Posts Tagged ‘ Salad ’

Portuguese restaurant opens in southern metro 

September 20, 2011
Portuguese restaurant opens in southern metro 

  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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Light bites Hoi An style 

August 28, 2011
Light bites Hoi An style 

Gỏi đu đủ (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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Deadly delicious 

July 30, 2011
Deadly delicious 

  With some careful preparation, stinging jellyfish make a delicious summer staple Jellyfish salad is served up with the central bánh tráng nướng (rice cracker) Vietnam’s gorgeous central coast is famous for its natural beauty – which is made all the more beautiful, each summer, with the arrival of multi-colored clouds of floating jellyfish. These [...]

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Fishy in Phu Quoc 

December 7, 2010
Fishy in Phu Quoc 

  Phu Quoc’s staple dish offers a triumphant marriage of fresh and fermented flavors Goi ca trich (herring salad) served at Tieu Ngu Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The dish can be found on the menu of every seaside shack and luxury restaurants in Phu Quoc. Nestled in the Gulf of Thailand, just off [...]

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Food promotions for Vietnam Teachers’ Day

November 18, 2009
Food promotions for Vietnam Teachers’ Day

On the occasion of Vietnam Teachers’ Day, November 20, some restaurants and hotels in HCMC of Saigontourist Holding Company are offering food promotion programs. Chef of Can Gio Restaurant serves food. — Photo: Courtesy of Saigontourist.A lunch buffet called Thankful to Teachers will be on at Lion Restaurant on November 20. The buffet includes 45 [...]

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Vietnam’s culinary: diversity and appetite

October 27, 2009
Vietnam’s culinary: diversity and appetite

Vietnam has a culinary culture that combines countless ingredients and spices to satisfy the tendency of Vietnamese people to eat many vegetables and soups and pork. Tourists take Vietnamese food at the Ben Thanh Market in HCMC’s District 1.Thinking about Vietnamese food, international travelers think about pho (noodle soup). Pho first appeared in Vietnam at [...]

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Blame the chicken

June 12, 2009
Blame the chicken

People’s Artist painter Phan Phan paints in his studio. The artist said he fell into set design by accident. A painter who has devoted his life to stage design says it wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for a certain bird. At the age of 76, People’s Artist Phan Phan, painter and stage designer, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...