The Lunar New Year begins February 16. It is one of the biggest and most important holidays in Asia.
There's no arguing: Hanoi is a street food mecca.
If rice is a staple of Vietnamese daily meals, then gio (Vietnamese sausage) is considered the staple of special occasions, such as Tet (the Lunar New Year), wedding parties and ancestors’ death anniversary.
Enjoy top 10 delicious dishes you should know when going to Hanoi.
For those who can brave their odours, these foods are worth the pain.
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.
The city promises great rewards for those who look beyond the Old Quarter beer joints.
Curious about the verse “Her season of fragrance of glutinous rice in Mai Chau” in the poem “Tay Tien” by poet Quang Dung, we decided to visit Lac Hamlet in Mai Chau township in the Northern province of Hoa Binh.
These eateries are open well into the small hours to serve hungry night-owls.
Festive cuisine differs by region, which results in a unique and celebratory feature of Vietnamese culture.
If rice is Vietnam’s staple crop, xôi (sticky rice) is the nation’s choice dish, as much as the famous pho (rice noodle soup), if not more so.
It is a feature of Vietnamese culinary culture that people identify the best fruit or dish as belonging to a particular locality.
Nowadays, the crab bologna has become a very familiar dish to foreign diners who love Vietnamese cuisine.
Not only did President Barack Obama sample some of Vietnam's finest local eats in Hanoi in May, but his guide was none other than "Parts Unknown" host Anthony Bourdain.
If rice is Viet Nam’s staple crop, xoi (sticky rice) is the nation’s choice dish, as much as the famous pho (rice noodle soup), if not more so.
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.
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 weather in Hanoi come early autumn cools, which is almost like the weather in Dalat. So there won’t be anything better if we can try a dish made of seaweed in this season.
Enjoy this gallery with amazing dishes from the top 10 restaurants of Latin America's 50 Best 2018, with chef Tsumura's Maido at number 1 for the second year.
The Le Chef compilation of the 100 best chefs in the world for 2019 has been released with chef Arnaud Donckele from the La Vague d'Or restaurant in Saint-Tropez named the best chef in the world.
Vietnamese dipping sauce and a huge variety of fresh aromatic herbs are the soul of the country’s cuisine.