Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Black sesame sweet soup” in Vietnamese
“Black sesame sweet soup” in Vietnamese is
Chè mè đen
Hear it in both accents
Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Used in a sentence
Cho tôi một bát chè mè đen nóng.
I'd like a bowl of hot black sesame sweet soup, please.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: chè (sweet soup) + mè (sesame) + đen (black)
North vs south: In Northern Vietnam, sesame is usually called 'vừng' instead of 'mè'.
When you would use it
This line comes from the Sweet Soup Order situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs