Thank you bro, I used to be in Vietnam about 4 months ago. I want to meet you in Vietnam someday but I'm in US now... So sad to left Vietnam but anyway thank you bro for being "Thổ Địa"!
Max is simple but straight to the point. The second dish looks absolutely delicious with flavorful grilled barbecue pork pieces, tasty spring rolls and crunchy peanut.
This is the kind of content I'm all about, dropping some real knowledge on the local cuisine and highlighting some brilliant looking spots, not just the usual "must visits" that everyone else is showing on RU-vid. Thanks
Love your Thai street food content. I am a Vietnamese American living in Thailand the last 17 years so I was looking forward to your Saigon street food. I understand why you compare it to Thai food, but I believe it cheapens the experience and the food. When you talk about Thai food, you speak to it for what it is without comparison to other cuisine, which makes it enjoyable. Vietnamese food is amazing and is worthy to be critiqued on its on without having to be compared to other cuisine. Keep the content coming Gary!
Yeah I get that completely Tuan. Hopefully you’ll like my other three videos more, once I’d warmed up a bit. 50 percent of my audience are Thai so I’m just letting them know a little history of where they’re food comes from (like with the banh canh) and also that they can definitely enjoy Vietnamese food when they come here. Of course Vietnamese food deserves to be critiqued on its own but I’d literally just got off the plane and started filming so I definitely didn’t want to pretend to be an expert. I said Vietnam do better soups than Thailand so I’d anything, my Thai viewers should be annoyed 😂 I definitely wasn’t trying to offend anyone Tuan 🙏
@@theroamingcook people can get worked up when you talk about politics, religion, sports and FOOD, 555. No offense taken as there is a shared appreciation for thought and dedication that people put in to creating delicious Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, thus why we choose to live in this region. I also appreciate that both you and Max have taken the time to learn the language to better connect with locals. Keep the content coming!
Thanks again Tuan, I appreciate the feedback always my friend! I’m learning some Vietnamese for my next trip so hopefully I’m not such a fish out of water 😂
Max speaks Vietnamese, Japanese and Mandarin in addition to knowing all of the Vietnamese dishes and ingredients. Two high level individuals here working on their craft. I followed Max back when he had like 1000 subs and wore glasses. Same qualities I now see in Gary.
Gary, thanks again. The Bún Thịt Nướng lady is always my first stop in HCMC but last time there it was TET and they were closed 😭I’m craving it it now! Can’t wait for the next video. Cheers 🍻
I live off the grid in the US and feel alive and comfy when I am out of the built Western world. It's so delightful to run into kindred spirits like you on RU-vid. It's not my preferred way to meet people, but there is a thread that must run through us all. I'm looking to find a new career path. I'd love to live my next years to continue traveling, but I have to say, it's been a a great ride to live in the mountains and woods here as a field biologist in the wilderness while also getting to see the world through professional conferences. Last year was Costa Rica and before then was Brussels through Iceland (campervan), but honestly, visiting the outer banks of the US would probably more exotic. That's where the next meeting is.
You guys are so lucky to sit by the streets eating delicious foods in Saigon. I haven't got a chance to do that for years. Keep posting street food videos, pls. You did a great job in this video
Yeah it’s on another level. This place was my favourite 7 Bridges Brewing Co. Saigon Taproom & Bottle Shop +84 97 732 64 78 goo.gl/maps/S7rKTRR8n2BmoRMo7
Fantastic video Gary 🤩 Totally opened my eyes to the treasures of Vietnam.....more to add to the Food Bucket list! All I need to do now is twist your arm to include Vietnam on your food tours 🤔.....maybe twice a year you can summon a small group of us to join you?
Great video Gary! What a treat to see Max in your video. I've been watching his videos for a year or more, and he is definitely the man when it comes to Vietnamese food!
the Bun Thit Nuong place is my favourite too!!, used to work just around the corner, a little pricier than your usual BTN but the quality of the spring roll ( which on its own is 30k each! ) will be what you would usually pay for a BTN in most districts outside of d1 on its own, haha, but that and the beautifully grilled meat makes up for it, definitely get what you pay for 👍
Love it when you are comparing the differences between the soups from different countries Gary! Love the way you describe the contents in the soups….Same same but a little different 😉 Thanks for sharing another mega-awesome food vlog:)
Love all the noodles you had here. New to your channel but absolutely love your Vietnamese food content already! Great that you have Max to join you in this Noodle Tours! Looking forward to seeing more Vietnamese food Gary!!
Mun Gaew is Jicama, Gary. Thanks for the time and effort you put in to bring us all these excellent clips. Today is a special treat to be watching two handsome guys doing what they do best. Shout out to Max. Wooooooooo Pig......Sooooooooooooieeeeeeeee.
They are cousins so I wasn’t too far off Panna. 😉 not something I’m very familiar with, I should work on that! Awww thank you as always, I was hoping you would enjoy this one!
BUN RIEU (Boon Real) is originally from the north and not eaten with blood cake. To me I cant eat it.. and dont understand why ppl like to add it to many noodles. But love the fried tofu and Gio tai (meat cake).. cooked with DAM BONG (a by product from the process of making vinegar)(northern style) (the flavor is incredible). Btw you promounced Mam Tom so well.
Thanks Ruth, I must admit I didn't remember it having blood cakes having only eaten it before in Hanoi. I'll have to go back and try it in the north 😀 I'm glad I pronounced something right 😅
Ấm thực đường phố Vn đa dạng cũng là nền văn hóa truyền thống . Có những món quý vị không thể ăn được , những hương vị ngọt bùi , cay đắng , chua , mặn …chen lẫn sự mến khách hiền hòa thân thiện cũng là đặc điểm . Chúc bạn trải nghiệm vui khỏe và Hp.
