Soup

Even though it is served as an appetizer, it usually stays on the table during the whole meal, accompanying classics such as bulgogi, kalbi, and mandu guk (dumpling soup), while cabbage kimchi is often fried into kimchijeon pancakes and incorporated into numerous soups and stews.

Some common food dishes in Hoi an include Cao lau (braised spiced pork noodle), Vietnamese Banh mi, Vietnamese fried pancakes stuffed with meat and vegetables, wonton soup, Quang noodles, and many more.

Wontons were enjoyed as a heartwarming soup typically flavored with white pepper, sesame, and oyster oil.

One popular noodle soup, "Guay Teow," is made from rice noodles or egg noodles with beef, pork, and chicken stock.

There is also a unique dessert that can be found in Thai street markets called "Bua Loy Nam King" or Black sesame dumplings in ginger soup.

It is filled with warm spicy Ginger soup with rice flour dumplings that have black sesame paste on the inside, it's texture is soft and chewy.

The dictionary's example for this food reads, "along with classic banh mi, there are refreshing cold noodles and exceptional bowls of soup.".

There is rice, soup, and vegetables.

Dad loves the soup.