plate
• Opening time: 7.30 a.m. - 9.30 p.m.

Com Tam Ba Nghien is a small but crowded local restaurant. Coming to the restaurant, you can smell the delicious taste from marinated pork chop and enjoy a tasty dish of Saigon broken rice. 

Com Tam Kieu Giang

• Address: 192E Tran Quang Khai, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Price: from VND 50,000

Com Tam Kieu Giang is also a restaurant where you can choose to enjoy Saigon broken rice. The ribs are deliciously marinated, and large grilled ribs are cut into small pieces, creating an attractive dish.

Com Tam Bui Saigon

Com Tam Bui Saigon is a popular broken rice restaurant chain in Saigon. The price for a plate of broken rice is from VND 40,000, depending on the type of toppings inside. You can find Com Tam Bui Saigon restaurant at the addresses below. 

• 378 Le Van Luong, District 7
• 100 Thach Thi Thanh, District 1
• 72 Nguyen Thuong Hien, Ward 5, District 3
• 172C Dien Bien Phu, Ward 17, Binh Thanh District
• 2-4 D2 Street, Ward 25, Binh Thanh District
• 48B Phan Van Tri, Ward 7, Go Vap District 

Com Tam Bui Saigon

Let’s come and try Saigon broken rice! Indeed, you cannot forget the dish’s delicious taste and want to try them more than once.

Saigon dried noodle (Hu Tieu Saigon)

Dried noodles is also among the popular Saigon dishes you should try. A typical bowl of hu tieu includes dried noodles, char siu meat, some types of herbs such as oregano, coriander, and lettuce. It is also served with soup and the sparkling puller. Dried noodles’ sweet broth is cooked from the pig’s bone with some dried squid and dried prawns. Besides, there are various other types of dried noodles such as bone noodle, beef stock, squid, satay noodles, etc. 

Hu Tieu Saigon

Let’s find some of the restaurants highly recommended by tourists below.

Hu tieu muc Ong Gia Cali

• Address: Phan Xich Long, Ward 7, Phu Nhuan District
• Opening time: 8.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 35,000 - VND 55,000

Hu Tieu muc Ong Gia Cali is a popular dried noodles restaurant famous for squid dried noodles. Besides noodles, squid is the main ingredient in this food. The restaurant’s full bowl of dried noodles often includes squid, bone broth, onions, bean sprouts, meatballs, and quail eggs.
Hu tieu Nam Vang Quynh

• Address: A65 Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward, District 1
• Opening time: 5.30 a.m. - 9.30 p.m.
• Price: VND 60,000 - VND 80,000

Hu Tieu Nam Vang Quynh is also a restaurant where you can try dried noodles, one of the best Saigon dishes. Coming to the restaurant, you can enjoy the crunchy noodles yarn with the tasty broth. 

Hu Tieu Nam Vang Quynh

Hu Tieu my hoanh thanh 44

• Address: 44 Le Quoc Hung, Ward 12, District 4
• Opening time: 6.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 30,000 - VND 60,000

Hu tieu my hoanh thanh 44 provides you a varied menu of dried noodles. You can find young pork ribs, kidney, shrimp, fish dried noodles on the restaurant’s menu. 

Crab soup (Sup cua)

Visiting Saigon, you should not miss trying crab food. A bowl of crab soup can include many toppings, such as crabs, century eggs, straw mushrooms, etc. Crab soup is relatively easy to eat, suitable for both adults and children. With unique flavor, crab soup is indeed one of the best Saigon dishes attracting many diners. 

Many restaurants are serving this food in Ho Chi Minh City. You can refer to the list of addresses below.

Sup cua Hanh

Sup Cua Hanh

• Address: 517 Su Van Hanh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening time: 6.25 a.m. - 10.30 p.m.
• Price: VND 12,000 - VND 22,000

86 Nguyen Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

• Opening time: 11.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 15,000 - VND 28,000

Sup Cua Cho Thiec

• Address: 166 Pho Co Dieu, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening time: 2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 15,000 - VND 20,000

Sup cua Cho Ho Thi Ky

• Address: 68/4 Ho Thi Ky, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening time: 2.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 15,000 - VND 20,000

Sup cua Bong

• Address: 59C Mac Dinh Chi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening time: 7.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 17,000 - VND 25,000

Sup Cua Bong

There are many other crab soup restaurants along Saigon street you can find. Definitely, you cannot forget the delicious flavor of this food. 

Fish sauce hotpot (Lau Mam) & Fish sauce noodle (Bun Mam)

Fish sauce hotpot and fish sauce noodle are two favorite Saigon dishes for both Saigon people and tourists. An essential element for a tasty hotpot and noodle is the broth. Besides these two foods are also served with spinach, water lilies, basil, etc.

Fish Sauce Hotpot
Below is the list of the restaurants you can refer to for a delicious meal. 

