Nguyen Khanh Vuong Anh, who is studying cooking arts at Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney, cooks banh xeo (sizzling rice pancake with pork and shrimp) in a video clip shot in the Mekong Delta (Photo courtesy of Vuong Anh) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - A Vietnamese student inAustralia has launched a YouTube channel named Vuong Anh’s CookingJourney to introduce Vietnam’s tourist spots and dishes from many regions.
The videos of Nguyen Khanh Vuong Anh, who is studying cookingarts at Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney, depict breathtaking views from the northwestuplands to Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, showing locals’ daily life and work as wellas the culture and gastronomy of different regions.
At each destination, Vuong Anh gives instructions on how toprepare a special dish from locally grown ingredients found at markets in eachregion.
Such specialties include duck salad at Cao Phong in Hoa Binh province,Moc Chau grilled pork and calf roll in Moc Chau Plateau, grilled quail in TuaChua of Dien Bien province, black-boned chicken stewed with veggies in Lai Chauprovince, and hotpot of sturgeon in Sapa.
Between December 2017 and June 2018, she made 14 videosfor Vuong Anh’s Cooking Journey.
This September, she will head for the northeastern region tomake new videos and continue her journey to all cities and provinces across thecountry. Each clip lasts for five to six minutes and is introduced in English.
“Initially, I planned to visit the northwest to learn abouttwo well-known spices locally known as mac khen and cham cheo toenrich my knowledge about ingredients, but then I changed my mind. I wanted tonot only look into food ingredients but also to capture special culturaltraits, beautiful venues, and good food to introduce to international friends,”she said.
Vuong Anh said that she inherited her love for cooking andtourism from her mother, culinary artist Doan Thi Thu Thuy.
“Three years ago, when reading my mother’s book Hanh TrinhMon Viet (Journey of Vietnamese Foods), which introduces delicious dishesfrom the south to the north, I was inspired to make a journey all over thecountry to study the nation’s cooking arts.
“When she found out about my intention to visit thenorthwest, my mom encouraged me to make a fully-fledged programme with videoclips in English to introduce Vietnam to the world,” she said.
Regarding her long-term plan for Vuong Anh’s CookingJourney, she said she not only wants to show the world the country’s beautyspots and fine dishes, but also organise similar programmes abroad to introduceher friends in Vietnam to beautiful places and good food from other parts ofthe world.
Her YouTube channel can be seenat https://youtu.be/CAgyqvcamGA.-VNS/VNA
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