One day, novelist Nguyen Quang Sang came to Bac Lieu Province in the Mekong Delta and invited me for a meal.
It is well documented that southern Vietnam’s cuisine has been influenced by the French, but it is also undeniable that the fare has been influenced by another of France’s former colonial hubs: the port city of Pondicherry, India.
Who needs sugar and frosting if you can eat cakes for lunch and dinner?
Because noodles are just the beginning.
It was Obama’s first trip to Vietnam, but he encountered this pageant mostly through a five-inch pane of bulletproof glass. He might as well have watched it on TV.
When I had a chance to the southwest in the end of November 2016, it was also the end of Mo Qua season. What a pity because all I’d tasted was delicious stir-fried Mo Qua fruits with duck.
With its long history of rice cultivation, Việt Nam cuisine features an endless variety of rice-noodle dishes. Apart from phở, which is made with flat rice noodles, there is the bún which are fresh thin and round. Bún dishes, mostly soups, can be found ...
Southeastern region has been always a big unknown among other areas in The Golden Spoon contest. Going straight to southern semi-final round, this unknown even attracted more attention.
Sakal PHOEUNG is a professional chef from France. He is a president of the Escoffier School of Culinary Arts Vietnam and has over 22 years of experience working in leading restaurants and hotels.
Recently everytime going down to Can Gio mangrove forest or the remote islands, like Phu Quoc or Cu Lao Cham, we usually hear stories from chefs about the spices used in the Golden Spoon contest.
The “Bánh cóng” Shop owned by Mrs Ut Lu located on Tran Van Hoai, Xuan Khanh Dist, Can Tho City is always busy. The shop has become a popular address for diners searching for good snacks.
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.
Whilst the wild pig is not considered to be the most beautiful of animals, their meat is extremely good. It is considered like the old saying “handsome is as handsome does”.
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.