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08
27
2018
Famous specialities of Hà Nội will be featured during the Hà Nội Cuisine Culture Festival from October 5-7.
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02
24
2018
Tết custom demands different sorts of cake to offer to the earth, heaven and ancestors.
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12
20
2017
Among the myriad Vietnamese dishes made with rice, be it main courses, side-dishes or snacks that are meals in themselves, the softest gluey texture belongs to the bánh giò (rice dough dumpling with minced pork and wood ear mushrooms inside).
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11
24
2017
Been to a Vietnamese wedding banquet? If so, you must have tried bánh giầy, a white, flat round cake made of glutinous rice with or without mung beans inside.
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08
23
2017
Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves.
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07
06
2017
In this integrating world, numbers of diverse side dishes have been imported to Viet Nam. However, chili sauce, tomato sauce, and pickles still remain their position in daily meals of Vietnamese.
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03
13
2017
People in Hue city prepared hundreds of dishes for Tet holiday, and how they preserved all of them from before Tet until 15 days later was a piece of art.
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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
06
2017
Festive cuisine differs by region, which results in a unique and celebratory feature of Vietnamese culture.
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02
03
2017
Grab your bamboo cooker and join us for a taste-test with a twist.
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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
31
2017
Banh Tet (round glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake enjoyed by southern Vietnamese people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. It is considered a variant of Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake), which is more popular in the northern region.
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01
31
2017
The three main regions of Vietnam are characterised by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tet, the Lunar New ...
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01
26
2017
"Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
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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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01
23
2017
The sticky rice square cake (bánh chưng) has been a traditional and irreplaceable cake of the Vietnamese people at Tet for a long time.
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01
20
2017
Looking for a delicious sticky rice cake to enjoy over the Lunar New Year? Here are four things you need to know.
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01
20
2017
Believe it or not, Tet is very much about how much you can stomach.
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01
17
2017
Việt Nam’s biggest, most important traditional festival, Tết (Lunar New Year Festival), is a time of renewal, a time to welcome Spring, a time to thank Gods and ancestors and pray for their blessings. Special dishes are made to offer the Gods before they ...
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11
24
2016
A review on the idea that made Lotte Hanoi Hotel team the new winner of the Golden Spoon Awards 2015 Final with a prestigious cup of chef and 1-billion dong prize.
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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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05
12
2015
People also call Food Artisan Bui Thi Suong the “Cultural Ambassador to Vietnamese cuisine”
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12
01
2014
The taste of the cake mix is that of a cross between the cool of the sticky rice wrapper, the sweet of the molasses and the moisture of the sticky rice with a smell of “lá chít” (sorrel) - which smells lightly of ammonia.
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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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09
17
2014
New and unusual dishes are normally the ones that attract the most positive comments from diners.