Grilled delicacies serve up some festive cheer
With Christmas just around the corner, the Vinpearl Luxury Resort restaurant is getting into the festive spirit by cooking up the best of Vietnamese cuisine including grilled lobster and sting ray. Hoai Nam reports.It’s the Christmas season and chef Khong Quoc Thuy is revving up preparations for foreign gastronomers at Vinpearl Luxury resort in Da Nang city.
The seaside restaurant, surrounded by five outdoor swimming...
Culinary Art of Ancient Hue Court
When speaking about the cuisine in Hue, people usually mention both the traditional and court culinary art.
The feast of ancient Hue court is divided into different categories, such as the worshipping feast for great ceremonies, the feast for mandarins or envoys and the feast for new doctoral laureates. The number of dishes in each type of feast is also different. For instance, a great feast includes about 161 dishes...
Hanoi’s coffee culture, like no other
Sai Gon has coffee on high floor, and under ground, etc., whereas Hanoi has street coffee and traditional cafeteria. The competition between Trung Nguyen coffee system, modern Cappuccino coffee and traditional coffee is still equal. This reveals that the Hanoians retain some uniqueness of their ancient lifestyle.
Coffee and the Hanoians
The Hanoians drink a lot of the dark, caffeinated beverage and prefer sipping their...
Vietnamese wine
When we say that Vietnam is warming with reds these days, we aren’t making a political statement, of course. We’re talking about wine. With the easing of government restrictions, both commercial and cultural, the past ten years have seen a welcome increase in wine importing and awareness. You can now find a good quality Bordeaux in most upscale and many mid-range restaurants or chic wine bars and shops in...
Tea with longan and lotus seed
Tea with longan and lotus seed is considered as the Vietnamese quintessence…
With longan and lotus seeds, the Vietnamese can create a kind of special-flavor tea. It is considered the quintessence of the heaven and earth. The tea is aromatically fragrant with an original flavor.
Containing longan fruit pieces and lotus seeds, this kind of tea is fragrant with a full-bodied taste. The original and naturally flavored...
A unique “banh xeo” in Vietnam
“Banh xeo” is Vietnamese style crepe with whole shrimp, thinly sliced pork and bean sprouts.
Like the salad roll, the “banh xeo” is a do-it-yourself dish that involves the messy but delicious process of wrapping the crepe in lettuce with cilantro and basil. Though the filling might fall out on your table, you will be completely lost in the crispy, warm combination of lettuce and crepe, and the attentive staff...
Bun ca Can Tho – authentic flavor of the wetlands
When visiting Can Tho City, tourists should try bun ca (noodle with fish), a typical dish of the wetlands of the Mekong Delta.
Unlike other kinds of bun ca in other delta regions or central provinces, bun ca in Can Tho City is attractive to the eye due to the purple rice noodles. The noodle is dyed by cam leaves from cam trees that grow in the delta. The trees are about 40-50cm high and have purple flowers.
The noodles...
Delicacy made in a bamboo stem
Visit the Central Highlands to discover spectacular sceneries and eat and drink like a mountain dweller
The Central Highlands is a tourist hot spot, attracting many locals and foreigners every year.
It has unmatched vistas like the dreamy mountainous streets, rugged terrain, howling winds, foggy towns, and night markets.
It is home to a variety of ethnic groups, lush forests, and an abundance of wildlife.
Da Lat, Buon...
Bun Cha
Bun Cha Hanoi is another great way to use what we have already made (thit nuong, a variation of nem nuong, and picked carrots and daikon). As the name implies, this dish originates from the city of Hanoi in northern Vietnam, but is very popular throughout the country. It is similar to Bun Thit Nuong, in that both vermicelli and thit nuong are used, however the difference is that it includes a cha (pork sausage patties)...
Bun thang
Dishes made of soft noodle soup are diverse such as vermicelli and fried chopped meat, Bun Thang, vermicelli and sour crab soup, stewed vermicelli and boiled lean meat, etc. The popular dish is vermicelli and sour crab soup whilst Bun Thang is for con-noisseurs, unique and available in Hanoi only. A bowl of Bun Thang includes lean pork paste, thin fried egg, salted shredded shrimp, chicken, onion, shrimps paste, and a...
