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Vietnamese Food Glossary


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Saigon Siblings in cooperation with Andrea Nguyen have compiled a useful glossary of Vietnamese food expressions. Sound samples are included for pronunciation.

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8 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Saigon Siblings in cooperation with Andrea Nguyen have compiled a useful glossary of Vietnamese food expressions. Sound samples are included for pronunciation.

 

Nice!  Thank you. 

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I'm delighted to see this! I know next to nothing about Vietnamese food. We have a fairly new plaza that is filled with little restaurants. I've been dying to go, but was afraid I wouldn't know how to order. This will be a big help!

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There is also a good list of Vietnamese restaurant menu dishes here from Andrea Nguyen. No audio, though.

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...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.

 

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14 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Thre is also a good list of Vietnamese restaurant menu dishes here from Andrea Nguyen. No audio, though.

 

Also very helpful. Thank you once again. 

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It's all in Northern pronunciation too, that's really rare outside Vietnam since almost all overseas Vietnamese tend to be from the South. (For what it's worth, having been there quite recently, I much preferred Hanoi to Saigon)

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