Episode 8: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam

Heading further north to Bac Ha, Luke visits the busy weekend tourist markets and explores the local surrounds, learning to make his own rice wine.

Source: Luke Nguyen's Vietnam

The small town of Bac Ha comes alive on weekends as many a tourist flocks to its renowned weekend market. Here, Luke prepares ginger chicken in the "food court" with a bunch of keen observers. Venturing away from the market, Luke finds out how to make a local favourite, purple noodles, and smokes a duck while waiting for his homemade corn wine to brew.

 

Recipes

Chicken cooked in ginger

Purple noodle wok-tossed with bamboo and pork

Bac Ha green-tea smoked duck