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"This gorgeous coffee table-worthy cookbook from the dashing Australian chef and host of Cooking Channel's "Passport To Asian" strikes the perfect balance between beauty and brains. The National Geographic-style color photos are visually breathtaking and the interesting-but-doable recipes will have your travel hound friends reaching for their passports, with a slight detour to the kitchen of course." ~The Oregonian
"...this book is big and beautiful. Its recipes deliver Vietnamese dishes without a lot of specialty-store shopping." ~Washington Post
"...this book is big and beautiful. Its recipes deliver Vietnamese dishes without a lot of specialty-store shopping." ~Washington Post
About the Author
Luke Nguyen is a well-renowned Vietnamese Australian chef, best known for his television series Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam and his new series Greater Mekong. His shows have aired throughout the world and can currently be seen on The Cooking Channel (US), The Food Network (US), UKTV, The Living Channel, and XYZ Entertainment Pty Ltd. Luke was raised in Australia in Sydney’s vibrant and notorious Vietnamese quarter. His parents opened and ran a local Vietnamese restaurant, and it was this passion for food that first ignited Luke’s interest. After learning the basics from his parents, Luke trained with a number of well-respected Sydney chefs before opening The Red Lantern restaurant with his sister, Pauline. Since then, The Red Lantern has become one of Sydney’s most acclaimed restaurants. Luke has written three previous cookbooks, Secrets of the Red Lantern, Songs of Sapa, and Indochine and was recently announced as the host of Masterchef.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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on October 26, 2013
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I have come across quite a few cookbooks, not just Vietnamese but Italian, French, Mexican, from the Southern US, etc.
I am sure the hard copy is quite beautiful but I was blown away by how nice the kindle edition was. I have a few cookbooks in kindle where the formatting was so far off, with the recipe centering by 3-4 inch widths per page.
I immigrated to the US in April 1975 when I was only two yrs old. I am able to speak the language to my parents and relatives but I cannot read or write in Vietnamese. Therefore to try to write down the recipes from my mother was quite difficult especially when she doesn't exactly need to measure.
This recipe book is great because from the ingredients to the pictures, they are almost identical to how my mom made it! Now I have the precise measurements.....because people like myself were not exactly born to cook. I can't wait to try out these pictures and to salvage the many recipes I have been trying to write down from my mom before it's too late.
The most beautiful part of the book are the stories about Vietnam and the pictures are just stunning. Thank you for making this book available in Kindle! I saw it in hard copy and was praying it would be available in kindle. Thank you! thank you! Thank you!
I am sure the hard copy is quite beautiful but I was blown away by how nice the kindle edition was. I have a few cookbooks in kindle where the formatting was so far off, with the recipe centering by 3-4 inch widths per page.
I immigrated to the US in April 1975 when I was only two yrs old. I am able to speak the language to my parents and relatives but I cannot read or write in Vietnamese. Therefore to try to write down the recipes from my mother was quite difficult especially when she doesn't exactly need to measure.
This recipe book is great because from the ingredients to the pictures, they are almost identical to how my mom made it! Now I have the precise measurements.....because people like myself were not exactly born to cook. I can't wait to try out these pictures and to salvage the many recipes I have been trying to write down from my mom before it's too late.
The most beautiful part of the book are the stories about Vietnam and the pictures are just stunning. Thank you for making this book available in Kindle! I saw it in hard copy and was praying it would be available in kindle. Thank you! thank you! Thank you!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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well written, good recipes and photos
a useable coffee table cookbook
but, too big to use easily in the kitchen
a useable coffee table cookbook
but, too big to use easily in the kitchen
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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on December 10, 2013
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Excellent book. Interesting read as well as loaded with very makeable signature Vietnamese recipes. Can find most ingredients easily in the States.
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I've only been using "Vietnam" on my tablet so far, so I can't tell you how it looks on a Kindle, but on my tablet it's excellent. There's always the worry that Kindle editions of recipe books will be dreadful, with eye gougingly terrible layouts or just looking dull as the dishwater you end up with after dinner (unless you have a dishwasher, in which case I'm completely envious of your shiny crockery, slovenly yet near instant post-dinner entertainment, lack of lower back pain or prune fingers). Vietnam doesn't have any such issues, it looks brilliant on my tablet, with beautiful photography (not just food porn you usually find in cookbooks, but actual travel photography from around Vietnam) which really make you want to explore the book fully.
This book is divided into sections based on regions in Vietnam, so there's a section on Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An, Hanoi and many other places from North through to South Vietnam. Every section has starts with the various bits of information about the specific place in Vietnam itself which are relatively brief and very interesting. The sections aren't organised in any particular manner that I can see, there are chicken recipes followed by fish recipes, then beef, then back to chicken etc. This doesn't get in the way of exploring the recipes or finding them later. I've just bookmarked my favourite recipes so it's easy to find them. I've tried 3 or 4 recipes already and they've all worked out really well. The wonderful thing about Vietnamese cooking is there's a real freshness to it, everything comes together so well , it's smells amazing as you're cooking and tastes just as good, if not better once it's served.
This is a comprehensive recipe book of Vietnamese cooking.Read more ›
This book is divided into sections based on regions in Vietnam, so there's a section on Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An, Hanoi and many other places from North through to South Vietnam. Every section has starts with the various bits of information about the specific place in Vietnam itself which are relatively brief and very interesting. The sections aren't organised in any particular manner that I can see, there are chicken recipes followed by fish recipes, then beef, then back to chicken etc. This doesn't get in the way of exploring the recipes or finding them later. I've just bookmarked my favourite recipes so it's easy to find them. I've tried 3 or 4 recipes already and they've all worked out really well. The wonderful thing about Vietnamese cooking is there's a real freshness to it, everything comes together so well , it's smells amazing as you're cooking and tastes just as good, if not better once it's served.
This is a comprehensive recipe book of Vietnamese cooking.Read more ›
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This is a great cookbook that tells you about each area of Vietnam, and then recipes that are relevant to the area.
I have tried many of the recipes and while some were not easy, they all tasted great!
I have tried many of the recipes and while some were not easy, they all tasted great!
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The book is beautiful, the recipes are stunning and the photographs are amazing. However, sometimes I felt that by not watching his TV show (at least not yet) I was missing some of the action. An example would be the stir fry he made during the train ride to Sapa. I wanted to see a photo of the completed dish. I didn't want the recipe but I would have loved to see how the dish turned out, the crew, etc. I wanted to feel like I was experiencing it with them. I would also have loved to see more pictures of the people he met and cooked with.
With that being said I really enjoyed how authentic and genuine he was, like the egg embryo story. I liked how he invited us to his family and shared their recipes with us. And of course, I absolutely loved the recipes and the quality of the photographs. I am def happy I bought this book and I totally recommend it to anyone who is ready to fall in love with Vietnam.
With that being said I really enjoyed how authentic and genuine he was, like the egg embryo story. I liked how he invited us to his family and shared their recipes with us. And of course, I absolutely loved the recipes and the quality of the photographs. I am def happy I bought this book and I totally recommend it to anyone who is ready to fall in love with Vietnam.
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This book is amazing, the recipes, the stories, the pictures, I just can't rave enough about it. It is way better then my expectations. I have the first book which I also love, now I have the second, I can't wait for the third.
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