Nom, nom, Việt Nam - Episode 81: Intestine hotpot

Are you a fan of pig intestine hotpot?

Bếp Quán Restaurant doesn’t just serve a wide range of delicacies from Việt Nam’s three different regions but also offers a special craft beer brewed from buckwheat, a local plant from the northern province of Hà Giang. Ngô Minh discovers a menu of food and beverage delights.

Delicacies made from freshwater snails are on the menu at Ốc Thị Nở Restaurant, a friendly space where diners can enjoy the street-food staple with a glass of draught beer. Ngô Minh takes a bite.

Making sauces to accompany food is a challenge for any chef and the world of sauces can be a jungle that novice cooks falter in. 

A hotpot restaurant and a karaoke bar in HCM City were locked down Monday after a 23-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus, linked to a previously reported patient that entered Việt Nam illegally on December 24, as more close contacts across the southern region are being identified.

A restaurant in downtown Hà Nội replicates a state-run shop that provided food rations to the population during and after the war years.