SAUSAGES Seared on Hot Black Stones, Then Banh Mi, Pho and 10 More Stops | Vietnamese Street Food

Two and a half hours in Vietnamese street kitchens, starting after dark in a lantern-lit night market: a vendor fans the charcoal with a paper fan while plump pork sausages sizzle on a pan of hot black stones and corn turns golden on the wire grill. Then grilled rice paper folded and wrapped in paper, lobster and fish flaring up over the coals at Mr Quan's seafood cart, shrimp skewers at Pho Dem, rolled ice cream scraped into cups and banana pancakes spread with Nutella. From there: banh mi at Banh Mi Ba Lan (62 Trung Nu Vuong) with pate, butter and cold cuts, toasted over red charcoal, the special at 35,000 dong, plus 7K baguette sticks from Chu Son's street cart; salt coffee and torched egg coffee at Wind Garden (72 Le Manh Trinh); rare beef, brisket and beef balls at Pho 127 (127 Cua Dai); steamed rice rolls and golden egg rolls at Banh Cuon An (218 Do Ba), 25K to 35K; a breakfast tour of Bac My An market, from mixed noodles and banh xeo at Quan Na to avocado ice cream at Co Van; banh beo, banh nam and banh loc at Quan Tam (291 Nguyen Chi Thanh), banh beo 25K a plate, ten banh loc for 30K; mi Quang with red shrimp, sesame rice crackers and fresh greens at Nhu My Quang Phu Chiem (63 Pham Van Nghi); rice, offal porridge, cao lau, mi Quang and crispy banh xeo inside a covered market; beef stew skillets with a fried egg at Ti Phong Banh Mi Chao, 39K; crab noodle soup at Ut Bun Rieu, 40K a small bowl; grilled oysters with scallion oil, rolled ice cream, grilled chicken thigh banh mi and lobster at a busy night market; and finally a pot of bones simmering, beef sliced by the bowlful and red chili broth ladled over noodles at Bun Bo Hue Ba Phuong (114/36 Le Dinh Ly), 27K a small bowl. No narration, no staging - just the food and the sound of the street. CHAPTERS 0:00 LAP XUONG - sausages on hot black stones and grilled corn, then rice paper, seafood, rolled ice cream and banana pancakes at a night market 10:26 BANH MI - pate, butter and cold cuts toasted over charcoal at Banh Mi Ba Lan, special 35K, plus 7K baguette sticks 20:20 CA PHE MUOI & CA PHE TRUNG - salt coffee and torched egg coffee at Wind Garden 28:51 PHO BO - rare beef, brisket and beef balls at Pho 127 47:10 BANH CUON - steamed rice rolls and golden egg rolls at Banh Cuon An, 25K to 35K 56:31 BAC MY AN MARKET - mixed noodles, banh xeo, mi Quang and avocado ice cream 1:14:46 BANH BEO, NAM & LOC - at Quan Tam, banh beo 25K a plate, ten banh loc for 30K 1:24:52 MI QUANG - red shrimp, sesame rice crackers and fresh greens at Nhu My Quang Phu Chiem 1:36:18 COVERED MARKET - rice, offal porridge, cao lau, mi Quang and banh xeo 1:46:03 BANH MI CHAO - beef stew skillet with fried egg at Ti Phong, 39K 1:58:53 BUN RIEU - crab noodle soup at Ut Bun Rieu, 40K a small bowl 2:13:26 NIGHT MARKET - grilled oysters with scallion oil, rolled ice cream, chicken thigh banh mi and lobster 2:28:46 BUN BO HUE - red chili broth and sliced beef at Bun Bo Hue Ba Phuong, 27K a small bowl #streetfood #vietnamesefood #vietnamstreetfood