What is Banh mi? “That’s a symphony in a sandwich” That is how an influential culinary expert Anthony Bourdain praised Banh mi on the TV show “No Reservation” on CNN to described the most famous Vietnamese sandwich called the Banh mi. The word Banh mi was added to the Oxford English Dictionary on 24 March…

Hoi An – where life is so calm with ancient architecture. Hoi An Ancient Town is a famous city of Quang Nam province, an old town that remains almost intact with more than 1000 architectural monuments from streets, houses, assembly halls, communal houses, pagodas, shrines, ethnic churches, ancient wells … to the traditional dishes, the…

The complexity of simplicity  Traditionally, Pho noodle soup was eaten by Vietnamese people at any time of the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and night. Today, both locals and foreigners alike can be found hunched over steaming bowls of Pho at street carts throughout the night.  Despite its outward simplicity, Pho is underpinned by a complex arrangement of flavors and textures. …

Tet Nguyen Dan, more commonly known by its shortened name Tet, is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year marking the arrival of spring based on the Lunar calendar. The name Tet Nguyen Dan is Sino-Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning.    The dates of…