The top 100 best dishes in the world in 2026 were announced based on 453,720 valid reviews for 11,781 dishes.
Southern beef noodle soup is ranked 81 (4.4/5 points), beef noodle soup is ranked 83 (4.34/5 points). Last year, beef pho was the only representative of Vietnam, at 91st place.
Taste Atlas describes Southern beef noodle soup with main ingredients including stir-fried beef, miniature noodle soup, garlic, herbs, herbs, bean sprouts; roasted peanuts and fried onions.
Beef noodle soup is introduced as a typical dish with broth simmered from bones and spices such as cinnamon, salmon, cloves, cardamom. The meat to be eaten with can be rare, cooked, minced, tendon; beef balls are recognized but not popular in Vietnam.
A bowl of hot pho with green onions; add a little bean sprout, lemon, chili, black soy sauce and chili sauce depending on taste and restaurant. Taste Atlas suggests three pho restaurants in Hanoi including Pho Thin Lo Duc, Bat Dan and Tu Lun Au Trieu.
Vietnamese cuisine is ranked 16th in the top 100 culinary regions. Many dishes are mentioned such as bread, beef stewed with vinegar, La Vong fish cake, Quang noodles, Tau pork.
Paraguay's Vori-vori topped the rankings this year with 4.6 points. Italy has 12 dishes in the top 100; Turkey 10; Japan 8; Greece; Thailand and China both have 4.
The Taste Atlas website is likened to a world culinary map, introducing tens of thousands of dishes based on the reviews of experts, chefs and readers.
