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A beautifully packaged cookbook and highly personal culinary and cultural journey through the diverse regions of Vietnam. Join Luke Nguyen on a culinary and cultural journey through the country of his heritage to discover the people and recipes that have endeared Vietnam to the millions of travelers who visit each year. Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam follows his trip from northern Vietnam down to the south, through marketplaces and kitchens of strangers and family alike to find the best recipes Vietnam has to offer. Luke records his experiences with the people he meets and the places he visits along the way, breathing life into the classic recipes of Vietnam, from pho to banh mi and everything in between. Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam is a culinary showcase of Vietnam filled with heartwarming stories, breathtaking location shots, and mouthwatering food photography—a must-have cookbook that will be treasured for years to come.

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368 pages
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Hardie Grant Books
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October 1, 2013
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9.8 x 1.6 x 12 inches
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1742706207
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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

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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hardie Grant Books; Illustrated edition (October 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1742706207
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1742706207
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.98 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.8 x 1.6 x 12 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #389,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Vietnamese Cooking, Food & Wine
- #50 in Vietnam Travel Guides
- #1,542 in Celebrity & TV Show Cookbooks

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JonathanRO

Beautiful Kindle Edition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2014

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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. You'll find favourites from your local restaurant as well as new and delicious things to try. I'd actually urge people to buy the Kindle version over the print version; the Kindle version 70%, takes up 100% less space on your bookshelf, is easily bookmarked and annotated without making the book ugly, and can be taken with you anywhere so you can plan your dinner during your commute (and make colleagues or friends jealous that you're going to be eating some seriously tasty food while they have boil in a bag mystery meat). The majority of ingredients required for the recipes should be easily found in any major supermarket or in Asian food stores. This book is well worth the (little) money you'll pay for it, absolutely buy it your stomach will thank you.

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TnT

Impressive - one of the nicest Vietnamese cookbooks and in Kindle too!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 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!

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Doug M

Beautiful photos, questionable usefulness as cookbook

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 3, 2015

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Has beautiful, evocative photographs, along with some decent travel writing. Succeeds in giving a sense of the diversity of regional cuisines. Doesn't seem particularly great as a cookbook to be used, though, at least for most readers. Those who are less experienced with Vietnamese cooking would be better served by a book focused on classic dishes. Yet a decision was clearly made here to "dumb down" the terminology to a beginner level, keeping Vietnamese words to a minimum, and not printing any of the accents/diacritical marks on those that are used. Which is fine except it makes it harder to get the right ingredients. If you go to a Vietnamese/Asian market and ask for "swamp cabbage" (p. 34) nobody will have any idea what you're talking about -- but if you show them the word "rau muong" they'll get it for you because it's very commonly used. Same thing with a bunch of other ingredients. And if you ask for "com" (as written on p. 264) instead of "côm", they'll assume you just want regular rice ("cơm"). (If the author is reading these reviews, I'd suggest putting a glossary with more actual terms online.) That said, there are some creative dishes here that I'd like to try.

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Made a few of these recipes today and they were ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2016

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Made a few of these recipes today and they were quite tasty. The book itself has lovely images and a lot of interesting background info. I found it helpful to look through to learn about regional specialties prior to traveling to Vietnam. But be warned before you buy--the book is massive! Much larger than I expected and quite heavy

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John Stevens

Delivery was made on time.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2020

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Love the cookbook, Luke is an amazing chef and his food is both fresh and full of flavour!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2015

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I bought this cookbook for my SIL as a birthday gift. I actually bought her 5 cookbooks, but this is the one that I was wishing I had got for myself. The recipes and photos are awesome.

My SIL has had the book for nearly a month and said she has used it to cook their dinner most nights and she can't stop telling me how much she loves it!

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RR

Great recipes but poor layout

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 20, 2020

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Great set of recipes that are easy to follow. The ice cream in particular has been a big hit in my house. I believe it accompanies a TV series so there is a fair bit of travelogue style writing about what he cooked in a certain place, which I was indifferent to. My only criticism is the layout: there is no index and no list of recipes and the book is arranged by region. So if you're interested in a soup, for example, you need to go through every page to check.

3 people found this helpful

Janine Shaw

Vietnamese cooking made in heaven!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2019

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What a most wonderful book, it makes you feel as though you are there in Vietnam, cooking these amazing recipes. This fantastic book has lots of easy to follow recipes but also one has the stories of the regions, so one learns the cultural and fun side of Vietnam, I highly recommend this beautiful cookery book to anyone who loves Vietnamese cookery. The lead up text to the recipes is so absorbing and the photography of the dishes and the country are super. I am going on holiday early next year to Hoi An so was over the moon with the chapter on Hoi an, it gave me a brilliant insight to this region, Thankyou Luke.

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Earl

A beautiful recipe book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 16, 2019

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I bought this as a gift for my son’s birthday. He loves to cook and has just returned from Vietnam. My son was inspired by Luke Nguyen’s tv series. This book is large, thick and heavy and beautifully made with great photos, lovely stories and delicious recipes!

John Bye

Cookery book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2022

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It is a christmas present so unsure, but I think it will be great

THD

really authentic Vietnamese recipes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 13, 2021

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great book, easy to follow from a chef that is from the country so all the recipe are tried, tested and authentic.