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10
13
2018
A primer on dishes from different locations in Vietnam that will whet the appetite of both visitors and locals.
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10
02
2018
Bánh nếp nhân trứng kiến, glutinous rice cakes filled with ant eggs, are a specialty of the Tày, an ethnic group that has existed for hundreds of years in the northern province of Tuyên Quang.
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08
21
2018
Steamed rolls made of rice flour, locally known as bánh cuốn, are a popular dish across Việt Nam.
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08
06
2018
Banana flower salad, a popular dish in Việt Nam, is known in the North as nộm bắp chuối and as gỏi bắp chuối in the South.
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04
20
2018
Mon Asian Food Festival - MAFF 2018 will be held for the first time in Hà Nội and Hạ Long Bay to mark the National Tourism Year 2018 with theme Hạ Long - Heritage, Wonder, Friendly Destination.
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02
07
2018
This village prepares thousands of clay pots stuffed with fish to ship across the country and overseas for Lunar New Year.
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01
31
2018
As Tết approaches, a group of gourmets from Hà Nội is visiting the northern province of Cao Bằng to seek the best miến dong (canna vermicelli) to make cellophane noodles. The rhizomes of the plant are full of starch.
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01
30
2018
Tea has been an essential part of Vietnamese life for thousands of years. It is believed that the refreshing beverage not only calms the mind, but also helps ward off a number of common diseases.
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01
20
2018
Greek olives are famous the world over. And with reason.
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01
18
2018
Many food lovers from other countries agree that Vietnam still has more foods to discover besides the globally famous 'phở' and 'bánh mì'.
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01
04
2018
Cotton candy bikes, Fried ball-cake vendors... many of Hanoi street cuisines remind tourists and local about their dreamy childhood.
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01
03
2018
Every late Autumn, when sunbeams gently light up trees, turning them yellow, and light cold front approaches in the north, the rươi (seaworm) season begins, as it has done for a thousand years.
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15
2017
There are many theories regarding its origin.
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11
2017
Mr. Bui Ngoc Thai puts on his plastic gloves and carefully mixes the thin layers of lean pork meat, lard and skin with some salt, MSG and thinh, the golden roast rice grounded into a brownish powder.
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11
2017
Banh mi Hoi An (Hoi An-style bread rolls) has been listed among the world’s Top 10 sandwiches by Austrian travel website Traveller, together with well-known American cheeseburgers, English bacon butties, and Japanese Katsu Sando.
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14
2017
“Porcelain is a wonderful messenger when it comes to promoting the tradition and culture of a country. This has been proven through a long journey in human history. If Vietnam ever hosts APEC again, I have to take that chance”.
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10
2017
Balut, shrimp paste, pig brain, and duck blood soup are just a few of the foods featured in this American foodie’s reviews of Vietnam.
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11
09
2017
There are many kinds of noodles made with bún (rice vermicelli), among which the most prominent in the North is, perhaps, bún thang. Bún thang has been on festive tables in Hanoi for quite a long time.
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11
06
2017
Winter truffle season is upon us and to celebrate we’ve collected some great videos of Michelin-starred chefs using this most revered of gourmet ingredients in different ways.
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10
30
2017
Fresh salmon hotpot and BBQ heaven await as you dance through the clouds in Sa Pa.
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10
17
2017
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.
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10
13
2017
The best traditional Vietnamese dishes, from north to south.
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10
10
2017
The Northern most province in the country is no longer a “remote area” in the tourism sense of the word.
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09
18
2017
A new arrival to the hectic, madcap, loving city of Hanoi sits for their first bowl of pho and decides abruptly whether this will all be a love affair or a lesson in endurance.
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09
04
2017
At 90, Tran Huu Dat has many memories. And there are some that he cherishes more than others.
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08
30
2017
Bugs are creeping onto Thai gourmet salad, nachos and pasta.
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08
24
2017
Throughout Vietnam, chicken rice has evolved to meet the tastes of different regions.
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08
17
2017
Exploring Vietnam’s culinary scene from north to south is like tasting several countries for the price of one.
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08
15
2017
For years, Phở has been a representative of Vietnamese cuisine in the world. There are numerous types of Phở but the most famous one might be phở with beef in Ha Noi.
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07
15
2017
Vietnamese cuisine doesn't win any points for complexity. Many of the most popular dishes can be made just as well on the side of the road as in a top-end restaurant.
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07
15
2017
Caviar is a mysterious, special and nutritious luxury food. It is taken from sturgeon and considered one of ten products worldwide symbolising luxury and wealth.
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07
10
2017
One woman’s journey to a bun cha paradise, where there are no charred bits or salty sauce.
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07
04
2017
Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Việt Nam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete”, culture expert Trần Ngọc Thêm once wrote in his book Việt Nam Culture Foundation.
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06
21
2017
An unusual feature of Vietnamese cuisine is the ownership that people – chefs, restaurant owners, gourmets or just the “common man” – display for a dish, and the stories that they are prepared to share.
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06
14
2017
There is no Vietnamese cuisine without rice noodles.
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05
30
2017
The beginning of summer is when plums are bearing all over Northern highlands of Vietnam. Because of harsher climate, Northern fruits are not as diverse and as the South’s but it does not mean quality of those is much different.
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05
30
2017
The healthy aspect of many Vietnamese traditions and festivals is perhaps most exemplified by the Đoan Ngọ Festival, which is celebrated on the fifth of the fifth lunar month.
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05
29
2017
From Michelin-starred fine dining, to chili-laden, beer-swilling, street-food staple, the humble snail takes many forms.
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05
16
2017
Chef Vo Quoc is quite well known although he is not any restaurants’ chef cook.
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05
15
2017
The research fellows on world cuisine have provided the following analysis: a good cook is only called a cook, but to become a chef one needs to know how to run the whole kitchen of a restaurant.