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Tourists are not only attracted by famous landscapes, beauty
spots or shopping centres but also by regional specialties and street food has
long played an exciting role in different cuisines throughout the world.
Ho Chi Minh City has recently been ranked as one of the world’s top ten cities
for best street food by the US monthly culinary magazine Food & Wine.
“Saigon's street food ranges from the savoury soup known as pho and the French
influenced banh mi (pâté sandwiches on French bread) to southern specialties
like banh xeo (stuffed pancakes),” reported the magazine on its website
foodandwine.com.
HCM City is home to many street vendors selling bread and pate and meat and
vegetables all at very cheap prices, said Matsu, from Japan who works in the
city.
To introduce tourists to the city’s markets and cuisine, the Saigon Tourist
Company runs tours to go shopping and enjoy the dishes on offer at the Ben Thanh
night market, which opened in 2002.
The other cities that are included in the world’s list are Austin, Los Angeles
and Chicago in the US, Bangkok, Berlin , Istanbul, Mexico City, Hong Kong and
Marrakech in Morocco.
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