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  • Steamed Dumplings Show Việt Nam’s History
    09 26 2018

    Steamed Dumplings Show Việt Nam’s History

    Bánh bột lọc is a popular dish in Việt Nam’s north and central regions. These clear dumplings cooked in banana leaves are said to have originated in the former imperial capital city of Huế.

  • Feast On Fancy Fish Eyes in Tuna-Loving Phú Yên
    05 17 2018

    Feast On Fancy Fish Eyes in Tuna-Loving Phú Yên

    The central coastal province of Phú Yên, a land of immense green grass fields scattered with yellow flowers and stunningly beautiful cliffs abutting the blue sea, is a highlight on the tourism map of Việt Nam.

  • Finding Vietnamese Food in Singapore
    01 30 2018

    Finding Vietnamese Food in Singapore

    Have you ever wondered what Vietnamese cuisine is like outside of Vietnam?

  • Star Anise from A to Z: 26 Things to Know
    01 04 2018

    Star Anise from A to Z: 26 Things to Know

    What is star anise? 26 interesting facts and figures about this spice having a huge variety of uses and purposes, from culinary to digestive.

  • Vietnam: A Food Lover’s Haven You Need to Visit
    12 01 2017

    Vietnam: A Food Lover’s Haven You Need to Visit

    Food is at the very heart of Vietnamese culture.

  • Shiso from A to Z: 26 Things to Know
    11 17 2017

    Shiso from A to Z: 26 Things to Know

    What is shiso? From 'Aroma' to 'Zisuye and zisuzi,' 26 interesting facts and figures about this japanese plant: recipes, varieties and benefits.

  • Quảng noodles, cao-lầu, and Hoi An chicken rice might steal the heart of APEC visitors
    11 10 2017

    Quảng noodles, cao-lầu, and Hoi An chicken rice might steal the heart of APEC visitors

    Feature dishes from Hue, Da Nang, or Hoi An are significantly memorable based on their harsh taste and rustic flavors. Interestingly, they all share similar characteristics, which are either rolls or mix, and all spicy.

  • Vietnamese Food: The Ultimate Food Guide
    10 13 2017

    Vietnamese Food: The Ultimate Food Guide

    The best traditional Vietnamese dishes, from north to south.

  • Sauces and Herbs to Die For
    09 20 2017

    Sauces and Herbs to Die For

    Vietnamese dipping sauce and a huge variety of fresh aromatic herbs are the soul of the country’s cuisine.

  • 10 Cooking Herbs and How to Use Them
    08 21 2017

    10 Cooking Herbs and How to Use Them

    Every foodie should learn how to cook with herbs to add depth of flavour, dimension and colour to their dishes.

  • Mighty Thyme: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Tiny Herb
    08 18 2017

    Mighty Thyme: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About This Tiny Herb

    You wouldn’t know it just by looking at them but the small leaves of thyme are full of flavor and potent antiseptic properties. This has made thyme a preferred herb in the medical community as well as in kitchens.

  • Little-Known Things About Phở
    08 15 2017

    Little-Known Things About Phở

    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.

  • Around The World in Hot Weather Foods
    08 02 2017

    Around The World in Hot Weather Foods

    From China to Italy, Greece to US and Korea, here is a list of traditional foods people from around the globe eat when it's hot outside.

  • CNN Travel: 40 Delicious Vietnamese Dishes
    07 15 2017

    CNN Travel: 40 Delicious Vietnamese Dishes

    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.

  • Five Must-Try Dishes in Hue City
    06 29 2017

    Five Must-Try Dishes in Hue City

    Hue is one of the economic, cultural, and culinary centers in Vietnam. Hue food is really plentiful with several specialities which are famous throughout the country.

  • Stories Add Spice to Two Hanoi Specialties
    06 21 2017

    Stories Add Spice to Two Hanoi Specialties

    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.

  • The South-East Asia’s ‘Unusual’ Bowl Meal
    06 16 2017

    The South-East Asia’s ‘Unusual’ Bowl Meal

    “Of all the stories in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport”, Sandip Narang, Executive Chef, Taj West End shared.

  • Vietnamese Food (And Drink) Mashups You Must Try
    05 13 2017

    Vietnamese Food (And Drink) Mashups You Must Try

    They’re creative, they’re unique, and, despite how they sound, they’re all delicious.

  • 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.

  • 14 Tips for Understanding Flavour
    05 04 2017

    14 Tips for Understanding Flavour

    Flavour is the be all and end all for any chef, and having a deep understanding of how flavour works and how to bring it out is essential if you want cook food that will really get people talking.

  • Plentiful Options for My Tho Rice Noodles
    04 08 2017

    Plentiful Options for My Tho Rice Noodles

    Rice noodles (hu tieu) in broth is a familiar yet typical dish with everyone in My Tho city (Tien Giang province), just as well as pho in Ha Noi, bun bo in Hue, or cao lau in Hoi An.

  • Distinct Character in This Vietnam-Style Soup
    04 05 2017

    Distinct Character in This Vietnam-Style Soup

    Vietnamese food is considered one of the healthiest cuisines in the world; the deliciously fresh flavors are a true testament of the culture’s impeccable approach to the overall culinary experience.