Lau mam Ba Du

• Address: 19 Tran Khac Chan, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1
• Price: from VND 40,000 per serving

Lau mam Ba Du is an excellent restaurant to enjoy fish sauce hotpot. The hotpot here is delicious with sweet broth, beef, pork, and buffet vegetables. 

Lau mam An la khen

• Address: 11 Ho Bieu Chanh, Ward 12, Phu Nhuan District
• Price: VND 210,000 - VND 300,000

The special flavor in the broth attracts many guests to Lau mam An la khen. Coming to the restaurant, you can enjoy sweet broth from fish sauce, bone water, and coconut water.

Bun mam Chi Sen

• Address: 190 Vinh Khanh, Ward 10, District 4
• Price: VND 60,000 - VND 300,000

Bun mam Chi Sen is a favorite restaurant in district 4. A full bowl of bun mam here includes many toppings such as roast pork, shrimp, fish pie, and pork ball. 

Let’s come to Ho Chi Minh City and enjoy the unique flavor of fish sauce hotpot and fish sauce noodle!

Trang Bang Cake Soup (Banh canh Trang Bang)

Trang Bang Cake Soup is derived from Tay Ninh, 100 kilometers to the Northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. Until now, this food has become one of the popular Saigon dishes that many tourists would like to try when they come to Saigon. 

Trang Bang Cake Soup

The main ingredient to make the dish is the supple rice noodle yarn, pork thighs, and the broth. Trang Bang cake soup’s sweet broth is cooked from the bone, combining with some types of spices. Indeed, once you try the cake soup, you will not forget its taste and would like to try it more times. 

You can drop in some addresses below to enjoy a tasty bowl of Trang Bang cake soup.

• 180-182 Ly Thai To, Ward 1, District 3
• 70-72 Vo Van Tan, Ward 5, District 3
• 441 Nguyen Tri Phuong, Ward 8, District 10
• 271 Hoang Sa, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1

Let’s try and enjoy the broth’s sweetness, the aroma of the cake, the lemon’s sourness, the spicy taste of chili, and the salty taste of the fish sauce!

Spring rolls (goi cuon)

Spring rolls is one of the favorite Saigon dishes and can be used as a brunch. You can find five main ingredients inside the spring rolls, which are rice paper, raw vegetables, noodles, meat, and shrimp. 

Spring rolls are made by using rice paper to roll all the above ingredients inside. The color from the herbs and peeled shrimp make the food look attractive. Sweet dipping fish sauce is also indispensable when you enjoy the food. The flavor of the fillings inside the rice paper blending with the sauce creates a flavorful taste for the food.

Spring rolls

Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, you can find spring rolls anywhere you come to, from the street to the luxury restaurants. Below is the list of restaurants for you to choose from.

Bo Bia & Goi Cuon Ho Thi Ky

• Address: 51/24B Ho Thi Ky, District 10
• Opening time: 2.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 10,000 - VND 20,000

Goi cuon tom nhay LLQ

• Address: 424 Lac Long Quan, Ward 5, District 11
• Opening time: 11.00 a.m. - 9.00 p.m. 
• Price: VND 7,000

Quan goi cuon Hanh

• Address: 420A Hoa Hao, Ward 5, District 10
• Opening time: 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 6,000 - VND 10,000

Goi cuon Le Van Sy

• Address: 359/1/9A Le Van Sy, District 3
• Opening time: 2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 5,000 - VND 10,000

Che Saigon

Che Saigon is indeed one of the popular desserts in Saigon. There are hundreds of che Saigon flavors for you to choose from, such as black bean, mixed, jackfruit, red bean, water-float, and many other types that you should try. Coming to a stall of Che Saigon, you will feel impressed with various colors, the green nuggets, the yellow bananas and corn, the white from coconut milk, the purple taro, etc. 

Che Saigon

Let’s find some of the places that are highly recommended to enjoy Che Saigon.

Quan che co Huoi

• Address: 57/21A Ho Thi Ky, District 10
• Opening time: 2.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 10,000 - VND 25,000

Quan che Hien Khanh

• Address: 718 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3
• Opening time: 9.00 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 10,000 - VND 35,000

Quan che Ha Ky

• Address: 138 Chau Van Liem, Ward 11, District 5
• Opening time:10.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 15,000 - VND 35,000

Quan che Thanh Tam

• Address: 98 Bui Huu Nghia, Ward 7, District 5
• Opening time: 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
• Price: VND 20,000 - VND 45,000

Besides these above stalls, going around Saigon streets, you can find Che Saigon at any corners you come to. 

In conclusion, this article has provided you with the top 7 best Saigon dishes you should try at least once when you travel to Saigon. Hope that these pieces of information will be helpful for you if you have the intention to visit Ho Chi Minh City!