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According to experts at Taste Atlas, food and drink rankings are based on opinions and reviews from experts and food critics to ensure the reliability of the awards. Recently, this food website updated its list of the world's best fish dishes, and three delicious Vietnamese dishes made it onto the list.
Sour fish soup
Sour fish soup is a popular dish in Vietnamese families, with a harmonious blend of sour, spicy, and sweet flavors. The broth is made from ingredients such as tamarind, pickled cucumbers, pineapple, tomatoes, okra, bean sprouts, or other vegetables.
Sour fish soup, with its sweet and sour, refreshing flavor, is a popular dish in Vietnamese families.
The fish used for this soup is usually a type of catfish like snakehead fish. The soup is often garnished with aromatic herbs such as sawtooth coriander and Vietnamese coriander, and served with rice. When it comes to sour fish soup, everyone praises its deliciousness, refreshing taste, ease of preparation, and nutritional value. Sour fish soup from different regions has its own unique flavor, contributing to the diversity and richness of Vietnamese cuisine.
Sweet and sour soup
Sweet and sour soup is considered a variation of sour fish soup, which originated in the Mekong Delta and later became popular throughout Vietnam.
Sweet and sour soup is made from shrimp and other ingredients such as pineapple, tomatoes, and herbs.
This soup combines sour, sweet, and salty flavors. It can be made from fish or seafood (eel, shrimp, snakehead fish, catfish, clams, etc.) and other ingredients such as tomatoes, okra, pineapple, tamarind, bean sprouts, and fresh herbs with a sour taste.
The soup is usually served with rice noodles or white rice. The dish is highly valued for its nutritional benefits and health advantages, and is considered a quintessential Vietnamese culinary experience by international tourists.
Fish hotpot with water spinach
This hot pot dish originates from Dong Thap province. It's made with linh fish, a local freshwater fish, and water hyacinth flowers. The water hyacinth flowers add a fragrant, rich flavor. The broth is typically made from fresh coconut water, young tamarind, and served with water lilies, water spinach, and meat broth. The fish is added to the pot last.
Fish hotpot with water spinach is fragrant, delicious, and flavorful.
Other dishes that made it into the top 10 of this list include Finnish salmon soup lalakeitto; Scottish cullen skink (smoked cod soup with potatoes and onions)...
Finnish salmon lalakeitto soup.
The fact that these delicious dishes made it to the world's top rankings is a source of pride and affirms the appeal of Vietnamese cuisine. It demonstrates that Vietnamese food is not only delicious and nutritious but also possesses profound cultural value, contributing to promoting the image of Vietnam and its people to international friends.
