I enjoy the humor and creativity of your youtube shorts, Uyen, but there's something extra special about your longer videos. Just seeing you earnestly share your life and culture with us is so educational and fun. I really love how you never try to be anyone else in your videos and how real you are. I've been on youtube for almost 15 years now, and out of all the channels I've ever come across, you might just be my favorite youtuber ever. :)
Grocery shopping is honestly my favourite part of travelling. It gives insights into what the locals eat, and it's always super fun to try out new snacks 😋
For me here in 2024 UK, it's interesting to see how fully stocked all the shelves are; ours haven't been like that since covid. I don't even really notice it anymore, until I see something like this where there aren't gaps all over the shelves! 🤣🤣 Yes, I ALWAYS visit supermarkets and markets and home decor stores too, actually, when I'm abroad.
I love going to the market with my wife when I was in Vietnam… the stuff they have blows my mind . I didn’t matter if it’s an actual grocery store or the neighborhood open market I wanted to be there.
Uyen, those shrimp paste and fish paste are not pickled but fermented. So it is a totally different process to make them, and since the salt content is too high, it is very unlikely that any bacteria can survive in that environment and therefore, very safe to consume. Any risk of food poisoning that might come from eating bun dau mam tom (fried tofu with shrimp paste) is usually from the fresh herbs that is contaminated and not cleaned properly. Just want to clarify. 😊
Both the production of shrimp paste and pickled shrimp involve fermentation processes and the participation of bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria are commonly found in pickled shrimp and other fermented sour foods. On the other hand, protein-degrading bacteria such as Bacillus are prevalent in shrimp paste. Although the salt concentration in shrimp paste is high, it is not sufficient to completely inhibit bacteria, as many species can tolerate high salt levels. Of course, pathogenic bacteria typically have a low salt tolerance and are inhibited by other bacterial strains in shrimp paste, making it safe to eat.
I also love the bitter melon - you can grow them in Germany as well! Just take the seeds out of the fruit, dry and bring them. I plant them indoor in February/March and put them on balcony in May 😊
Awh, I love how enthusiastic Uyen is about her culture! As she should be. ♥My fiancé is Vietnamese and very disconnected from his culture/language (Americanized) but I try to help him embrace it and encourage him to learn more about it. We both bond over our culture's foods and Uyen has been a big help in familiarizing him with what certain foods are in his culture (he's eaten them but doesn't remember or know the name of certain dishes) as well as sharing her experience with Vietnamese culture. We both hope to visit Vietnam some day! Thank you, Uyen!
I fell in love with that chili sauce when I visited vietnam a few years ago. Luckily, living in San Diego, I finally found a Vietnamese grocery store that actually sells it!! I always keep a few spare bottles and use it all the time! I live in Little Saigon and I went to all the different little grocery stores trying to find it. I give it away to anyone that says they like hot sauce bc it’s the best.
But it is so true. Even the most expensive brand of rice you can find in an ordinary danish grocery store taste like trash compared to any rice from an asian grocery store 😂
@@isabellagrnneskov3537 same thing for getting a decent early grey (or any) black tea in Germany. They all taste like cardboard 😂 (although truth be told it has gotten a lot better over the years when u know where to look)
I don't know as a American we are very spoiled in this country so at our local grocery stores they have three main brands a couplemof them come dro, Thailand and I forgot the other country and the hige bag of ricemcost $25-$35 depending on the brand and type of rice meaningnifmits jasmine or basmatti rice and if you want to really go truly authentic just hit up your local asian mart where they sell everything. I am assuming outside of U.S.A and even Canada this isn't the case meaning with your European countrys it's not very spoiledmlike that..@@Thanosss123a
@@hhheidi1121 we pickle them just like you do with cornichon cucumbers, green tomatoes and the rest. I personally don’t like that the inside is too mushy but the exterior is crunchy so it makes up for it. Tbh I never did it myself, just helped my aunty with pickling, I think it’s just hot water, salt and a touch of vinegar poured in the jars then the jars get closed, boiled and that’s about it. The jars for tomatoes and watermelon pickling are those big ones or people even use large plastic containers. Our traditional cuisine is pork, pork and pork…so pickles are very popular cause they cut the fat. As for what we do with them, we eat them of course☺️
Aloe Vera juice, my great grandmother would make it. Peel, cut cubes from the jelly, boil, add sugar, she would add some gelatin but she was using it as a health drink.
