Due to the fast and non-stop development, Danang today becomes a modern and beautiful city to the domestic tourists as well as foreigners. If you have chance to visit here one day, it’s impossible to miss Danang cuisine. Danang cuisine brings something traditional but new, captivating but simple in it. Danang cuisine also show us the variety in ingredients and meticulosity in cooking of Danang people. 

At first, I and my friend are surprised by the enthusiasm here. People, despite a small restaurant on the sidewalk, prepare food in many options of taste and ask us detail about what we want. Some aunts are really friendly and funny to tell story. It ‘s no doubt that Danang is voted as one of Top livable cities in the world. 

BREAKFAST

Mi Quang – Quang noodle

Quang noodle is the first dish i and my fellow traveller try after drop here in the morning. Actually, Quang noodle comes from the Quang Nam province. The main material of dish is rice noodle(in yellow or white), herb and flower of banana eaten with broth. Local people often ask what kind of broth you want. They are 2 main types of broth: chicken broth or pork broth.

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A bowl of Quang noodle is often served with a little broth enough to wet noodle. Therefore, the broth must be strongly flavor, quite thick and yellowish. After pouring broth, people put some peanut, cracker on it.

• Ba Mua: 19 Tran Binh Trong, Danang.
• Ba Lu: 126 Ham Nghi, Hai Chau district, Danang.
• Bich: 1- 3 – 5 Dang Dung, Lien Chieu, Danang.
• Ba Ngan: 108 Dong Da, Hai Chau, Danang.

Chicken Rice

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Chicken rice is common dish in Central provinces and must-try food in Top Danang cuisine. Rice cooked in chicken broth smells attractive and soft and sweet in taste. Chicken can be serve in boiled and fried status. To all gourmets, the list address below is something indispensable.

• Hong Ngoc: 193 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Danang.
• Anh Hai: Thai Phien, Danang
• Hoi an restaurant: 136 Yen Bai, Hai Chau district, Danang.

LUNCH

Rice paper eaten with boiled pork

Rice paper is the favorite dish of many foreigners when visiting Vietnam as well as Vietnamese. The dish is often served with many kinds of vegetable such as salad, flower of banana, green banana, perilla,… The ingredient that makes the captivating taste is fish sauce. Spicy fish sauce combined with the sweet of boiled pork make the unforgettable food in your mind. Some places also includes pork skewer in their menu.

• Mrs Mua: 19 Tran Binh Trong, Danang
• Mau restaurant: 35 Do Thuc Tinh, Cam Le, Danang
• Que Nha: K72/1C Ham Nghi, Thanh Khe district, Danang
• Tran restaurant: 4 Le Duan, Hai Chau, Danang

Noodle salad with anchovy fish sauce

Noodle salad is must-try dish to gourmets who love Vietnamese cuisine. Anchovy fish sauce is quite weird to foreigners for the first time. However, trust me! you have absolutely been conquered for the second try.

Noodle salad with anchovy fish sauce at Con market, Danang.

Noodle salad is prepared well when there are full of topping: boiled noodle, roasted noodle, vegetable, unripe papaya, peanuts and especially young jackfruit. Young jackfruit salad attracts me a lot when we’re waiting for order. It also fits very well with anchovy fish sauce and definitely a highlight for Danang cuisine.

• Van restaurant: K23/14 Tran Ke Xuong, Danang
• Ngoc restaurant: 20 Doan Thi Diem, Danang
• Tam restaurant: K23/2 Tran Ke Xuong, Danang
• In Con market

Bun Cha Ca

In English, it means rice noodle soup with grilled chopped fish. It is a common dish in almost Vietnam Central provinces. Broth is made from fresh fish in order to have a natural sweet, added spices for more tasty. There are often 2 kinds of chopped pie: grilled and boiled one. To me, grilled chopped fish is a little bit delicious. It is served with basil, salad, bean sprouts and green chilli.

Bun Cha ca is more appetizing when it’s still hot. The fragrance and sweetness of fish, spicy of chilli will make you understand more about Danang cuisine as well as its residents.

• 109 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Danang
• Mrs. Lu: 319 Hung Vuong, Danang
• Mr. Ta: 113A Nguyen Chi Thanh, Danang

Vietnamese traditional cake

Yes, i’d like to mention: banh beo, banh nam and banh loc which are the heritage dish of Central Vietnam. It is especially famous in Hue, Quang Nam and Danang. Banh beo is a kind of rice cake, served in a small cup for each cake with some bread crumbs, peanuts and cooked chives on it. Waitress often bring a tray of 10 cups for each other. Don’t worry if you think it’s too much. It’s small so that Vietnamese people can eat 2-3 trays for each.

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Banh nam and banh loc are wrapped in banana leaves in small size. They can be eaten straight from the leave by using a spoon. You can add some fish sauce or tangy chilli sauce to go with it. You should definitely try them once when getting here.

• Mrs. Be – 100 Hoang Van Thu, Danang
• Que Huong restaurant: 441 Nui Thanh, Danang
• Mrs. Tho: 71 Nguyen Van Linh,Danang
• K52/16 Ong Ich Duong, Danang

DINNER

Seafood

Danang is not only blessed by the beautiful beaches but also the variety and freshness of seafood thank to favorable geography position. In addition, local residents have create many recipes to make seafood more delicious and attractive.

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Therefore, while enjoying a cool night, don’t forget to take rest at one of the best seafood restaurant below.

• Nam Danh: K139/H59/38 Tran Quang Khai, Tho Quang ward, Son Tra district, Danang
• Mrs. Thoi:100 Le Dinh Duong, Danang
• Be Man: 14, Hoang Sa, Son Tra, Danang

Cau Lau

Danang cuisine is affected a lot by Quang Nam province. Cau Lau is one of dishes coming from Quang Nam residents. Cao Lau and Quang noodle are two special things to mention about this region. At the first-looking, Cao Lau’s appearance look like Chinese or Japanese noodle. And the taste is quite weird, not taste like other Vietnamese food.

I can’t imagine what wonderful and meticulous person create this dish. The recipe will be a mystery forever until you ask the chief or search it. The pasta is bigger than normal noodle. The unique in recipe of making pasta is that people soak rice in ash water to create the yellowish brown pasta. There are roasted meat, vegetable and fried pork skin on it. All mix perfect with broth make the unique taste and smell.

• Hoai pho: 255 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Danang
• Cao Lau Ly: 267 Thai Thi Boi, Danang.

Banh xeo

Like other provinces through Vietnam, Banh xeo is a rice flour crepe filled with bean sprouts, shrimp, spring onions, and mung beans. I like how crispy the pancake is. It’s often served with pork skewers, rice paper, unripe papaya salad and a plate of vegetable. All are wrapped together with rice paper outside and dip it into a special sauce. It’s mixed with peanut, chillies,…to be thick and tasty.

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• Mrs. Muoi: 23 Chau Thi Vinh Te, Ngu Hanh Son, Danang
• Nam Hien: 47C Ngo Gia Tu, Danang 
• Mrs. Duong: K280/23 Hoang Dieu, Danang.

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