  • Supping… a Look!
    03 29 2017

    Supping… a Look!

    It’s a huge deficiency when coming to Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces – the cradle of fishing big tuna – but not having a bowl of stewed tuna’s eyes in Chinese herbs.

  • What A Nose Can Tell
    03 17 2017

    What A Nose Can Tell

    “The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization”, Fernard Braudel.

  • The Yin Yang concept in the Vietnamese culinary art
    03 01 2017

    The Yin Yang concept in the Vietnamese culinary art

    According to Vietnamese ancestors, choosing proper spices can balance out the yin and yang in dishes. As for Nguyen Tuan, a Vietnamese culinary expert, home is where you can find Vietnamese flavors and eat in Vietnamese style.

  • Overseas home cooks wow worldwide followers with daily Vietnamese dishes
    02 01 2017

    Overseas home cooks wow worldwide followers with daily Vietnamese dishes

    Conquering both their nostalgia and social media, Vietnamese-origin home chefs are taking to Facebook and Instagram to show off their mouth-watering dishes to thousands of fans and followers.

  • Hue city – More than Royal Cuisine
    01 26 2017

    Hue city – More than Royal Cuisine

    Chefs of team 62 proved that Hue cuisine had not only luxurious royal food but also interesting delicious rustic ones. Hue talented chefs just needed to work with creativity to renovate them to classy dainty dishes.

  • The surprised transform of Ly Son Island’s seafood
    01 24 2017

    The surprised transform of Ly Son Island’s seafood

    The Golden Dishes menu of team 52, Cam Thanh restaurant, was led by famous Ly Son specialties. Priceless gifts from the oceans, as the chefs called, really wowed the jury and audiences.

  • Mekong Delta pancakes
    12 14 2016

    Mekong Delta pancakes

    Among the dishes of Mekong Delta cuisine, the southern pancake is a stand-out.

  • Winner of Best Nutritious Menu
    12 13 2016

    Winner of Best Nutritious Menu

    Team no. 73 - InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort – earned the prize of Best Nutritious Menu for their hard work and creative integration of lobsters, creek premna leaves, chicken and frogs.

  • Winner of Best Creative Menu
    12 13 2016

    Winner of Best Creative Menu

    Team No.62 from Indochine Palace Hue Hotel has won the prize for Best Creative Menu in the final round of TGSA 2016.

  • LIVE: Black boxes – Treat or Trick
    12 06 2016

    LIVE: Black boxes – Treat or Trick

    This morning, Dec 6th 2016, 15 excellent teams had gathered at Military zone 7 Gymnastic (HCMC) to compete the championship of TGSA 2016. Who would encode the black box and conquer the jury to win the highest place?

  • 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.

  • A signature salad in Kon Tum
    11 28 2016

    A signature salad in Kon Tum

    The province of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands is famous for not only many beautiful places but also its salad which has been recognised in the list of top 10 Vietnamese specialties of Asian cuisine by the Asian Record Organisation. The signature dish ...

  • Wild fruits create remarkable tastes on deluxe party tables
    11 01 2016

    Wild fruits create remarkable tastes on deluxe party tables

    Salt fruits, chicken-gizzard fruits, So fruits, and saffron were used as special spices to create remarkable tastes for deluxe dishes.

  • Taste of hometown through the journeys
    11 01 2016

    Taste of hometown through the journeys

    “One of the most interesting thing as being TGSA’s judge is to meet good old teams, to see your relentless passion to cooking carreer, and to be surprised by your ardent and creative dishes.” This is judge Kim Xuan’s comment about team no.44 – ...

  • Northern Vietnamese Food: The convergence of highland and flatland specialties
    09 28 2016

    Northern Vietnamese Food: The convergence of highland and flatland specialties

    Diverse use of mountain spices, decent presentation of agricultural commodities and the introduction of metropolitan food culture are among remarkable afterglow that 22 teams had brought to the competition for all professional chefs in the North of Viet Nam.

  • Unique Dish “Ocean Flash”
    05 20 2016

    Unique Dish “Ocean Flash”

    “Ocean Flash” is a pretty name that people in Phu Yen province call their specialty dish of tuna eye. The dish has been upgraded from a homemade and rustic dish had over a casual drink to appearing on the tables at fancy and luxurious ...

  • Traditional Vietnamese cuisine goes international
    03 13 2016

    Traditional Vietnamese cuisine goes international

    The greatest happiness in my life is to see the first evidence of a traditional Vietnamese dish becoming integrated into international cuisine. Vietnamese dishes are now ready to be presented on luxury party tables.

  • Good dishes in the final round of the 2015 Golden Spoon contest
    12 20 2015

    Good dishes in the final round of the 2015 Golden Spoon contest

    Diverse menus, each dish presented beautifully and the talent of the teams was obvious throughout the final round.

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Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2018 Top 10 In 10 Dishes

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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.

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Sauces and Herbs to Die For

Sauces and Herbs to Die For

Vietnamese dipping sauce and a huge variety of fresh aromatic herbs are the soul of the country’s cuisine.

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