You have to be really careful though, because Aloe Vera has a poisonous layer. That's why it's actually recommended not to make Aloe Vera juice at home. You can buy it ready-made everywhere (even in Germany, like at drugstores (dm, Rossmann, Müller etc.)). I personally buy Aloe Vera leaves (which are available in Germany in organic markets like Bio Company, Denn's etc.) to heal skin injuries, like sunburns, scratches, mosquito bites and so on, or dry skin - it just works miracles, much better than any wound cream. You can freeze Aloe Vera really well and then just glide frozen pieces over the skin.
I just want to say, thank you for sharing your culture. I love learning about the mundane things about how others lives, because that's what encompasses most of our lives😂. Please keep being yourself and feeding the masses Liebe aus Köln❤❤❤❤❤❤
Going to supermarket is a must-do thing whenever I'm back in Vietnam. Just seeing long aisles of my favourite stuffs is more than enough, and actually be able to buy themmm?!! The supermarket brings out the happiest little girl in me.
After having a holiday in Vietnam, chin-su is my go to hot sauce, it is amazingly good, so good with eggs, pork and chicken, happy to have a Vietnamese store in my hometown with sells this
I can't stress enough how much Vietnamese love fish sauce. Everyone has their favorite brands. And people can tell the difference from brand to brand. I would legit quit a meal because of "bad" fish sauce. In quote, because the taste varies so much between types and brands. Think of it as the Vietnamese version of wine. Smelly wine which we don't drink. Hope this helps. Edit: Viva shrimp salts! (So glad you didn't forget about them)
but that makes SO MUCH sense, thats like saying every hot sauce is the same, each ah their own taste for it. so of course fish sauce will have variety.
We pickle a lot of things in the Southern US, too. Garlic, eggplant, eggs, pigs feet, watermelon... I think the hot climate encourages it! I loved seeing the vegetables. I'm growing luffa gourd in my garden now.
A little suggestion for when you travel if you ever come to the United States, there’s a place in California. It’s called Garden Grove and it has a large Vietnamese community and the city is actually called Little Saigon. ❤ the only reason I know is I live in Garden Grove and I’m half Vietnamese . From Vietnam to Little Saigon in Garden Grove the food is authentic and made the same way with lots Asian markets everywhere.
There used to be a restaurant in garden grove called Grand China Buffet, it was nr a target and crowne plaza? When we were on holiday from the uk we always went there and it was mostly filled with local families
@@southernbelle74😂no hun during the Vietnam war a lot of Vietnamese relocated to Orange County California. They settled in a place in Garden Grove where they called Little Saigon. I’m not used to all that other stuff. The only reason I know is because my mom is one of those people being Vietnamese is a blessing, not know your facts before you talk
My favorite thing to do when traveling to other countries is to wander around the local supermarkets for hours. This video really hit the spot for me, great work! ❤
Ancient Romans had garum- a fish sauce made from all the ‘lesser’ parts of fish that they fermented. They ate it with everything! But that was forgotten by westerners. In Australia we have a large Vietnamese population, a climate to grow Vietnamese vegetables and fruit, and a mainstream culture that loves Vietnamese food- so you can access all the things you love here. We have a lot of Vietnamese supermarkets in Melbourne and Sydney. I’m getting the impression that Vietnamese are really into salt and gourmet salt! 😄
That's the biggest grocery store I've ever seen and we have huge stores in the US. People travel here and cannot believe how big out stores are, but that store makes our stores look small. You are so funny! You make me smile! I learn a lot watching you too!
So many fish sauces! New ones come out constantly. Someone needs to do a review, maybe the top twenty or thirty? One Crab, Two Crabs, Three Crabs, maybe six crabs! What the right number of crabs? Some people just use the same one their whole life, if you ask them. Squid brand around here. Who is buying Two Crabs and why? When I first saw this kind of store it was small and obscure, there might have been one kind of fish sauce, from the Philippines in a plastic bottle, they still have it. I think an individual person cooking at home could not figure this out in a lifetime, we need some help.
I can’t believe it’s Big C as I love Big C every time I get to visit my family in Vietnam. It’s also cool that can easily find some of the food products at Big C in the U.S. like the instant ramen.
