Among Asian cooking techniques, “braise” (“tiềm” or “tần” according to a Northern dialect), is one of the familiar cooking processes that is intended for nutritious dishes. In the old days, cooks liked to put all the precious ingredients into…
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Do Tan Da’s poems, the lotus flower, and the duck have anything in common? These three seemingly unrelated things were the main elements that brought forth a miraculous dish cooked by Chef Nguyen Van Bong, who is used to…
Turmeric in Latin etymology means “earth with value”, and is a plant of the ginger family. It has a number of uses: the turmeric color is used for food coloring as well as for dying materials; the turmeric root…
In Vietnamese culture, the family meal is always something holy. It is not only a place for reunion, but also a moment for connection, sharing, warmth that everyone saves for each other. Whoever travels away from home will miss…
“Skewer grill” is one of the most easily-processed dishes. But the simpler the dish is, the more difficult it is to create. Chef Nguyen Van Bong, who began as a cook at fifteen years old, confidently entered the Golden…
There are three interesting facts about artichokes, a perennial plant that can be used from the root to the top as food and medicine. The first one is its legendary origin: it originated in the Mediterranean and the ancient…
Among the gifts of nature to Tra Vinh Province, Kopyor coconut is the most special one. Kopyor coconut or macapuno coconut has a thick, soft, flesh, and it is greasier than the regular one with a thick and jelly-like…
In the old days, in Vietnam, tropical sheep were found only in the hills in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan, two provinces that are dry all the year round. Nowadays, in the hills in Ninh Binh, Son La, or…
Many international researchers say that Vietnamese cuisine has been a harmonious combination of Western and Oriental cultures for hundreds of years. Therefore, the Vietnamese are one of the very few Asian people who like to eat bread, butter and…
In the Southern region, many families still keep the habit of cooking a large pot of stuffed bitter melon soup to eat repeatedly several times during Tet festival. “Khổ” means “hardships” and “qua” means “the past”. Therefore, they eat…