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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Ho Chi Minh City Before Tet

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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Day Train to Nha Trang

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After meeting my sister in Sai Gon for a hit of tennis and a feed at her house, we all took the day train from Sai Gon to Nha Trang. It was ...
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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Welcome Back To Ho Chi Minh City

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In addition to my early visit to the fish market which was amazing, we went to Cho Lon - the Chinese part in Sai Gon, to the market which ha...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Market Scenes

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I arrived in Sai Gon early in the morning. I don't know why but I couldn't sleep at all. On the recommendation of noodlepie , I took...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Year of the Dog

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A successful year with all the best! Some time this year, buy some lotuses, real or artificial. Eat lots of Pork Buy lots of gold Save heap...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Airline Service

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Vietnam Airlines’ service for domestic flights is unbelievably bad at the check-in counter. I couldn’t believe that I had to stand in the qu...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

New Year for Everyone

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I'm going down to Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang for a short vacation for Lunar New Year, but I still try to post as much as possible. T...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Green Mango Salad

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Green Mango Salad is such a nice salad which can be prepared easily at home with the very simple recipe, which follows: Peeling young mango ...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Beer and Cheers

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I think in Asia or even in western countries, end of year parties are a cultural tradition. In Vietnam, we have lots of parties for this occ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Prawns at Home

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We bought some live prawns and I mixed them with some salt, sugar, fish sauce, chili, and lemongrass and soaked them for about 10 minutes. A...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Flower Market

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The Tet flower season has opened, flowers are appearing everywhere on the street. For bargains, the best place is Nhat Tan. There are thousa...
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Sunday, January 15, 2006

Beef Noodle Soup

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Most chicken noodle soup shops changed their businesses to beef noodle soup due to the bird flu problem, though in the last week chicken has...
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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Khuc Cake

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Sliced shoulder cut pork meat, green bean paste and pepper are mixed up in the middle of this Khuc cake. The outside is a mixture of bean a...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Steamed Rice Pan Cake

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There are lots of different kinds of steamed rice pan cakes. In Viet Nam, we use rice flour to make so many cakes such as Banh Xeo, Banh Ca...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

New Year In Viet Nam

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The western New Year festival is not the most important for the Vietnamese; the lunar New Year is the one that every Vietnamese celebrates. ...
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Van Cong Tu
Van Cong Tu is a food blogger and local hospitality industry insider from Nha Trang currently living in Hanoi. He has an enormous passion for his country's food and culture. Tu's blog, cheekily named Vietnamese God, is where he started to document his food and culture adventures in 2005. Tu's quirky observations also found their way into Pathfinder magazine and Vietnam's TimeOut. Tu's experience managing some of Hanoi's finest dining establishments along with his special interest in street-food (he's shared many hours trawling the street stalls and markets with stickyrice blogger, Mark Lowerson) make him the genuine, local authority on Hanoi's food scene.
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