I adore how much uyen loves her country 🥹 I recently moved out of my home state in the US after living there for 23 years and I feel such a kinship with the love she has for her home. Moving states in the US is nothing compared to moving entire countries but I’m homesick enough for my home town that this video just brings me some sort of comfort. I think it’s the validation on seeing someone else appreciate their home after having left it since few people in my life validate my wishes to return to NJ. Either way thank you for showing us this cool piece of your culture ❤
humans looooove that rotten fish + salt combo, the nordics and greenlanders love it, ancient romans were obsessed with garum, fish sauce all across eastern and southern asia, fermented shrimp and crab in vietnam, we can’t get enough of it
Im so glad I found your account. Ive been wanting to learn the culture and food of Vietnam and your account makes it fun and easy. Maybe you can have a video short once a week. One word, how its pronounced, how its used. I really like watching you ❤
Lipton tea is by far my favorite!!😍 It gives me the greatest feeling of nostalgia making sun tea with Lipton black tea bags. I know it's not considered a very "dignified" tea, but I could care less haha.
I love your content! I've watch every video and short you've uploaded for at LEAST a year, and you're the only youtuber I can watch when I'm sick and have a headache!! So you're my comfort youtuber. Also, this isn't related to your usual content but I'd be interested to see you interview Vietnamese people on their experience sometime! I expect that interviewing German people might not be as easy since they seem to not want to talk to strangers much, so I don't know, but it was just an idea ♡
That was fun! Most of those products are available here in FLorida, there are even Vietnamese markets, but nothing on this scale! Giant pan-Asian markets will have a Vietnamese area. We are starting to get actual Vietnamese products in the last few years. Previously there were Vietnamese sounding brands, but the products were mostly from Thailand. In some big cities I have enjoyed small shops that had baked products, the famous sandwiches, interesting meat products, pandan flavored things... all together just a sample from the look of things, but I'm happy to have that!
14:53 that one young lady when she realizes she is in the course of a MSG-loving, youtubing Uyen and just politely adjusting her course not to crash your video.
Hello. I am an American relocating to Vietnam. Thank you so much for this video! I love grocery shopping, and I think it is such a fun way to get to know a countries cuisine. However, it can be a bit overwhelming as a foreigner. Thank you for providing some suggestions on things I can try!
The gourd at 6:55 is usually called “luffa” or “loofah” in English - in the US it’s not super common to cook with. But if you let it keep growing until it’s much bigger, and dry it out, you can use the interior as a bath sponge. Such an odd plant!
Oh my god I LOVE this video! Every time I go to a new country my favourite part is going to a the supermarket and see what's there. Having a TOUR where someone tells me about the products is my dreaaaaammm
Thank you for this informative Vietnamese market tour! I live in the US and see some of these items at the local Asian market, but was clueless as to what they were.. I’ll be trying some in the future now!
In Southern California you can find all these things since they have large Vietnamese communities with large grocery stores so that’s one place in the west you can get them
In the United States and Canada, supermarkets have security cameras spying on you everywhere, many stores also have alarm systems at entrance and exits. These days, because of increased shoplifting, Canadian supermarkets have hired shoplifting watchers standing at the entrance watching the customers. At megastores like Costco, they have “greeters” at the door who check your card upon entering, and upon exit they check every item you bought and cross it out on your receipt. Guess what? I would rather leave my backpack at the door like in Vietnam (and many other countries btw).
OMG, I LOVE Chin-Su! For those who don't know, it's like this really tasty chilli sauce that has a hint of sweetness, a hint of sourness and a whole lotta heat! They put Wasabi into it as well to give it a more peppery flavour. It's super delicious and goes so well with pretty much anything. I got so excited when I found it in my local Vietnamese supermarket that I just had to buy like, three bottles of it. :D
I was working when I went to Vietnam, I wanted to go so much to their supermarket. But had to settle at the nearest convenience store and grabbed a bunch of instant noodles, and sweetened milk, and assorted candies. fun! Coming back next year for vacation this time
Aloe Vera can be cut open and eaten, it has a slightly crunchy/jelly texture. In Singapore there are bubble tea shops where you can get aloe vera and instead of the bubbles it will be pieces of aloe vera in the milk tea, tastes awesome.
