No trip in Da Nang is complete without trying the best Vietnamese central cuisine offered in this beautiful coastal city – Da Nang food.
Located in the primary, Da Nang is considered the most worth-living city in Vietnam. Beautiful beaches with the best stretches of sand in the world, stunning scenery, wonderful historical heritage, bustle coastal city, and hospitable people. However, it will be a loss if not mentioning about Da Nang’s fantastic cuisine. It is said that food tells the most about local culture. Da Nang’s food represents the taste of the central region with a combination of seafood and street food, creating a unique cuisine that will surprise you.
If you want to take a glimpse at the Da Nang local cuisine, follows AA Vietnam Travel to discover the best dishes in town.
Banh Canh (Cake Soup)
Banh Canh or Cake Soup offer you a taste of the Da Nang food in a bold-flavored soup. You can find Banh Canh in many street food outlets, the best of which can be located near the local market.
The cake is made from the best type of rice flour, shaped like noodle and super chewy. To create a perfectly soft and chewy cake requires careful molding and skilled cooking. The cake then is dipped in a thick soup which is shrimp and pork bone broth added with local spices. Banh Canh either goes with fish or crab, depending on your preference! The dish is always served boiling-hot for you to eat so you can add some fresh herb to increase the flavors.
- Price: 2 USD – 3 USD
- Places to eat: Banh Canh Thu – 22 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hai Chau, Da Nang
- Opening hours: 14h -23h
My Quang (Quang noodle)
My Quang is an iconic Da Nang food that you must try when traveling to this coastal town. This dish carries the soul and pride of Da Nang’s people, just like pho in Ha Noi and hu tieu in Sai Gon. You will love the incredibly soft and glutamic noodles mixed perfectly with special broth. Unlike other famous noodle dishes, My Quang has the food-filled just half of the bowl. The soup is seasoned with fish sauce, black pepper, and garlic and shallot together with turmeric.
What is incredible about My Quang is you can choose to eat your favorite version. Toppings vary among shrimps, chicken, ram, peanuts, and boiled egg. The dish will taste best if you eat together with herbs, and you can also adjust the flavor by adding lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, or chilies, etc.
- Price: 1 USD – 2.5 USD
- Places to eat: My Quang Ba Mua – 19-21 Tran Binh Trong & 231 Dong Da
- Opening hours: 14h -23h
Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo (Rice paper Pork Roll)
You can not mention about Da Nang food without mentioning about Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo or Rice Paper with Pork. The ingredients and how the dish is made is quite simple. However, it creates a wonderful taste that will exceed your expectation. Pork is steamed and sliced into thin pieces. Then it will be wrapped in a rice sheet with vegetables including lettuce, cucumber, and perilla into a nice spring roll.
The hero of this dish is the local sauce called mam nem, which is carefully prepared with anchovies mix, garlic sugar, and chilies. A roll of pork with fresh herbs then dipped in this sweet, salty and spicy sauce will bring you a mind-blowing taste that you can’t forget.
- Price: 3 USD – 4 USD
- Places to eat: Banh Trang Cuon Thit Heo Tran Da Nang – 4 Le Quan, Hai Chau District, Da Nang
- Opening hours: 9h -22h
Banh Xeo (Fried Pancake)
Banh xeo is a local fried pancake which gives you a symphony of taste you will never forget. First, you will be impressed by the sizzling sound of the cake on a hot frying pan. The cake is made of a mixture of rice flour and turmeric stuffed with bean sprout, shrimp and pork. It is fried over the massive fire in specified time duration to become perfectly cooked and crispy. Then, the crepe shall be wrapped in rice paper together with cucumber and fresh herbs, then dipped in a sweet-sour sauce. One bite and you will ask for more of this delicious Da Nang food.
Vietnamese savory crepe or fired pancake
- Price: 1 USD – 2 USD
- Places to eat: Banh Xeo Ba Duong – 80/23 Hoang Dieu, Hai Chau, Đa Nang
- Opening hours: 14h -23h
Goi Ca Nam O (Nam O Fish Salad)
The fascinating fish specialty is named after Nam O fishing village which is located 10km away in the north of Da Nang. This village is the original place to catch most of the fish for the dish. Therefore, you only have the best of Nam O Salad in Da Nang, whose fish is fresher and sweeter than anywhere else.
Many local people call this dish “Vietnamese sashimi” because of the similar way of how it is eaten. The fish is caught fresh, then washed, salted, removed bone, and sliced to thin pieces. Afterward, you will eat it with a special sauce, together with different kinds of herbs to increase the flavor. Goi Ca Nam O is an authentic taste of the ocean among Da Nang food.
- Price: 3 USD – 4 USD
- Places to eat: Quán Gỏi cá Nam Ô Thanh Hương – 1029 Nguyen Luong Bang, Lien Chieu, Da Nang
- Opening hours: 10h -22h
Bun Cha Ca (Fish Cake Noodle)
Unlike the strong flavor of Goi Ca Nam O, Bun Cha Ca brings a slide of a milder taste of Da Nang food. There are three main types of fish cake: lizardfish, barracuda and mackerel. The mix of soft vermicelli, tasty fish cake, flavorful broth serving hot with a variety of green herbs creates an amazingly delicious and healthy dish that will appeal you right at the first try.
- Price: 0.5 USD – 2 USD
- Places to eat: Bun Cha Ca Ba Hon – 113/3 Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Q. Hải Châu, Đà Nẵng
- Opening hours: 7h -23h
Nem Lui (Lemongrass Pork Skewers)
Every Vietnamese shall agree that Nam Lui is one of the most famous Da Nang food. Originally belong to Hue’s cuisine, Nem Lui is brought further south to Da Nang and has become a popular street food in Da Nang. It is available everywhere from local markets to high-end restaurant serving Vietnamese specialties.
The pork skewer is made from a mixture of minced pork, salt, pepper, sugar, pork skin, compressed and wrapped around a stick of lemongrass. Nem lui can be eaten alone with sauce or comes along with rice paper, fresh herbs, and vegetables to make a delicious spring roll.
- Price: 0.5 USD – 2 USD
- Places to eat: Quán nem lụi bà Hồng – 84 Le Do, Thanh Khe, Da Nang
- Opening hours: 14h -23h
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