The bread scene in Vietnam (Local edition)

Needless to say, when it comes to bread in Vietnam, it's bánh mì. Light, with a crackly-crisp crust and an airy inside that just melts away to nothing. It's delicious in a way that's completely different from the so-called dense-wheat, butter-rich hard-style or rich-style breads. That said, along with the recent boom in Western influence in Vietnam, most cafés now bake croissants, and more and more people are eating them alongside their coffee. Plenty of bakeries making so-called rich breads loaded with butter have sprung up too. That's a joy in its own right. And there are so many shops that are so delicious and stylish you'd wonder—are they run by French people? (On the flip side, there's also plenty of bone-dry stuff, lol.) And sourdough hard-style bread shops keep popping up one after another. Even so, if you buy a bánh mì at a local bakery, it's about 2,000–3,000 VND per piece—that is, around 12 to 20 yen. A croissant, on the other hand, costs about 40,000 VND = around 240 yen per piece. A more affordable, middle-ground option would be... supermarket bread. In Japanese terms, think of something like Yamazaki Bread or Fuji Baking. Yamazaki Bread has expanded into Vietnam too, so now you can buy loaf bread, sandwich bread, and filled bread rolls. And you often see Yamazaki bread stocked in local Vietnamese supermarkets as well. 【🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City · Price Info · as of January 2026】 *Yamazaki loaf bread wholesaled to supermarkets (sandwich type, sliced into 10) = 30K VND, roughly around 180 yen. Maybe not so different from Japan? I rely on it a lot whenever I feel like making sandwiches or hot sandwiches.

So how about the local bakeries (other than the banh mi ones)? Well, good ones have been popping up here too. They've started making things like butter rolls and milk bread, and little sweet buns. I slather cashew nut butter (with cacao in it) all over one of these and end up eating it — calories on calories — along with a good dose of guilt, lol.

Actually, this is the thing I most want to share with you: information about sweet pastries. For example, the nostalgia I felt when I found a sweet pastry filled with fresh cream — the so-called "cornet" (that's what we called it in my region and generation)... oh my, what does it taste like? I wondered. I bought it half out of anticipation. I thought the fresh cream would be too rich, too sweet... but then... it was actually very lightly sweetened, and the bread was moist and blended so well with the cream — what a surprise.

OMG! So delicious!!! This is the same as what you eat in Japan. At the shop, they display it in a refrigerated case, so even in hot Ho Chi Minh City it stays in delicious condition. And what makes me happy is the price — this one, believe it or not~~~ 【🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City Price Info, as of January 2026】 ＊One cream-filled bread (cornet) = 20 kvnd, which is about 120 yen. Enjoyed together with a drip coffee. Sinking into satisfaction~ soaking in it~ happiness. I bought it at a shop called Sugar that I just happened to come across.

This place also has several kinds of savory bread rolls, and they're quite delicious. This is a candidate for a treat to bring in for the staff~! Relocation Life Ranking