First, I ❤ your channel! Second, I wanted to share something on the topic of the aloe vera question you asked. While I don't know how they are used in Vietnam, in the US, people blend them once they are peeled and put it on their hair. They will also blend them and then squeeze all the liquid out through a cheese clothe. I think they might filter it a time or two, but then they dilute it with water and drink it. That's a lot of work when we can buy a couple gallons ready to dilute pretty cheap. Please share what you learn. 😊
I’m going in November 😊 can’t wait to try some of your recommendations! I travel for work and grocery stores are always so much fun in other parts of the world
Correct me if i´m wrong but it feels like Vietnamese food is flavorful, fresh, fermented and rich in umami. My kind of thing exactly. I need to go there and EAT!!!!!
I love Bitter Squash, too! I love Asian Veggies! I love the variety. I think Central Europeans mainly eat potatoes, cabbages, carrots, tomatoes, bell pepper, and onions.
I miss the supermarket in Vietnam so muchhhh ❤❤❤ it’s been a year since last time I went to a supermarket in Vietnam. It’s the next level of happiness. Living in France, do groceries in French supermarket or Asian markets can’t compared to the Vietnamese supermarket with the bunch of realllll Vietnamese food 😂 haha.
There’s a Vietnamese restaurant here where I Live in Puerto Rico and I like the Vietnamese coffee they make 👍 and I just bought a Vietnamese Fish Sauce 😮 I love Asian cuisine
I will forever keep commenting on all the longform content i see from yoy, Uyen (and German Boyfriend, obviously!) You guys rule, and i love the longform content so much
Aloe leaves...yes its ahealing friend for burns...but you can eat it too. Mexican food processing uses aloe bits as snacks for kids, if you boil it you get the aloe juice out and can be used as a base for certain sauces...tastes not bitter but different than sugar sweet
Ciao and thank you for your very nice Shopping Video, personally i love this kind of Videos Worldwide ❤️ so many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
Wow! I don't blame you at all for missing that amazing produce section. It's really too bad there isn't as much good produce in Germany. Thanks so much for showing us around this amazing supermarket. It really does have everything!
I love the love you have for your culture. ❤ Thank you for showing the world what you love about Vietnam. I am American and I haven’t seen much media about/from Vietnam so your videos are so interesting to me! And now I want to try all the foods lol
I really like your videos! ❤ Thank you for showing us around this Vietnamese shop. I love when you talk about cooking! We can feel how much you like it. ❤ keep it up! Lots of love from France
Vietnam supermarket is exactly like malaysia supermarket. We malaysian love pickle and have lot fruits and veggie pickle. Belacan ( shrimp paste ) is one of our favorite ingredients food
I only went to a small local grocery in Vietnam so I missed out on big supermarkets. I ate mắm tôm all the time, the ladies at the bún riêu stand loved me when I said it was good. (They were expecting me to hate it I guess!) It is fermented but not “rotten” really; the salt keeps the wrong bacteria from growing. And the right bacteria are also good for the guts. :-) I usually get “ba cua” fish sauce but I hear that the new ChinSu fish sauce is really good! I’ll try it next time.
I live in Canada (Toronto area) and this feels so much like walking into an 'Oceans' or 'T&T' or even 'Nations' which are all Asian supermarkets: complete with food court, live seafood and even stores for Mobile phones etc. I am going to pay extra close attention to the salt, fish sauce and pickle asile next time I go. I would love visiting Vietnam some day: Amazing people and food.
Thank you so much! I love seeing tours of grocery stores in other countries!!! Being in Germany must be a challenge as the (traditional) food must seem very bland to you! (I’d live on rice, noodles and soy sauce in Vietnam…I don’t like any seafood, pickled things, or hot/spicy things, lol…American raised by a traditional German mother. We ate a lot of meat and potatoes! Surprise! My husband would be in Heaven, with the food there, tho.) In the US there’s two kinds of “condensed milk” (at least what I’ve seen and am familiar with. Condensed milk is just milk that’s been boiled a long time so most of the water is out of it, and it’s usually called Evaporated Milk. “Condensed Milk” is the same thing, only with a ton of sugar in it and is used a lot for desserts. (Hint: add sugar free sweetener to evaporated milk to make desserts that require it if you need to have limited sugar…like the Eagle Bars…very tasty, fewer carbs.) Both are always in a can, and you need to look closely because sometimes the one you think doesn’t have sugar in it actually does.
