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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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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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11
21
2017
Growing up in Nordjylland, Denmark’s northernmost region, chef Anh Le didn’t meet many other Vietnamese people.
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11
09
2017
“It all started with my grandmother. She loved to travel.”
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09
13
2017
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.
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08
28
2017
Waking up in the early morning and going out, you suddenly remember that it is a long time you do not enjoy rib porridge, and you feel hungry. Then, you decide to go for rib porridge.
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07
31
2017
Whenever people mention Hoi An cuisine, they are thinking of Cao Lau (a bowl of thick noodles), chicken rice, Ms. Phuong’s Banh Mi (Vietnamese sandwich) or more fancy dishes like White Roses sold in the old town.
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07
25
2017
To many foreigners, Vietnamese are considered adventurous eaters – not afraid to devour the whole animal, blood and guts included. Insects are also on the menu.
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07
10
2017
People from the north of Viet Nam are not familiar at all to star-berries but with southwestern locals, seeing fresh or sweetened star-berries means to look at a piece of their hometown image.
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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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05
25
2017
The 2017 Southern Culinary Festival officially opened on May 24 in Ho Chi Minh City, honouring over 250 foods and 100 sweet soups and cakes from the southern provinces and cities.
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04
24
2017
You might expect that the chef at a brand-new Vietnamese restaurant would want his food to remind diners of Vietnam.
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04
07
2017
An exclusive interview with Ferran Adrià, one of the world's best chefs, about the relationship between food and art as well as the taste of childhood.
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03
24
2017
Many Thai people in Quynh Nhai District have managed to take boats to this area just to get some Mieng trau grass and enjoy the taste of their homeland.
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03
20
2017
When I was a little boy, I used to follow my grandma to go and release the fishing nets used for catching little shrimps in the canal which runs from the Ma River into the fields.
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03
07
2017
Every Vietnamese knows the poem ‘Bánh trôi nước’ (the dumpling that drifts in water), written by poetess Hồ Xuân Hương in the 18th or 19th century.
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02
09
2017
Among numerous Vietnamese spices, tamarind and Sau (Dracontomelon duperreanum) are irreplaceable sour spices of the cooks.
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02
06
2017
When poet Nguyễn Thụy Kha, a Hải Phòng native, penned these verses, he was speaking for all the people of the port city who never fail to get nostalgic for this particular dish when they are away from home.
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02
01
2017
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.
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01
25
2017
A very Vietnamese menu, which was uplifted by new exotic yet rural spices and delicate decoration, helped team 34 to subdue the jury to become the only representative of Vung Tau city in the final round.
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12
17
2016
The Golden Spoon Awards 2016 Grand Final took place among 15 finalists on 06 December 2016. “Chef of the Century” Eckart Witzigmann was excited to explore a new realm of culinary styles in Vietnam by participating in the competition judge panel.
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10
15
2016
The Northern regional semifinal of the Golden Spoon Awards, with “Golden Recipe” as the theme, is not only a fusion of Asian and European, traditional and modern gastronomies but also a convergence of audio and visual depictions of Northern and Northern Central cuisines.
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10
01
2016
Traditional dishes of Ha Noi, such as La Vong fish paste, stewed snails with green banana and tofu, and young sweet-rice cake were carefully taken care with passion and then they all wore new suits on party table of The Golden Spoon Contest 2016.
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09
28
2016
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.
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09
17
2016
Those who attended the prelim of the Golden Spoon Awards 2016 for Northern regions, must be impressed by the assiduity of chef Phan Duy Quy. There was a story behind his taste quest that is not known by many people.
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09
09
2016
Those who attended the prelim of the Golden Spoon Awards 2016 for Northern regions, must be impressed by the assiduity of chef Phan Duy Quy. There was a story behind his taste quest that is not known by many people.
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06
13
2016
Even though main ingredients of Binh Quoi team were not new, the harmony and creation of spices and delicate decoration surprised all the judges.
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05
20
2016
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.
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12
26
2015
Becoming head chef of two restaurants with 2 Michelins stars in Paris and London at the same time, Helene Darroze 48 years old become the best chef in the world now.
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11
01
2015
“My mum cooks better than yours” - a game show that connects children with their mother through cooking - has a new judge who doesn’t speak Vietnamese fluently, but has interesting and humorous comments.
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10
31
2015
In the build up to the semi-final, chefs have different emotions. Everyone has the passion and desire to win, to be the one who presents the finest dishes which deserve to be Golden Dish.
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10
17
2015
I met my “childhood hero” by accident through the click of a mouse. Wow! Who knew that the charming and dynamic woman giving such hepful comments is Mrs. Choi Thi Trieu?
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10
08
2015
Although this is the first time Bai Dinh hotel entered the Golden Spoon contest, the chefs showed their confidence by a clear and structured menu with modifications of rustic ingredients and specialties.
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06
29
2015
Food artisan Anh Thi Hoang Ho contributed to the introduction of Vietnamese cuisine in general and Hue Royal Cuisine in particular, to other countries in the world
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11
23
2014
Dalat city has roads and curves hidden in the soft mist and jungles filled by green pine trees. Sometimes there are dried pine fruits that have fallen from the trees, and the knocking sound of horse hooves on the ground.
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10
09
2014
Once, in an ancient bakery shop, I saw a cake that was dark green in color and smelled of Clinacanthus nutans leaves. I asked the old lady there, if it was “Bánh mảnh cộng” ? She confirmed, and said that she had made it.
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08
23
2014
If you ask 10 people about multiple mold infections 9 will immediately think of viral and bacterial infections. It is easy to understand, because HN viral and Helicobacter bacteria are the common issues in current mass communication.
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06
25
2014
Many creative results come about by accident. Many surprises and interesting results have been created by enthusiastic and dedicated chefs in this intense competition. For example: The “transformation” of wild fruit