New Taste Sensations at Vietnam's Night Market with Beef and Potato Stir-Fry
Stir-fried Beef and Potatoes with Rice
Viet NamHanoi
- Food Travel Log
- What’s this junky mystery dish? I might like it
Discovered in the nightlife district of Hanoi, it’s beef and fries stir-fried in a rich sauce, which made me tear up. The rice, simply fried in oil, is fragrant and smooth, another dark horse! The taste is as you’d expect, delicious from the salt. It might become as addictive as McDonald's. - Taste Rating
- Price
- ? Dong
- Meal Date
- 7/18/2022
- Insights from the Gourmet AI
- Beef, fried potatoes, and stir-fried rice make for a unique combination in Vietnamese cuisine. However, this dish is actually considered a result of the fusion between the local food culture and Western fast food culture. Influenced by the French colonial period, bread and meat dishes are relatively familiar in Vietnam, and this influence can also be seen in the form of fried potatoes. Using fried potatoes as the main ingredient is appealing because it's easy to make and highly convenient. Cooking is simple, too; after stir-frying the beef and potatoes, just add flavor with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and garlic to finish it off. When eating, adding a bit of spicy sauce or squeezing some lime enhances the flavor even more. However, seeing the author exclaim, "What is this junky mystery dish? I might actually like it," raises concerns that perhaps their palate has shifted towards fast food due to eating too much McDonald's. Hopefully, he won't take it a step further by wrapping potato chips in spring rolls at a Vietnamese food stall.
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