5 Must Try Vietnamese-French Dishes | 5 Món Ăn Việt Lai Pháp Mà Bạn Nên Thử

Hi everyone, welcome back to my channel. Today I'm going to show you 5 Vietnamese dishes that are influenced by French and in this video I have a special guest who is from France and he's also a TikTok star and a YouTuber. Let's welcome Will! Will, hello. Where are you? One fact about us is that I'm 155 and he's 190. So that's why we're talking to each other like this. But anyways, are you ready Will? I'm ready. Okay, let's go. The first dish that we're going to try today is phở sốt vàng which is a Vietnamese version of the French beef stew. This hearty noodle soup features tender beef, onions with aromatic beet spices. Let's see how it tastes, okay? The broth is spicy and sweet, the beef is so soft and the tendon has an interesting crunchy texture. Smells good. Yeah, it's good. You can eat fat, right? Yes. Many French, we don't eat the fat. So usually it's the same for bún chả. We always want the bowl of meatball because there's no fat. The lean meat in that? Yeah. Oh, okay. But have you tried it? Yeah. Did you like it? I mean I eat the fat but it's not my favorite. It's like I'm still French a bit. We add the red wine from Burgundy. Really strong wine. In France, they use red wine but in here I think they just use rice wine. But how did you like the taste? Was that like just taste like one of your French food? I know like pot-au-feu. Yeah, pot-au-feu. So yeah, the feu is an influence between the Chinese noodle soup and pot-au-feu in France. So what is the pot-au-feu exactly? So it's usually in the past it was a food for poor people or people that go to war, military. They just put a pot so that's why it's pot. Yeah, yeah. They put all the veggies, usually carrots, potatoes, this kind of veggies. And they add the beef with some water and then they let it boil together. But it's not as the feu where you will wait like one day, right? The broth is preparing for one day to really extract the herbs and the goodness from the bones. Yeah, to get a good broth. So of course, the feu for me is way better than the pot-au-feu. I remember when I was younger, whenever I got sick, like got a fever, my mom usually bought me pho, like a bowl of pho. And next day I'm gonna be fine. So it's very good when you're sick or you have a hangover. That's why my shirt said like pho. It's the best food for a hangover cure. So if you're wondering where you can get this shirt, it's actually What The Pho merch. And I'm gonna leave the link below so you guys can check it out. We also have a wide variety of What The Pho designs. One of our best sellers is this boon cha shirt right here. Let me show you a bunch of good food besides pho. Cool puns, right? So visit store.whatthefeuvn.com to purchase your favorite shirt before they out of stock. Now we're gonna go for a Vietnamese-French drink, which is coffee. Did you know Vietnam is the world's second largest coffee exporter? You can easily find Vietnamese coffee anywhere in Vietnam, from the coffee shops on the sidewalk to fancy restaurants. It's a rainy day, so it's perfect for a hot cup of coffee. All right, so we have the egg coffee here. I actually have the egg ice cream with coffee. And what do you have? I think it's bak siu. Bak siu. What's in bak siu? Do you know? It's a mix of condensed milk and coffee, right? Yes, and milk. A lot of milk as well. Yep. Let's try it, okay? It's like milk. Like milk. The coffee is very different, is that we use condensed milk. Yeah, it's true. Yeah, in the past, the milk is very scarce and very expensive. So that's why Vietnamese people substitute it with condensed milk. So we can use it multiple times and we can store it. Okay, so what's the coffee culture in France? So the coffee culture in France is quite close from the coffee culture in Vietnam. Basically, after the lunch, we go to the coffee place. We just chill, drink our coffee, talk. It's a moment where we relax before the afternoon walk. It's really common to do it in France. And we always do it. So when I come to Vietnam, I really feel the connection. Because here, you always go at the coffee place to hang out, to study, to have a chit-chat with your friends. Coffee in Vietnam is actually stronger than in France? Actually, it is. Because usually, when we have a famous coffee in France, it's the short coffee, we call it café serré. Café serré, basically, it's like a black coffee, but it's a small cup. You can see in the movie, it's like a small cup of coffee. And it's not as big as in Vietnam. When I order a black coffee in Vietnam, it's like a full one like this. So, of course, after, I cannot sleep for 24 hours. We don't like to take our coffee and drink it somewhere. We