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Vietnamese cuisine

Vietnamese cuisine is well known for it’s common use of sauces. Fish sauce, soy sauce, rice, fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables. Most Vietnamese recipes use many vegetables, herbs and spices, including lemon grass, lime, and kaffir lime leaves. Throughout all regions of Vietnam, the emphasis is always on serving very fresh ingredients. Vegetables and/or fresh herbs as side dishes along with dipping sauce. The Vietnamese also have a number of vegetarian dishes, influenced by their Buddhist beliefs. The most common meats used in Vietnamese cuisine are pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, cockles and various kinds of seafood. Duck and goat are used much less widely.