Vietnamese national cuisine is quite varied and delicious. It is the only cuisine in the world that refutes the old culinary commandment: bad smell means bad taste. Vietnamese cuisine owes its specific flavors to lemongrass and mint, but the champion of exotic flavor is the nyok mam fish sauce.
The national dish in Nha Trang is rice, which locals can eat about half a kilogram a day. If you don't know what to try in Nha Trang, Saigon-style pancakes, pho soup, and a variety of seafood, which can be picked while still alive, are the favorites.
In addition, locals eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, and baked goods. At the same time, minimal fats are used in the cooking process. The emphasis is on fresh produce and a healthy lifestyle.
Snake, turtle, rat, and game dishes are specialties. Some restaurants offer ostrich, crocodile, python, frog, and dog meat at a fairly inexpensive price.
