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  • Cakes of All Sorts Make for A Happy Festival
    02 24 2018

    Cakes of All Sorts Make for A Happy Festival

    Tết custom demands different sorts of cake to offer to the earth, heaven and ancestors.

  • More Than a Bowl of Noodles, Phở Is History
    12 15 2017

    More Than a Bowl of Noodles, Phở Is History

    There are many theories regarding its origin.

  • Foodwise: Trying Thai Specialties in Son La
    11 04 2017

    Foodwise: Trying Thai Specialties in Son La

    Nom da trau (buffalo skin salad) and nhot xanh cuon bap cai (green elaeagnus latifolia) wrapped in cabbage, are unique and tasty specialties of the ethnic Thai group in the northwestern province of Son La.

  • Flavors of Fresh Fall On Northwest Highlands
    10 17 2017

    Flavors of Fresh Fall On Northwest Highlands

    People on plains have been always attracted by mysterious highlands not only because geographic differences have created different specialties but also geographic difficulties have prevented highland people to reach modern trends of the civilized society so basically.

  • Dishing Out “Buffalo Meat Hung Up in Kitchen”
    10 03 2017

    Dishing Out “Buffalo Meat Hung Up in Kitchen”

    The northwestern region of Việt Nam is a magical combination of alpine landscapes, ethnic culture, and bracing mountain air.

  • Cuisine of The Nung
    05 11 2017

    Cuisine of The Nung

    The Nung live at higher elevations and have a tradition of self-sufficiency. The Nung live close to nature and eat whatever they can grow or gather in the forest. Some of their dishes have become specialties of Lang Son’s tourism.

  • It Takes Guts to Try These Iconic Dishes from Vietnam’s Northern Hills
    04 03 2017

    It Takes Guts to Try These Iconic Dishes from Vietnam’s Northern Hills

    The Northwest region never fails to deliver delightful surprises.

  • Cuisine – Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity
    03 04 2017

    Cuisine – Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity

    From French style meal, traditional Washoku cuisine of Japan, Croatian culinary art of ginger biscuits, to having raw fish and wine in winter festival in Belgium, culinary culture has been recognized more and more by UNESCO.

  • A season for unusual culinary discoveries
    03 02 2017

    A season for unusual culinary discoveries

    Spring and the Lunar New Year is a great time for many obvious reasons.

  • Venture inland to eat the inedible
    02 03 2017

    Venture inland to eat the inedible

    Grab your bamboo cooker and join us for a taste-test with a twist.

  • New ingredients appear first time on Vietnamese food map
    12 27 2016

    New ingredients appear first time on Vietnamese food map

    Given local produce from pristine mountainous regions to riverine plains, the Golden Spoon Awards competitors keep searching and exploring dozens of unique spices and herbs to enrich the national cuisine and pin down on the country’s food map.

  • Enjoy “leaves festival” at Kon Tum
    12 03 2016

    Enjoy “leaves festival” at Kon Tum

    With some sliced pork belly, Bi (small sliced pork skin mixed roasted rice powder), and a bit of sautéed shrimps, the meeting of two ex-Truong Son soldiers was still fierily enthusiastic; and the “party of leaves” carried on their good old days.

  • Vietnam Central - Highlands cuisine: the contrasting colors
    08 18 2016

    Vietnam Central - Highlands cuisine: the contrasting colors

    Geographic settings, climate, culture and ethnicity have created its own definition for Vietnam cuisine. The culinary of Central - Highland is not as delicate as northern cuisine, as diverse as southern cuisine, it is simple but it contents a deep philosophy and has its ...

  •  “Chè lam” cake from my childhood
    05 20 2016

    “Chè lam” cake from my childhood

    While digging into a bowl of “chè lam” you can feel the softness of the sticky rice, the sweetness of the honey, the spice of the ginger and the richness of the peanuts as the cold of December melts away.

  • Buffalo tail stewed with cheese fruit and red bean
    03 10 2016

    Buffalo tail stewed with cheese fruit and red bean

    Left over from olden time many people still use the bark of cheese fruit (purple) to soak with wine and buffalo tail stewed with Chinese herbs.

  • The first 5 participants in the final round
    10 14 2015

    The first 5 participants in the final round

    42 professional chefs from the central region, the northern highlands, Hanoi and the Red River Delta entered innovative and interesting menus into the contest.

  • What happens when an international chef mentions a Vietnamese chef?
    05 11 2015

    What happens when an international chef mentions a Vietnamese chef?

    Mrs.Suong Thi Bui isn’t a celebrity, but it isn’t easy to make an appointment with her because she is a judge of the Golden Spoon contest and also has many other businesses.

  • The Ups and Downs of Thai lemon leaves
    10 10 2014

    The Ups and Downs of Thai lemon leaves

    Thai lemon leaf comes from a family of wild lemon and increasingly grown in An Giang. It has a unique aroma and appeared in the 2014 Golden Spoon Contest three times. It impressed everyone every time it appeared in the contest.

  • Plenty of specialties
    09 11 2014

    Plenty of specialties

    It could be said that the organizers of the 2014 Golden Spoon contest enjoyed great success in their journey to draw a Vietnamese cuisine map, covering all regions of the country.

  • Various recipes using Piper Lolot
    09 04 2014

    Various recipes using Piper Lolot

    Saigonese use piper lolot only for grilled beef, but Chef Cong Ngoc Do from Hai Dang Plaza in Hai Phong City stated that he make makes 50 dishes using it.

  •  “Flying” chicken and more in the Golden Spoon 2014
    09 04 2014

    “Flying” chicken and more in the Golden Spoon 2014

    The most interesting thing in the preliminary round in Red River Delta region of the Golden Spoon this year was the use of nicknames for the dishes.

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