You’re in HCMC (Sài Gòn) and the first thing you want to eat is probably a fragrant bowl of phở. Absolutely fair enough. But famous phở is just one soup noodle dish you can expect in Ho Chi Minh City – there are plenty more. 

When you get there, as alluring as endless bowls of the superlative phở are, leave time and stomach capacity to explore the complex world of HCMC's other soup noodle offerings. Here are 8 of our faves.

Let’s go traveling…