A Trained Chef Explains: 3 Reasons Why Viet Street Chicken is the Best.

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Chad Kubanoff explores a neighborhood spot in Ho Chi Minh City known for charcoal-grilled garden chicken. The process highlights specific techniques, such as the initial fire-roasting followed by custom glazing and seasoning. This takeaway-focused meal includes traditional sides like steamed buns, sticky rice, and a house-made dipping sauce.
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It is roasted chicken night and in this video i gotta tell you three reasons why i think roasted chicken vietnam is top tier
And this spot specifically is the best i've ever had freaking amazing district 7 ho chi minh city
This spot is called de nhut ganung one reason why vietnamese chicken or roasted chicken or grilled chicken aka is fantastic
Is the way they grill it. This is so cool. This unit is so amazing how this chicken just spins
on the fire
in charcoal
So this kind of spot they grill them like 90% of the way and then when you order they season it with whatever sauce you want
They have like their house sauce
Their house sauce is like a soy sauce glaze or you can get a coat with chili
So now this guy just painted it with the soy sauce
It's gonna this one's like a sweet soy sauce that he glazes it with so then it gets put back on the fire
And then he's also going to put chili on it, too. Yeah. Hang on. Yep. That's so cool. I love it. Very cool
This thing is so cool, man
Look at how cool this grill is. This is like one of the coolest grills i've ever seen
I love it. I don't know if this place has multiple locations, but this is the best grilled chicken
I've ever had in ho chi minh city for sure
You can find this dish everywhere in the city in many many places
But this one does stand above the rest in terms of tenderness and juiciness. Oh, so he's gonna do a chili one
Oh fantastic. Just look how cool this is. Tell me that's not
Salivating right now. It's so amazing
Wow, I want one of these grills so bad. They're so amazing. Oh, is he gonna chili it up now? He's chilling it
Looks so good and then it goes back on the fire after it's been the dry chili so it gets double chili. Wow
One of the things that makes these chicken so special is all get that which is like a garden chicken a wild chicken
So they're a little bit tougher. They do have good flavor
But this spot is good because even though they're tougher
They're still tender more so than most and they're still moist
So this spot just cooks them right and they also each burger is around six dollars, but usually get a combo
So we're getting a combo and something else is really cool is all the sides
So we'll show you all the sides when we get home
But there's some cool stuff and most of these spots are never eat in
They're always kind of take away pull up and just take away just like this guy just like all of us
I've never seen one of these spots really with any seating
So we're gonna bring this home for dinner
As I said, these kind of grilled chicken spots are everywhere
But this particular one we're lucky is right next to our new house
So that's amazing for us and I think the chicken's about six bucks
But a combo is about eight depending on the size could be nine if you get a big combo
Oh and here so they have a second grill and this one's grilling up the sticky rice
So we did get one of these this is a grilled tube of sticky rice. So that just warms up
That's part of our combo and they have two different sizes of chickens
They kind of have like a regular and a little bit of a jumbo and the jumbo is just a little bit bigger
It's only a dollar more for the big one. So we get it or twenty thousand more rather cool setup total bill for forty
So about six seventeen dollars and we got two chickens
So we'll we'll show you the whole spread when we get home
This location's been open for about six seven months now and when it first opened it was hacked packed packed packed
They had a deal going and it's still really busy. It's hot though. I'll tell you what. This is a hard job
Come on
Okay. All right, let's get home. I'm ready to eat. I'm so hungry
We got a new follower new follower wife spreading the good word. Yeah, I die sumo the best
Bet you my wife is buying fertilized duck egg right now. Hope it alone, huh? I knew it. I knew it
We've been to this spot once before and it really was great and last time I came here by myself
And I did walk to this lady up here and buy hope alone the fertilized duck egg or the balut
And it's so funny. My wife did the exact same thing. This is our chicken spot
There's a vendor right there that sells hope it alone and stir fried corn
So if you're looking for that, you can kind of get make your own little combo and get yourself a corn and hope it alone
You didn't get it for jady
She loves it
my poor daughter
Whoa
Hooray
That was so funny
This is one of the cool things about ho chi minh city is like you can see we were just on a major road
We take one turn and now we're like super neighborhood very relaxed vibe ho chi minh city's got everything around every corner
You never know what you're going to see