Really enjoyed the video on Saigon food..I was planning on taking my wife to Vietnam the Spring Covid hit, so never made it.. saved the cost of travelling there by making my wife watch this video..thxs lol
The shrimp paste is potent 🤣 takes a special kind of person to enjoy it. I’m Vietnamese and even shrimp paste scares me. Generally if you put it in the broth though it basically just melts in and a tiny tiny bit is good to give the umami.
Usually vietnamese spring rolls contain khoai Mo^n (taro) and cu sa('n (jacema) which you've forgot to mention. These ingredients set vietnamese spring rolls apart from chinese.
Wow Max is the man ! been following him few years back Max is a south east Asian food elite. Gary you even fly from Bangkok to Saigon for food logs ? Wow that's so professional. Are you planning to stay there for a while or it's just a one day trip? Now I'm looking forward for a few more of your Vietnam food videos. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1365">22:45</a> Haha you got candid by a handsome police man, hope that won't be used against you in the future (just kidding, I think he just didn't see much of Farang doing a comprehensive food video with such an enthusiasm :D ).
Yeah Max is by far the best farang food guy on RU-vid for me so I was lucky to have him show me around for a few days. I was just there for 3 days now back in BKK WITH MY 👦. Hahaha I didn’t even notice the police man! 😅
"Going to a craft beer bar...", and then you don't show the craft beer?! haha..but great video as usual. I always say Thai food is my favorite food country (curries), but some of my favorite dishes are Vietnamese. Bún is perhaps one of the most perfect dishes possible IMHO...all those herbs, and the sauce..yum!
welcome to VietNam, hope you have a wonderful time here. By the way, i hope u will have subtitles for your videos (maybe English or Vietnamese) so i can follow and understand more about your journey and more people will watch your videos. Thank you and enjoy your trip ❤️
Sooooooo good! I like the 2nd dish the best! But all 3 amazing...thanks Gary! Your mate still has a bit of an Arkansas accent! after all those years :)
Thank you for your doing about everything in Vietnam🇻🇳✌. If you wanna make a long story in Vietnam, I think you should do like I showed Max when him make clip that add Vietnamese sub in your clip! Ask Max for Vietnamese translator!
@@theroamingcook Yeah, It's not too bad but you know for more your time to do something else and more better of your clips then you need a translator! I love all the clip about Vietnamese food, travel, culture... In Vietnam🇻🇳✌.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="763">12:43</a> It's not cassava that they put in the egg rolls, it's taro I think. I don't know any other cuisine in Asia that uses taro in egg rolls and that's why Vietnamese egg rolls taste the best to me, because of this one ingredient. Taro ads a lot of flavor, body, texture and creaminess to the egg rolls.
@@theroamingcook Oh wow, I guess I was wrong after all LOL. I do know about jicama being used in eggrolls, guess it has a crunch to it. The Taro, though, is the best non-meat ingredient in an egg roll in my opinion.
A pork wotsit sounds intruiging lol Love the 1st soup how the crab cake had started to break up into little clumps to thicken the soup, reminds me a bit of the shrimp head TYG @ Banglamphu. Good video duchess, can't wait to see more of this magnificent country!
After my 2nd time rewatch it, I’ve got the idea. THE ROAMING COOK NETWORK. 😍🥰 TRCN is the “real, authentic food expert of each country.” Gary is TRC THAILAND. Max is TRC VIETNAM. And so on on PH, Malaysia, Singapore, Morocco etc. And when tourists need to try the real authentic food in Thailand they must find Gary and when they keep on to Vietnam, Gary refer them to Max. 🥰🥰😇😇⚡️ This can be the GLOBAL NETWORKING. Make the true food experts who have the truest love of the native food join force together. And when the network grows you all produce the food show together on BBC channel. 😆😆
That’s what I’m going for Jo so I’m glad you saw it 😀 I don’t want to pretend to be an expert when I have an actual expert in that country that can show me their favourites 😀
@@theroamingcook Wow!!! I am beyond the moon knowing this!! I will root for you till the day your idea materialize!! Let’s go for THE ROAMING COOK NETWORK manifest!!! Awww.. I am so happy. 💕❤️💖💕💖
Damn, this dude eats alot of chillies. I'm sweating just by watching the vid 🥵 Great vid btw, Max is the one you should stick with while making the food tour in VN
How can you go back to bangers and mash after that?! Lol Those dishes looked delicious but I already know they are. I've been able to eat a lot of Vietnamese food in Australia as I grew up here with my family. I am so glad you enjoyed those meals! X
Well done GB mate and Max mate.. Food with humanity..mate... Thank you Cheers mate.. MISS Thai and Malay food in Melbourne... Cheers, Pradeep. POllachi,Tamilnadu.-South India.
Hi Gary, great video as usual. Food looks wonderful! I've spent some time in Hanoi but never HCMC, I'll have to visit soon. In the third bowl you seem to suggest that Udon noodles come from Udon Thani; I don't think that's right, I think the name is just a coincidence. Wherever they're from, they're delicious!
Thank Will mate! Sorry for the confusion, I’ll clarify 😅 I meant that the banh canh noodles, which we call guay jub yuan and lao call khao piak sen, came into Thailand via Udon Thani or actually Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom , Ubon Ratchatani etc. in the Isan region along the Mekong. Udon noodles are made from wheat, these are rice and tapioca. Sorry I was a bit overwhelmed with the new flavours on the video and not making much sense 😂
So many different kinds of 'kapi' here in Thailand. They all vary in flavour, colour and texture. Would really be interesting to taste the Vietnamese shrimp paste one day.