80 Vietnamese Cuisine Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese fermented fish sauce is called nước mắm?

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Nước mắm

Hard Hard difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese fermented shrimp seasoning is known as mắm ruốc?

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Mắm ruốc

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese sweet soup is made mainly from black beans, sugar, and coconut milk?

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Chè đậu đen

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sweet is a chewy cassava cake often made with coconut milk and baked until golden?

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Bánh khoai mì

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle soup combines freshwater crab paste with a tomato-based broth?

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Bún riêu

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle dish from Hội An is known for thick noodles, pork, herbs, and very little broth?

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Cao lầu

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese dish is a clay-pot braise of fish with caramel, fish sauce, and black pepper?

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Cá kho tộ

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese rice dish is made with broken rice and commonly served with grilled pork?

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Cơm tấm

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese rice noodle dish is traditionally served with grilled pork patties and is called bún chả?

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Bún chả

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle soup is commonly known as hủ tiếu?

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Hủ tiếu

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese grilled pork sausage is called nem nướng?

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Nem nướng

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese dish combines grilled pork with rice vermicelli and is called bún thịt nướng?

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Bún thịt nướng

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sweet-and-sour soup is called canh chua?

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Canh chua

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dish consists of thin rice-flour sheets served with grilled pork or shrimp and is called bánh hỏi?

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Bánh hỏi

Hard Hard difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle dish from Huế is called bún bò Huế?

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Bún bò Huế

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sweet soup combines three colors and is called chè ba màu?

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Chè ba màu

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese egg coffee drink was created in Hanoi and is called cà phê trứng?

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Cà phê trứng

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese fresh roll is wrapped in rice paper and called gỏi cuốn?

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Gỏi cuốn

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sandwich is made with a baguette and is called bánh mì?

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Bánh mì

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle soup is traditionally made with beef or chicken and called phở?

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Phở

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese dish combines rice vermicelli, fried tofu, herbs, and fermented shrimp paste?

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Bún đậu mắm tôm

Hard Hard difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese rice cake is a soft, firm-textured cake traditionally made from rice flour and called bánh đúc?

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Bánh đúc

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sticky-rice dish is colored red by gac fruit and commonly served at celebrations?

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Xôi gấc

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese pork sausage is traditionally made from finely ground pork and called chả lụa?

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Chả lụa

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese sticky-rice dish combines glutinous rice with fresh corn kernels?

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Xôi bắp

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese pickled vegetable is made from small eggplants and often served with rice?

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Cà pháo

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What is xôi vò, the Vietnamese sticky-rice dish coated with finely ground mung beans?

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Xôi vò

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese food is made from thin rice-flour sheets dried into translucent wrappers?

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Rice paper

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which leaf traditionally wraps bánh chưng, the square Vietnamese sticky-rice cake for Tết?

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Dong leaf

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dish features rice paper grilled over charcoal with toppings such as egg, scallions and dried shrimp?

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Bánh tráng nướng

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese rice porridge is made with pork offal and often includes slices of blood pudding?

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Cháo lòng

Hard Hard difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dish consists of shredded young jackfruit mixed with shrimp, pork, herbs and crushed rice crackers?

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Mít trộn

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle soup from the Mekong Delta uses a fermented fish broth and is commonly topped with pork, shrimp and fish?

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Bún mắm

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese street food is a savory rice-flour cake topped with shrimp and scallion oil, especially associated with Huế?

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Bánh bèo

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dish is made from stir-fried beef cubes and is known in English as shaken beef?

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Bò lúc lắc

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle dish features crab meat, pork, and thick tapioca-rice noodles in a savory broth?

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Bánh canh cua

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dessert is made from ripe bananas simmered in coconut milk and often served with tapioca pearls?

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Chè chuối

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese wedding cake is traditionally made from mung bean paste, rice flour, and coconut, with a name meaning “husband and wife”?

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Bánh phu thê

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese pastry from Sóc Trăng is famous for its flaky crust and mung-bean, taro, or durian filling?

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Bánh pía

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese cylindrical sticky-rice cake is strongly associated with southern Vietnam and Tết celebrations?

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Bánh tét

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese noodle soup uses thick, chewy noodles made from rice flour and tapioca starch?

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Bánh canh

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese street-food salad mixes rice-paper strips with quail eggs, dried shrimp and chili dressing?

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Bánh tráng trộn

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese dish consists of small rice cakes cooked in clay molds and commonly eaten with scallions and fish sauce?

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Bánh căn

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese rice-vermicelli dish is served as thin woven sheets, often with grilled meat or shrimp?

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Bánh hỏi

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese steamed cake is made from tapioca starch and mung bean paste in translucent, layered bands?

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Bánh da lợn

Easy Easy difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese street food is a grilled rice cake filled with quail eggs, popular in Đà Lạt and central Vietnam?

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Bánh căn

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle dish uses fine rice vermicelli arranged in woven bundles and is commonly served with grilled pork or shrimp?

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Bánh hỏi

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

What Vietnamese rice cake is made from fermented rice batter and often cooked with coconut milk to create a honeycomb-like crumb?

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Bánh bò

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese fermented pork sausage is traditionally wrapped in banana leaves and called nem chua?

Answer

Nem chua

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
Vietnamese Cuisine

Which Vietnamese noodle dish is made with freshwater snails, banana flower, and rice vermicelli?

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Bún ốc