January 16, 2012
A local woman is offering food, carps and clothing for the Kitchen Gods On the 23rd of the last lunar month every year, the large kitchen in Ms Ly Thi Phuong’s house in Hanoi’s Gia Lam District becomes extremely busy. The 56-year-old prepares for something important for most Vietnamese – a gala farewell party [...]
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December 12, 2011
The World Health Organization describes primitive cooking stoves as the world’s top environmental killer On Thanksgiving, we cook and, if we’re doing it right, we give sincere thanks for being alive. But we rarely think of how the two really interact. We don’t recognize that in many parts of the world, cooking provides not [...]
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October 22, 2011
Evoking a bygone age, the once ubiquitous clay cooking pot brings out the full flavor of food The Chinese restaurant Dynasty in the New World Saigon Hotel offers ten tantalizing dishes cooked in the clay pot way from October 17 to November 13 Back when Vietnam was mostly an agrarian society, a clay pot [...]
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September 27, 2011
Praised fish artisan Tran Huy Thoa said he has to store up thousands of earthenware pots to meet the increasing order every lunar new year. The locals of the northern province of Ha Nam’s Nhan Hau riverside village are fish artisans, who export thousands of cooked fish every year nationwide and overseas, including to China, [...]
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September 20, 2011
Cod fish Brás style and chicken barbecued at Lisboa café Lisboa café, the first Portuguese restaurant in Vietnam, opened its doors in Ho Chi Minh City last week. After many years living in Vietnam, Pedro Castelo, a Portuguese man, married a Hanoian woman. Upon settling down in HCMC, Castelo opened a Portuguese restaurant on [...]
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August 28, 2011
Gá»i Äu Äủ (green papaya salad) prepared by Trinh Diem Vy in Hoi An. The salad is a wonderful mixture of julienned papaya, chilies and carrots sprinkled with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds. In Hoi An, it isn’t just the shopping experience that leaves a good taste in your mouth. Centuries ago, the busy port [...]
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July 23, 2011
A woman cooking bánh cuá»n Thanh Trì at a tourism festival in Hanoi Like bún, bánh cuá»n is a gift from good rice. With its attractive and tempting appearance, the crepe-like roll catches the attention at first sight. The white outer layer of bánh cuá»n is transparent enough to hint at what makes up [...]
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June 27, 2011
 Ngon Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City offers delicacies from three culinary regions in Vietnam In the past, a typical market in the Vietnamese countryside started in the early morning and could last at noon or even until late in the evening. What was it that drew the crowds? A market has many material, [...]
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May 8, 2011
Nhá»ng tằm (silkworm) has become a popular food, especially in some silkworm-cultivating regions in northern Vietnam. This food has been found to be high in protein and rich in vitamins. Most people cringe when they see an insect, or squish it to pulp. Not many think “dinner.” However, insects have been part of traditional cuisine [...]
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April 7, 2011
Students at the Saigon Cooking Class learning Vietnamese cuisine Saigon is chock-full of cheap, fresh and easy dining options. It’s no surprise that most expats living here feel little need to cook. Even those with the best intentions find crowded markets daunting: little is labeled in English, haggling is a necessity, and buying enough for [...]
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