Vietnamese food
Vietnamese food is light and full of zing, loaded with fresh herbs such as cilantro, lemon grass, basil and mint. From beautifully delicate spring rolls to world-famous Pho, each slurp and crunch of Vietnamese cuisine balances complex layers of sweet, bitter, sour, salty and umami, in a way that is disarmingly simple.
In Vietnamese food, every ingredient sings through. Lime, chili, fish sauce and soy are used as base notes in many dishes, but the stars of the show are the crisp herbs and vegetables, barely cooked and only used at their freshest, so that their natural textures and flavors are maintained.
Oil plays little part in cooking methods, and heavy coconut milk is relied on much less than in Thai dishes, so it is little wonder that Vietnamese is seen as one of the world's …