They're slippy and they're slimy, but they are delicious, especially when cooked by Hanoi's eel expert. He even insists only using eels from his hometown and has them delivered 300 miles everyday!

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rediscovering Vietnamese cuisine in a converted French villa proves to be a stimulating and tasty experience. Nguyen My Ha reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cuisine is one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions, but there are some dishes you need a bit of courage to eat, like snake meat.

A delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea led by Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the WPK Ri Su-yong arrived for a luncheon

 VietNamNet Bridge – Years spent studying abroad and experiencing different cultures and cuisines have helped Nguyen Khanh Vuong Anh realise her love for cooking, and especially Vietnamese food.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese cuisine includes many types of chè (pudding) such as chè bà cốt (pudding made of glutinous rice, ginger, and sugar) and chè con ong (honeycomb-shaped pudding).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A report from the Viet Nam National Administration for Tourism shows that Japan was among the top three tourism source markets for Vietnam.

In Vietnamese cuisine, nem rán (fried spring rolls) and nem cuốn tôm thịt (fresh shrimp and pork rolls) are among the most popular and tasty of the hundreds of local dishes that residents and foreigners alike enjoy.

Diners were treated to extravagant food and wine pairings in a private dinner party at T-Art in the heart of Ha Noi’s Old Quarter on Tuesday. "I’m very happy that T-Art has been receiving rave reviews and has been rated five stars

VietNamNet Bridge – Andrea Nguyen has authored many English books featuring Vietnamese cuisine that are more than cook books, offering glimpses into national history, culture and traditional customs.

Vietnamese-Australian celebrity chef Luke Nguyen is overseeing the rebirth of the newly renovated Vietnam House in the heart of HCM City, offering a new twist on old favorites. Nguyen became famous at aged 23 

 CNN travel describes pho as a simple staple, consisting of a salty broth, fresh rice noodles, a sprinkling of herbs and chicken or beef. It features predominately in the local diet. 

An unusual feature of Vietnamese cuisine is the ownership that people – chefs, restaurant owners, gourmets or just the “common man” – display for a dish, and the stories that they are prepared to share.

From the humblest nomadic street food vendor and street food stall to the fanciest restaurant you can imagine, if the eatery serves Vietnamese food, it serves rice noodles,

Connoisseurs will have a chance to taste the flavours created by Michelin-starred chef Marc De Passorio in Ha Noi for a series of events hosted by the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel. 

Founder and CEO of Hoi An Culinary Events, chef Keerthi Hapugasdeniya, will organise the second Hoi An International Food Festival on March 20-26. The award-winning Sri Lankan-born chef who lives in Australia

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huong Lien Bun Cha Restaurant on Ha Noi’s Le Van Huu Street became famous in a single night, after US President Barack Obama ate dinner there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign tourists may not be attracted to Vietnamese food through TV shows without tasting them, said Ly Huy Sang, deputy director of Minh Long 1 Co. Ltd.

In a corner between Pasteur and Ly Tu Trong streets in District 1 is a curiosity-arousing restaurant name: “Secret Garden.” Customers to this eatery have to go all the way down a road and up to the fifth floor of an aging condo building

 VietNamNet Bridge – “I know I’m an acquired taste – I’m anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.” – Tori Amos