Ho Chi Minh City among world’s 20 best cities for food

"Sweet, spicy, fragrant, fishy, Vietnamese cuisine never compromises on flavour, and you can sample the very best of it in Ho Chi Minh", TimeOut shared.

According to the magazine, beyond the streetside food stalls and bustling markets hawking banh mi, snails, broken rice and offal stew are a clutch of Bib Gourmand and Michelin-starred restaurants serving up creative renditions of classic dishes.

But by far the most mentioned dish was pho. The warming noodle soup–in the south typically heavily garnished with basil, coriander, chilli and hoisin sauce–is a Vietnamese staple, ubiquitous across the city./.