want to sit down and enjoy it with our friends. If you go to a coffee shop and you say, I want to take away my coffee, like the French will be like, what? They will be like, what the f**k? What the f**k? Yeah, what the f**k? All right, Will, how do you say café sữa in Vietnamese? Sữa? Say it one more time. Why? Why do you say that? Because when I learn Vietnamese, I have to say, I learn the zone ngã à, like this. It's ngã à. So if you want to learn Vietnamese, remember, you have to stop. Just imagine the pleasure, ngã à, and then you speak good Vietnamese. The third Vietnamese food that was influenced by the French is bánh mì. During World War I, the French left Asia to help with the war effort. Their baguettes flooded in Saigon market with affordable price. Vietnamese in the South were free to modify French dishes to include local ingredients. They replaced mayonnaise with butter and replaced the more expensive cold cuts with pork and pickled vegetables. Bánh mì is also an official word in Oxford English Dictionary. And you're not cold? I was oil. Always oil. The problem when you're too tall in Vietnam. Too tall, not good in Vietnam. It just cover half of your leg. Yeah. And I look like a squid game. Okay, I'm gonna step on here so I can be taller. Mmm. Okay, so in here, I think they have pâté. Yeah. The cold cuts. It's called xăm bông. And then she has tá xíu. Xăm bông in French is jambon. Oh, really? Yeah, it's the same word. Okay, so the same word then. Yeah, yeah. How do you say it again? Jambon. We say xăm bông. Xăm bông, yeah. There you go. And then some carrots and cilantro, coriander. Cilantro. This is cilantro? Yeah, this is cilantro. But what's the difference between bánh mì in here and bánh mì in France? In Vietnam, the bánh mì pâté has so many things with it, right? You have all the veggies, always many fresh veggies, many stuff on it. Yeah. And the bánh mì pâté in France is just bánh mì with pâté. Oh, okay. No veggies. And the most famous bánh mì in France is really simple. It's ham with butter. We call it jambon beurre. It's like 50% of all the bánh mì eaten in France are jambon beurre. And then we have other bánh mì like with cheese, bánh mì with chicken and mayonnaise. It's usually the normal bánh mì in France is 30 centimeters to 40 centimeters. Oh, this long. Yeah, yeah. So it's like... And our bánh mì is just like this small. Yeah, it's a small bánh mì. And so in Vietnam, I usually eat one or two. Yeah. But in France, just one is enough. I love bánh mì. Another Vietnamese-French dessert that I want to introduce you is flung cake. We're going to go to a famous place for flung cake and it's called Khem Garamen Hang Thanh. I will leave all the addresses and prices of the food we tried today in the description. So don't forget to check it out. When you're 190 in Vietnam, there's two types of seats. There's a seat like this, Vietnamese, and then there's a seat like this for foreigners. But still small. Wow, it's raining so hard. But is it impolite to do that? Why? I'm sitting on the table. Yeah, it's fine. This is a chair, but at the same time, it's a table. It's stronger now. Can you do Asian squat? Asian squat, I can do, but it's hard, you see? Okay, try it, try it, try it. It's jiggling. It looks so good. It is so creamy. And it's so rich. And I can smell the sugary and it just tastes so good. So is it from France or do you know where it originated? The flung is a European dish. Okay. It's really famous in UK, really famous in France. And in France, so we have this kind of dish in France. It's more common in UK, but it's really famous in France for creme brulee. So creme brulee is a specific flan like that, where the top is grilled, is burned with the fire. Crispy, right? Yeah. So for me, it's a favorite dish. It's like crispy, then under it's a little soft, and then at the bottom, it's really soft. And then you mix the three together and you eat it. And it's a perfect dessert. Yum. Actually, in Vietnamese, we call creme brulee kem chai. Kem chai. And you can find it at a sand buffet. And then it's burning on top as well. And the sugar is very crunchy and inside is very soft as well. Yeah. And then we usually just eat it alone. But then with just this creme brulee, in the US, we call it flan cake. Then you can have it with boba or you can have it with fruits and jelly. Fruits. Yeah. And then it's going to call chai caramel. Caramel chai. Chai caramel. There you go. Chai caramel. But in France, you should eat it alone, right? Yeah, usually it's a dessert really common in all the restaurants. And we eat it in dessert. You can drink with a coffee or just before the coffee. And then it's the time we go for the coffee after, usually. So you drink it with