World-renowned American chef Martin Yan has said that he wants to usehis fame to promote and market Vietnam ’s food to the world.
Martin Yan stated this to the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper at the 2010World Food Festival which has just taken place in the southern coastalcity of Vung Tau .
He said that he is waitingfor the chance and would learn Vietnamese to introduce the country’s“pho” (noodle soup served with beef or chicken) and “nom” (sweet andsour grated salad).
Apart from showing hisskills at the WFF on July 23 and 24, Yan said that he wants to learn howto cook a number of Vietnamese dishes during his current visit to theSoutheast Asian nation which, he called, a wonderful country with manydelicious dishes.
There are many slim andhealthy people in Vietnam thanks to their sensible diets, said thechef, emphasising that it would be a good idea to start up a websitewith the slogan “Look! Vietnamese people are healthy because they eatVietnamese food”. The website could not only introduce Vietnam ’sdishes but also its land, people and popular tourist destinations, headded.
Yan said that he wants to cook variousdishes from different countries and has learnt Vietnamese cuisine fromhis friend Khai, a Vietnamese national now residing in the US who runsa famous restaurant called “Ana Mandara” in San Francisco ,California./.
Martin Yan stated this to the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper at the 2010World Food Festival which has just taken place in the southern coastalcity of Vung Tau .
He said that he is waitingfor the chance and would learn Vietnamese to introduce the country’s“pho” (noodle soup served with beef or chicken) and “nom” (sweet andsour grated salad).
Apart from showing hisskills at the WFF on July 23 and 24, Yan said that he wants to learn howto cook a number of Vietnamese dishes during his current visit to theSoutheast Asian nation which, he called, a wonderful country with manydelicious dishes.
There are many slim andhealthy people in Vietnam thanks to their sensible diets, said thechef, emphasising that it would be a good idea to start up a websitewith the slogan “Look! Vietnamese people are healthy because they eatVietnamese food”. The website could not only introduce Vietnam ’sdishes but also its land, people and popular tourist destinations, headded.
Yan said that he wants to cook variousdishes from different countries and has learnt Vietnamese cuisine fromhis friend Khai, a Vietnamese national now residing in the US who runsa famous restaurant called “Ana Mandara” in San Francisco ,California./.
