The baguette is the most popular and cheapest traditional Vietnamese food item.  The bread roll is filled with such ingredients as thinly-sliced carrots, unripe papaya and cucumbers, butter, pate, chilli sauce, and various meats.  There are many kinds of baguettes including chicken, roasted and grilled pork, omelette, grilled pork patty, and ham.  They can be bought at small stalls along streets or in alleys in localities nationwide.  A baguette, however, has very different flavours in the different localities, and Da Nang’s is considered the best because of its special recipe.

The chef of the bakery at the Hyatt Regency Danang Resort & Spa, Mr Truong Ngoc Lam, said that unlike the French baguette which is well-known for its crispy crust and “holey” inside, Da Nang’s has a thinner and crispier crust, and an airy, soft and dense inside.  He added that his bakery produces about 1,000 loaves of bread, using 45kg of flour, every day, increasing to to over 1,500 during peak times.  The bakery’s regular customers are large restaurants and golf courses in the city, and the products ordered are long and short baguettes, and sandwiches. 

A cook from the Hyatt Regency Danang Resort & Spa introducing braised pork belly and grilled pork baguettes

Ho Cong Quyet, deputy chef of the bakery, said that he has tried various types of baguette from all three regions of Viet Nam, as well as from many foreign countries, but he believes that the Da Nang-styled baguette is the best.

There are now many baguette stalls in the city with such popular brand names as Co Chi, Ong Ruong, Tu Hai and Tien Thanh, and the De Nhat baguette is proving popular.  After nearly one year of operation in Da Nang, the De Nhat baguette has won the trust of local people.  After the first stall on Le Duan Street, two other De Nhat baguette stalls were opened on Phan Dinh Phung and Trung Nu Vuong streets on 3 August.  Around 1,000 loaves of bread in total are sold every day, and the triangular bread is filled with grilled pork, fresh cucumber and herbs, and a little soya sauce.