the coffee? You mix it with coffee? Yeah, you can eat it with coffee. Not mix it, but you can drink the coffee too. Or then you eat your dessert. Then you go to the coffee place or you drink your coffee. The coffee is always the end of the meal. But in Vietnam, we drink coffee first. Yeah, yeah. This time, we drink coffee. Yeah, right, right. All right, let's go. But before moving on to the last dish, if you like this content, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to my channel. And don't forget to follow Will as well. Wow, we have eight plates, but it's only 64,000 Vietnam Dong. Yeah, that's crazy. It's like 2.5 dollars. Yeah. We eat like so many. This in France is like 20 euros, no, no, more, 50 euros. Because one crème brûlée is usually 8 or 10 euros in restaurants. Oh, that's good to know. Wow. Guys, come to Vietnam and live. It's cheaper. Because it's cheaper. Last but not least, snail noodle soup, bun op. The French is known for delicious ascargot topped with herbs, butter, and garlic. Vietnamese people have different ways to cook snails. From snails cooked with coconut milk that you have to suck it out to warm, hearty snail noodle soup. This is an iconic Hanoi dish which consists of savory and sour broth, beef slices, crab, Vietnamese bologna, and of course, snails. This place is a very famous place for their snail noodle as well. And as you can see, during COVID, they have this screen to protect people from interacting with each other. This one we have here is the fried breadstick. In Vietnam, we usually eat it with pho. And then other noodles as well. We usually dip it in the noodles. Is it the same in France? In France, we love to dip in the soup. But usually, it's bread. Yeah. It's bread we dip with soup all the time, yeah. Okay. But in France, they don't have snail soup, right? We don't have snail soup. But we have snail, normal snail. But we prepare directly in the shell with a lot of spice, lots of condiments. And then you cook it on the oven. And then you eat it. With like cheese on top and herbs? The cheese on top is more Vietnamese. I know they do it in Vietnam. Not the, not but the bigger, bigger... Snail? Not the big, the big one. Like, you know, the... In French, it's coquille Saint-Jacques. Oh, what is that? French? Can you please translate it? Coquille Saint-Jacques. Forget. Anyway, in Vietnam, you do it with cheese on the top. Oh, okay, okay. I saw it already. But we don't, we don't. Usually, the cheese is at the end of the meal. We have some good bread and some good wine. Oh, wow. Fancy. Okay, let's enjoy our food. Yeah. We're pretty full today. But it's good. We're gonna finish it. This is the spice, right? Yes, that's the chili. Minced chili, maybe? Don't put the full spoon in your noodles. Because, okay, it's not spicy at first. But when you put it in your mouth and then you swallow it, it burns your tongue. Are you serious? Yeah, I think it's okay. Oh my gosh. You can see also the fat. I don't know if it's fat or the oil. Yeah, oil. This is garlic. Of course, it's gonna be crazy. And then the chili. Onion. Oh my gosh. Don't cry. No, it's okay. Are you sure? Yeah, it's not strong. You swallow it? Yeah. No way. No, honestly, it's okay. Because there's some places it's crazy spicy, you know? Okay, okay. He can handle spiciness. That's good. This is a baby snail and this is mommy snail. Okay, with the broth and the snail. Chewy. Crunchy. The snail is really different than the French one. It's, um, I think it's sea snail, no? Okay. It's from the river or the sea. I think it's from the river or the sea. We can feel like the sea. Oh, really? Or the river, I don't know. But it's like from the water. Yeah, I was wondering, what is this? This is called zol in Vietnamese. Yes. And as you can see, it's like ground pork with pig ears and with mushrooms. Pig ears. Yeah, pig ears. That's why it gives the crunchiness in there. And then with mushrooms. Yeah, try it. It's mushroom too. And peppers. They have it in Vietnamese sandwich as well. Yeah, I remember. Okay, I'm going to teach you some Vietnamese now, okay? Yeah. Ngon. Okay, guys, so we just finished the last dish. And we'll actually finish it. Everything. Good job. I actually have still the broth. But it was really, really good. What dish was your favorite? Honestly, this food is very good, the snail one. But for me, the best one was bus of Bangkok. Yeah, for me, it's Banh Mi because I really like the pancake. And guys, please leave it down in the comments if you have tried the snail noodles before. And if you like this content, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe. And don't forget to subscribe, we're in Vietnam as well. And we'll see you guys in the next video. Bye.