Luke Nguyens Railway Vietnam

[mark111757 Profile]

Season 1, Episode 01 –
In this first episode Luke digs deep to find the ‘old’ markets before they all start disappearing as the Ho Chi Minh landscape in District 1 rapidly develops. Luke visits District 11 where the people specialise in the local dish mi sui cao (similar to the wonton). He learns from the ‘great aunties’ about their secret recipe styles, after all they’ve been cooking mi sui cao for many years. Luke then follows his sweet tooth to Marou in search of great tasting cacao and delves into the history of Vietnamese chocolate. Finally, at Binh Thanh, Luke goes prawn fishing indoors – a unique experience where you can fish, relax, drink beer and cook.

Season 1, Episode 02 –
Luke’s next stop is at the popular tourist destination of Dalat, where he starts off in the most authentic fashion at the historic art deco Dalat train station built by the French in the 1930’s. Later, in Thap Cham, Luke hops onto a scooter and rides around the Central Highlands to visit a father and son team of chefs and experience the unique bamboo fire cooking. Together, they create French-inspired dishes using frogs. Luke tries his hand at creating banh trang nuong (Vietnamese pizza) alongside a bustling restaurant that has been around for generations. Lastly, Luke stops off at a restaurant called The Wooden House which has pioneered the farm to table movement in Dalat.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Doesn’t seem to be scheduled for UK broadcast so far but I’m sure we’ll get it

[Renee Profile]

Thanks Mark. I really do hope that we get this series over in the UK. I did visit Vietnam more than 20 years ago, so it is always interesting to see how Vietnam has changed over the years.

It has been available in Australia, so it should arrive here very soon hopefully!

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/201 ... ay-vietnam

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/201 ... x#cxrecs_s

[Renee Profile]

I've just been watching this wonderful video of Luke Nguyen's where is is making Vietnamese Pork Meatballs in Dalat.

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/vie ... mi-xiu-mai

[mark111757 Profile]

Greets to all.

Yes this is being shown in beautiful Oz and it popped up on my fav down load site. So it has hit the download circuit.

Here is a link with episode info and recipes

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/201 ... ay-vietnam

It is airing on SBS Thursday nights at 730pm Aussie time. No idea what that is in the UK or the States.

If you have the band width and a good VPN, you ought to be able to watch it as it airs on SBS.

As I watched this I thought of the hairy bikers when they made their way Vietnam.

Enjoy!

[Renee Profile]

Thanks very much for the link, Mark! There are some fabulous recipes there.