We do love our new neighborhood and that chicken spot is probably a three minute drive for us maybe less. All right, let's eat
all right, so
Let's do an unboxing
I know this chicken's your favorite the best so the chicken comes in a box
We usually doesn't come cut we ask them to cut it
So there we got that cut and then the typical thing the chicken automatic that will come with
And a little it comes with a little bit of pickle and it automatically comes with gloves
Vietnamese mint aka rah rum and it comes with cucumber and a very good dipping sauce very strong dipping sauce
It's nice and then the combo meal you get it with some fried. It's a steamed buns that have been deep fried
So bun bao chin, and then you can get it with sticky rice
Usually they have a choice of corn and mung bean stick and rice. This one's mung bean because they didn't have corn
I think the corn is amazing, but they didn't have corn today
And then the big combo will also come with that grilled sticky rice in the tube that we saw so this is sticky rice
That's been stuffed inside of a bamboo tube steamed and now it's grilled
So this is like this is the full combo of the larger size the smaller size combo
You get the chicken you get the vegetable and you can pick one of these you get the fried bread
Or you get a sticky rice or you get the grilled sticky rice one or the other
But we got the whole deal your back got twisted too. Everybody got hurt at jiu-jitsu today
Well good thing we got a lot of chicken for you so you can
Hit your protein goals for the day, bro
You want to paper plate it or you want to plate it up tree's gonna say paper plates. I don't have to do the dishes, please
Let's do paper plate, let's see it lean. Let's see it. Let's see it
It's not spicy so that's the chili one that's the bintong or the normal one and the chili one looks really spicy
It's not spicy like almost nothing
That's a chicken wing you can help yourself if you want let's well, let's get plates first
Whoo
The rice with the bamboo, yes, i'll get you some rice with the bamboo. There you go
I usually think this sticky rice in the bamboo. It's really cool
It's a lot of work and it's usually pricey and I think they're okay
Oh, this one has coconut in it. I don't like coconut. Usually are dry. It's okay. I prefer the normal sticky rice
It's good. Let me try it. I'm excited
That sauce is very powerful. It's good sauce
nice
The chicken is definitely tougher than like a western chicken or than your typical costco or boston market chicken
It's definitely tougher. But it's this is the most tender garden chicken i've had. They don't overcook it like most places do
nice
All right fat ninja jd. Do you still like the grilled sticky rice in the tube? Yeah, you do. Yeah, I never liked it
I think that grilled rice is so cool, but not really worth getting especially the price point
It's a grill style that style is not like real grill for the bamboo one
I like it. The steam one's better than the grill one. Yeah, I agree. The grill one's always dry
I could have done it and I already told the lady I don't don't grill too much too much
And this sticky rice I do like the corn better, but still the green bean one is good. I like it. Yeah, it's still good
I really like the corn down there though. I like corn better. They didn't have it never had corn
Believe me I was sad, but this is still fire and I think the price point's really good too
I mean you spent 400 getting two chickens
And that's good we've had this chicken before at different spots, but I never got excited this is the first one
I really like it
All of these chicken spots will always give you the cucumber and the fried bread and usually the grilled rice
But not all of them give you sticky rice and that's my favorite side
I think the fried bread is good. But I mean it's heavy. I don't always want to eat it
Yeah
But the sticky rice with the green bean and we say green bean
I mean mung bean and sticky rice with the mung bean and sticky rice with corn is my favorite side for this
Have you ever seen a chicken place like this with seating where you sit down and eat there?
I don't think so very famous duck place in the cheap one real duck place like this
And it is
Amazing. Do you want to see your race? I want to take your race. Do you want a fried bread?
You don't like that. Are you serious?
I don't believe you. How's that possible? I'll take it
You know, you like the bread the sauce is that one good the sauce on that one. Yeah
I'll get in there. I'll get in there. I got my piece. I got jd's rice
Top tier good jd. That's the neck you going after that neck again, huh? Hey your favorite piece
You love a good neck neck. It's good. You are mommy's daughter. I am a father son
I gotta change the tuning on my guitar to play that song or I can change it on your guitar because you never play
This country country folk. Yeah, what did I make it steven wilson jr
I think he would describe it as country. Where'd you learn that trolls world tour?
Digging it i'm buying it. I don't love the way they cut it
I know that if I bring it home, I can cut it a little bit nicer for us
Maybe i'll cut it next time. You remember how daddy cut it last time? Yeah, that was nicer, huh?
