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In this week’s episode, Michelin-Recommended Chef Olivier tours Vietnam to explore local dishes influenced by French cuisine!
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banger video!!
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Femboy
Why did you re-upload this video?
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Best baguette in the world!
Why is the video's title deceptive? The title says "French Michelin Chef Tries Banh Mi for the First Time" , but clearly the chef has A LOT of experience with Banh Mi and clearly shows he's eaten it before. Why are you lying to your audience for click bait?
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Excellent episode thanks for sharing.
For phở, this is stated on Wiktionary:
Clipping of earlier lục phở, nhục phở, a truncation of Cantonese 牛肉粉 (ngau4 juk6 fan2, “beef noodles”) (SV: ngưu nhục phấn), likely as a result of street cries. The word nhục-phở itself is attested in Đánh bạc (1915) by Tản Đà (published in 1930 in Quốc-văn trích-diễm).
Equivalent to a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 粉 (fěn). Doublet of phấn and bún, which were borrowed much earlier. More on Wikipedia.
A popular folk etymology holds that the term instead came from French feu (“fire”), as in pot-au-feu.
Bro, I’m literally from that country
Vietnamese cuisine is not only influenced by French lol..Majority of its influence came from the Chinese and it goes beyond just on food alone.
What a great guest
Man I’m jealous. All that delicious Vietnamese food 🤤 Great seeing Sheldon and Sandy!
another _____ tries _______ food video 😑
what are you doing in Vietnam??? this is so very unexpected. Hope you enjoy your trip.
French definitely did not bring pho to Vietnam GTFO out of here we have made various soups before the french influence like hu tieu and bun rieu.
The comments from the French chef are really making (likely not just) me (but a whole lot Vnese people) laughing out loud. With all respect, except Bánh mì (influenced from the Baguette) and Pa-tê-sô, the remaining food listed are greatly forced in frame. There is no way that "we (the French) brought it (phở) here" as the chef claimed. Phở was highly likely influenced by the Chinese culture, other than the French. Just look at how Asian it is.
Forcing the snail dish with escargot was also a strongly forceful analogization. Vnese people ate all those shelled animals since ancient times. As the chef also said, we have all kinds of fresh-water snails, salted-water snails, and terrestrial snails related dishes. And the dish in the video is just one dish in a whole maze of snail-dishes collection.
The last one is the most awful claim. The bánh mì was there with bò kho because after French people came, bánh mì became a major carb source. (myself even can eat bánh mì instead of rice some days). And guess what, most dishes need a carb, and bánh mì is just a convenient (and tasty) source. If claiming everything with bánh mì attached came from French. Then this video will need to be lengthened to hours to be comprehensive. Bò né, phá lấu, ra gu, bánh mì hấp, bánh mì chấm, bánh mì bơ, etc. =)))))))))))))))))) All those are also brought to VN by French? =))))))))))
I stopped going to starbucks over 10 years ago, I either go to asian cafes or get my coffee from pho restaurants.
The peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made in the US was influence by the french. Before the french invented bread Americans had to simply scoop it straight out of the jar and cram it down their throats 😂. Just because you ate bo kho with bread he says it was influenced by the french. GTFOH! Bo kho is also eaten as a noodle dish.
Most humbling frenchman ive seen, his restaurant looks outstanding. But pho im gonna stick with all the China noodle + beef soup hangzhou, guangdong, teowchao to Hanoi – Saigon. Its genes is all Asia.
A somebody thats been to Laos many times, there is some French influence still in their food. He needs a road trip next door
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Great vid!!!
lmao. i'm living and studying 50m away from the second bánh mì u guys had and haven't tried it out
This video was filmed in Da Nang.
Cool to see you in Vietnam
Sheldon's a really nice guy, too nice it's annoying sometimes.
Who is the boy at the back of the car?
I am Viet American. We grew up eating foie gras and pate. My parents would get fresh baguettes regularly from a Viet bakery. We loved putting pate or foie gras on the baguette and just ate it like that. When I first traveled to France as a teen, I was like: "Ah… I get it now." Yes, I give credit to the French for our banh-mi. Not sure about the "pho." There isn't a whole lot of broth in the pot-au-feu, and it doesn't contain noodles. It does resemble the last dish (bo kho), but you can't claim both dishes (pho and bo kho) as inspired from one dish (pot au feu). I think the Vietnamese would have eaten snails with or without the French, since we eat every kind of seafood available. Growing up, I frequented a Viet restaurant in San Jose that always had frog legs on the menu. I would credit the French for the popularity of frog legs in the Viet cuisine.
I… don't know if your team is equipped to unpack this subject with the sensitivity required. No offense! Vietnam learnt street culture and fresh ingredients from the french? Wut? Hanoi is over a thousand years old as a city.
So happy to see Sheldon visiting Vietnam!! This is a great video!!
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There are a lot of Chinese influences in Vietnam's cuisine as well as the Vietnam's culture. The French occupied Vietnam for 100 years, but the Chinese were there for a thousand years. Also, I think pho was originally created for Chinese customers in Vietnam.
That’s a small pho? I want to see the big
Mate, you should go to district 5 in SG. You can speak Canto and try many fusion food.
Aint you chinese? Lol
Just cause it has baguette dont mean it’s French inspired. I can have a chop cheese on a baguette but it aint French inspired.
Rất đáng tiếc văn hóa ba xàm bầm dập truyền xuống từ ông bà đến cha mẹ đến thầy cô giáo đến con cháu đến người chính quyền lãnh đạo đều sinh sống thiếu ý thức xả rác như chuột. Vì vậy có xây nhà cao cửa rộng thành phố xã hội cũng vẫn là một ổ chuột.
Why don't white people claim credits for the Vietnamese famine of 1944-1945 which killed two million Vietnamese peasants?
I DONT LIKE THIS IDEA. THE FOOD AND INGREDIENTS HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO THE TASTE AND LIKINGS OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. IT'S NO LONGER FRENCH INSPIRED, IT IS ACTUALLY VIETNAMESE INSPIRED, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE HERE.