Vietnamese Meal
Wedding Feast in Hanoi
Hanoi cuisine is the gathering of many different regions. However, it is not overshadowed because of that. In contrary, it creates a unique color for Hanoi cuisine: gentlemanlike and elegant like people of Hanoi. Accordingly, Hanoi feast of wedding and especially the old feast of wedding have many difference with the other regions of the [...]
Feast in the day of God of Kitchen
Honoring the God of kitchen, people have to place in the kitchen. When praying, they have to turn on the cook to let the fire on, so the kitchen would be full for the whole year. Vietnamese suppose there are three Gods of kitchen who decide and bless the good work for the house owners. [...]
The New Year’s Eve Meal
The meal in the last day of the Lunar year is considered the very important and the traditional beauty of Vietnamese for generations. After the whole hard-working year, the last day of the lunar year is a summarizing chance for everything and taking about what they have experienced in the whole year. In the New Year [...]
Traditional Meal of Vietnamese
In the traditional meal of old Vietnamese, there are three main foods: rice – vegetable – fish. Rice is on the top of meal structure: “People live on rice, fishes live on water”. Vietnamese plants two types of rice: glutinous rice and plain rice. Plain rice is used in daily meal. Vietnamese also considered rice [...]Vietnamese Food
Ban soy sauce village of Hung Yen
The Ban craft village (in Ban Township, Yen Nhan District, Hung Yen Province) produces arguably the most delicious soy sauce. Ban soy sauce is so popular because it is made from large-grain sticky rice, small-grain soy bean, and in particular dinged-well water. There is only one well in Ban Village to supply the water to [...]
Bún đậu mắm tôm: it’s worth a try
Talking about the street food culture of Vietnam, do not forget to mention “bún đậu mắm tôm” – noodles with tofu and shrimp paste. Somebody may know that shrimp paste or “mắm tôm” is popular in many parts of Asia including Vietnam. As a matter of fact, “mắm tôm” or shrimp paste has long been [...]
Hue coconut rice
To make the rice, we have to use this delicious rice to cook the coconut milk. The well – cooked rice is mixed with other materials such as sausages, shrimp, petit – poi peas, grilled pork and Hue fried meat. Before eating, we use the Siamese coconut (coconut) and flap its mouth to pour water [...]Vietnamese Drink
“Chit” worm wine
This drink is also known as White Cordyceps, Cold Cordyceps. Originated from these two names, it is popular with an insect to soak liquor. “Chit” is called a worm living in scattered-tree burning cotton, grows wild in the limestone mountain in a row in the endless northwestern. White Cordyceps is an identical white worm parasite [...]
Draught Beer in Vietnam
Vietnam probably wouldn’t come near the top of your list when thinking of great beer cultures, but this country actually has some of the cheapest beer in the world. No, you can’t get a local hop-heavy microbrew or an ink-black stout, but if you care more about what kind of quantity your travel dollar will [...]
Ede BanMe nodding wine
Nodding wine is now considered as a “specialty” drink of Tay Nguyen community. In the sunny, windy land, there is the existence of famous words for nodding wine such as nodding wine night, being drunk as nodding wine ecstasy, etc. So, have you ever drunk Tay Nguyen nodding wine? In addition, specially, when you are [...]Event - News
Hanoi’s Snack food: less is more
In Hanoi, the best food shops are tucked away in very small places, or on really narrow stretches of pavement. It is a common thing to see formally dressed gentlemen sitting in low chairs for their breakfast bowl of pho—an interesting Hanoi eating style. But we are not talking about pho or bun cha, since [...]