The glaze is good on that one, too. Yeah this time I brought it home. I deboned it and butchered it as
Yeah, I took it all off the bone and sliced up the breast real nice
I just didn't feel like doing pain in the butt
But i'll do that next time I think and the chili and the original one are both really good
The original one's a little bit sweet sweet soy sauce kind of vibe the chili one's a little sweet too a little chili
Nothing crazy, but I like the dry chili on there, too. No, it's not spicy for some people
They're gonna say it's a little bit hot, but I don't think it's gonna blow anybody out. It's it's pretty mild
I hope you can feel okay with
They would be scared to try but when they try big. Oh, okay. Yeah to me. I think I like both equally
I like getting both but if it was just soy sauce, that'd be fine, too
I think I just saved my duck egg tomorrow. Oh, you're gonna eat your health alone tomorrow
I know it's tempting to get it though when you see it there. This is like the get that's good
It's still really tender tender for get that for garden chicken, but moist flavorful if I um, butcher it myself here
I'll break it down here. Then. My mom will love this. My dad will too, but my mom will love it
Look at jay. Wow, jay crushing it. Nice girly pie. That's its backbone. Yeah the bone. That's why it's hard
It's got skin on every bite. It's got a little meat. She likes mommy. Mommy likes to eat on the bone. Yum is right girly
Yeah, I understand why you like
I think we got some neck. We got some neck on the chili side next on this side. It's not hot. You want to try it?
I'm drinking beer with that water looks so good. JD. You might have a big old water
Do you want the neck on the chili side? It's not spicy girly. It's not spicy. It really isn't
Oh, I know daddy got you daddy always got everybody all the time daddy always got everybody
Yes, every one of my family I got my family's back jaydee's got a sublocky over here
She didn't eat all the chicken out of nor did she wrap it up. I thought we were supposed to eat all that chicken girl
Yeah, next time honey together two small combo. I like the fried bread. I just want two sticky rice and one fried bread
Yeah, you got a review you like it amazing. You're down to order again. Always favorite thing chicken point 10
You want to give us a review? Okay. I'm playing a fish you can play your fish. Do you like it?
You bet I did. Wow. Look at this. You're professional with the mic everything
Chicken, would you get it again? Definitely point 9.5. You're right. You should cut it
Yeah, i'll cut it next time even though it's annoying but you got to watch the cutting board if I do it
You're okay with that. All right, fine
We're gonna do mommy first because jaydee wants to go last. She likes going last. Did you like it?
Get it again
Favorite thing I think I like the fish sauce more than the chili point
9.5. Yeah, I like it. I will get it again. I like the chili and the uh, is it fish sauce?
I thought it was soy it's fish sauce and sugar
Yeah, I would totally get again both chicken are equally good to me either way is fine
I like the chicken. Of course. I like the sticky rice a lot
I prefer the corn over the mung bean, but i'll take the mung bean if they don't have the corn
I'm still happy with that
I want the fried bread steam one the grilled sticky rice
I don't care about and the cucumber and the dipping sauce on the side is great
The dipping sauce is underrated too. Like it's not it doesn't look like much and it's hard to kind of describe it
But it's it's very powerful not in funky ways, but it's like salt pepper sugar calamansi and intense
So that part's good. They do deliver too
Um, so, you know pretty much regardless of where you are in the city
You can order this and even if you're staying at a hotel for two or three nights
You're just looking for a late dinner or maybe you crashed at 5 p.m because you're exhausted and you woke up at 9 p.m
You can order this
You can order grab. Yeah, i'm sure there's other ones in the city that are as good
But I haven't had it yet. This is the best one i've had so far
So if you have a chicken spot you like in the city, please comment down below
Please help me out and maybe help the other people watch and see what see what's really good to uh, try
So I think we finally are ready for jady's review because she's always last apparently now she likes to go last
Are you everybody went first? Everybody's done. I already went. I always go last i'm letting you go last. Are you ready?
Okay, did you like it? Yeah, would you come back?
You will always come back your favorite thing is the chicken neck every part of the chicken that's great
And how many points you want to give it?
Eight five really?
Well, i'm so surprised
I thought you always will come back if you haven't watched our channel before or my channel before whoever's channel this is jady's pretty high
Rater she she's definitely gone above 10 many times and in a thousand sometimes
So eight five is uh a little bit surprising to him, but okay eight five from jady
I don't think I gave mine. I think i'm a nine. I'm a nine
Uh, I think the first time was better. The smung bean rice was warm temperature last time
The corn rice was hot that part was nice. Everything else is good. So it's still nine very happy with it
And I like the price point too for 460k. The whole family is full of protein and crush
That's great. Very happy with that price point
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