📖 Unit 5: Food and Drink - Reading lớp 7
💎 Unit 5: Food and Drink
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT VIETNAMESE FOOD
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Viet Nam is the second largest rice exporter in the world (only smaller than India).
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People in Viet Nam eat the largest quantity of instant noodles in Asia. They even eat more instant noodles than people in Japan, where instant noodles came from.
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Viet Nam has many kinds of noodles, such as pho, bun (vermicelli), mien (glass noodles), and banh da (rice noodles).
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Nem ran (spring roll) is the most popular dish in Viet Nam. It isn’t usually served as an everyday dish but mostly at a family gathering or an anniversary party.
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Viet Nam has a large variety of che (sweet soup) with more than 100 kinds.
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Viet Nam has nearly 200 kinds of cakes with various shapes and tastes. Some of them are not made from butter and flour, like banh chung or banh gai.
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Bun bo Hue is one of the most popular dishes in Viet Nam. It comes from Hue - the old capital city of Viet Nam. Its main ingredients are rice vermicelli (a thin form of rice noodles called bun) and slices of beef. Nowadays, we can find bun bo Hue nearly everywhere in Viet Nam. People enjoy it for all kinds of meals during the day and even for a late-night snack.
Bun bo Hue has a special taste - a balance of spicy, salty, and sweet flavours. To make its broth, people stew beef bones and beef shank with lemongrass, shrimp sauce, sugar, and spicy chili oil. People often eat bun bo Hue with ox tail, pork knuckle, and a variety of herbs... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a particular dish where you live!
Posted by Minh at 10:30 p.m.