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Vietnamese street food introduced to Sri Lanka

A Vietnamese restaurant in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 15 introduced Banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) for the first time on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
Vietnamese street food introduced to Sri Lanka ảnh 1"Banh mi" is offered at "Pho Vietnam" restaurant in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: VNA)

Colombo (VNA) – A Vietnamese restaurant in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 15 introduced Banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich) for the first time on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.

Established in 2014, “Pho Vietnam” - the first Vietnameserestaurant in Sri Lanka – has helped popularise Vietnamese cuisine to localpeople including pho (noodle soup served with beef or chicken), fresh springrolls and fried spring rolls.

The restaurant owner, Phung Huyen Nga said although many Vietnamese and visitors to Vietnam like "banh mi", few people inSri Lanka know about this popular Vietnamese street food.

Together with “banh mi”, Nga’s restaurant also started to offerpopular Vietnamese street drinks - lemon tea and iced milk coffee.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ho Thi Thanh Truc on thisoccasion commended Nga in particular and the Vietnamese community in Sri Lankain general for their efforts to promote Vietnamese cuisine.

Four Vietnamese restaurants have opened in Sri Lanka sofar. The restaurants usually coordinate with the embassy to hold cuisinepromotional events on the occasion of Vietnam's national celebrations includingVietnamese “Pho” Day, Ho Chi Minh President’s birthday (May 19) or National Day(September 2).

On March 11, international food magazine Taste Atlasannounced that its readers voted Vietnam's popular "banh mi" as thebest sandwich in the world with a rating of 4.6 out of 5, along with Turkey'sTombik doner, a variety of kebabs./. 

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