The series, entitled Street Food, was produced by the creators of the hugely popular Netflix series Chef’s Table, and one of the nine episodes on the streaming platform focuses on street food in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the website www.eater.com. The show will focus on the life stories of the street food hawkers of Asia, with episodes set in Japan, Thailand, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. In a trailer for the series that was released on April 11, street food hawkers from across the continent are shown cooking up various local dishes and sharing their inspiring stories of overcoming the hardships inherent with making a living on the street. The Vietnamese episode reportedly focuses on two chefs, one who sells snails and another who cooks pho (noodle soup). The episode will also take a look at com tam (broken rice) and the Vietnamese sandwich banh mi. Street Food will be available to watch on April 26 on the world's leading internet … [Read more...] about Netflix ‘Street Food’ series to include Vietnam episode
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Vietnam street food festival in Moscow
Visitors at the festival (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – The Vietnam street food festival, the eighth of its kind, was held at the Hanoi-Moscow trade centre complex (Incentra) in Moscow, Russia, on March 8-10 with a view to promoting Vietnamese culinary culture to Russian people and international friends. Carrying the theme “Celebrating the International Women’s Day March 8”, the event featured various kinds of activities. Visitors were offered characteristic dishes of Vietnamese cuisine such as “nem ran” (fried spring rolls), “pho bo” (noodle soup with beef), and “bun cha” (noodles with grilled pork), in addition to simple and distinguished street foods like “banh mi pate” (bread with pate), “banh duc” (steamed rice cake), “banh cuon” (steamed rice rolls), and “bun thang” (noodle soup with shredded chicken, pork and fried egg, mushrooms and dried turnip). They were also treated … [Read more...] about Vietnam street food festival in Moscow
Vietnam boasts street food in Moscow
Under the theme “Celebrating the International Women’s Day March 8”, the three-day festival includes a wide range of activities featuring the Vietnamese cultural identity. Visitors are offered the characteristic dishes of Vietnamese cuisine including nem ran (fried spring rolls), pho bo (beef noodle soup), and bun cha (noodles with grilled pork), in addition to various simple and distinguished street foods such as banh mi, banhduc, banhcuon, bun thang, and others. Visitors also have an opportunity to admire Vietnamese art performances, traditional games and the cooking of Vietnamese dishes. Besides traditional Vietnamese dishes, a wide range of products made in Vietnam are introduced to visitors including coffee, tea, noodles, spices, fruits and dry goods in a bid to turn the Vietnamese Street Food Festival into a trade and culture promotion programme held regularly at Incentra. According to incomplete statistics, more than 200 Vietnamese cuisine restaurants are … [Read more...] about Vietnam boasts street food in Moscow
Street food producers face challenges in the segment
Firms' designs to break into the promising street food market by the difficulty to establish a name for themselves and deal with food safety issues. Street food is a promising segment (source: cntraveler.com) Seeing good prospect to gain the market share via VND trillions of monthly spending on street food, local food brands like Vissan, Saigon Food, and Ba Huan have entered the segment with dozens of traditional street food dishes, including banh trang tron (mixed paper cake), fried pig skin, and others. According to the latest data which local market research company Decision La provided VIR, local young people spend an average of VND13 trillion ($565 million) per month on street food. In addition, market research company Euromonitor stated that as of the end of 2016, there were 149,000 food kiosks in the country with the revenue of VND46.9 trillion ($2 billion) per year. Despite good market prospects, the local street food segment is dominated by street food vendors and … [Read more...] about Street food producers face challenges in the segment
Bun Cha among world’s most popular street foods
The Hanoitimes - There`s something so fulfilling about street food. So how many of these snacks have you tasted? Bun Cha has been ranked 14th among the most popular street foods in the world, according to a list released by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio, online and television network. Bun Cha in Hanoi. “Everyone has heard of pho, but perhaps the most loved street food of Hanoi is actually bun cha - a dish combining marinated grilled meats, rice noodles, dipping sauce and an abundance of fresh herbs. You'll find it on every street corner in Hanoi or in the central markets in Ho Chi Minh – as a lunchtime dish only,” SBS wrote. Guo Kui (China) tops the list, followed by Ful mudammas (Egypt), Falafel (France), Loukoumades (Greece), Pani puri (India), Brioche con gelato (Italy), Mandu (South Korea), Elote (Mexico), M'smen (Morocco), Pintxos (Spain), etc. Earlier, Vietnamese cuisine along the Mekong … [Read more...] about Bun Cha among world’s most popular street foods