I have no clue about Vietnamese cuisine as I've had it just once, centuries ago in NYC, but I love how passionate you Miss Uyen are about your national ingredients and you are very entertaining in telling on the video. Congrats from Italy (sorry you live in Germany where the food is not exactly as rich as the Vietnamese food I'm afraid 😀).
Here's a nice recipe to try with fish sauce (Not vietnamese, but whatever) Combine 250ml of red wine with 3 teaspoons of fish sauce. Add to that 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds and 1 teaspoon of black pepper, both lightly crushed in a mortar (not a fine powder, just crush it up a bit) and one tablespoon of dried lovage (you can substitute with ajwain seeds if you can't find it where you live) and finally, one teaspoon of asafoetida (you might know it as hing if you're into indian cooking) mixed into a cup of lukewarm water. Take chicken breast, put it into a casserole, pour the sauce over it, and bake until done. Not the greatest looking, but definitely tasty.
If you offered travel tours I would be signing up in.a minute! I love to travel but travel solo, having some one who is familiar with the area, the foods and the sites is such a bonus. Keep me in mind should you ever offer tours of Vietnam!
A restaurant here thinly slice bitter melon (think almost like shavings with a mandolin), soak it in ice water to keep it crunchy, and then we dip it in honey to eat. It's super awesome! And I think I need to visit vietnam just for all the unique brands of instant noodles
@@lasseb5612 I mean, I would eat other stuff too. But yeah, there's a lot of instant noodle brands I've never seen. And considering how close I live it's q amazing 😂
i used to drink lipton ice tea with quất and add ice (it tastes amazing and isn't too sweet) this brought back so many childhood memories and i never knew how many same things we liked :))
I enjoy the humor and creativity of your youtube shorts, Uyen, but there's something extra special about your longer videos. Just seeing you earnestly share your life and culture with us is so educational and fun. I really love how you never try to be anyone else in your videos and how real you are. I've been on youtube for almost 15 years now, and out of all the channels I've ever come across, you might just be my favorite youtuber ever. :)
Grocery shopping is honestly my favourite part of travelling. It gives insights into what the locals eat, and it's always super fun to try out new snacks 😋
For me here in 2024 UK, it's interesting to see how fully stocked all the shelves are; ours haven't been like that since covid. I don't even really notice it anymore, until I see something like this where there aren't gaps all over the shelves! 🤣🤣
Yes, I ALWAYS visit supermarkets and markets and home decor stores too, actually, when I'm abroad.
I love going to the market with my wife when I was in Vietnam… the stuff they have blows my mind . I didn’t matter if it’s an actual grocery store or the neighborhood open market I wanted to be there.
Me too
Yes! Love going to grocery stores when travelling 😁
You are very confident in filming in public. Respect! If I had to do it, I would try to hide and my cheeks would be red like tomatoes. 😅
I had the same exact thoughts while watching this video 😅
Uyen, those shrimp paste and fish paste are not pickled but fermented. So it is a totally different process to make them, and since the salt content is too high, it is very unlikely that any bacteria can survive in that environment and therefore, very safe to consume. Any risk of food poisoning that might come from eating bun dau mam tom (fried tofu with shrimp paste) is usually from the fresh herbs that is contaminated and not cleaned properly. Just want to clarify. 😊
Thanks for the info ☺
When people are talking about this ("can this product spoil") I like to say "It's spoiled when you get it! It's gone as far as it can go!".
So glad you said it. Fermentation is controlled rotting :P
@@leonardpearlman4017 🤣
Both the production of shrimp paste and pickled shrimp involve fermentation processes and the participation of bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria are commonly found in pickled shrimp and other fermented sour foods. On the other hand, protein-degrading bacteria such as Bacillus are prevalent in shrimp paste. Although the salt concentration in shrimp paste is high, it is not sufficient to completely inhibit bacteria, as many species can tolerate high salt levels. Of course, pathogenic bacteria typically have a low salt tolerance and are inhibited by other bacterial strains in shrimp paste, making it safe to eat.
I also love the bitter melon - you can grow them in Germany as well! Just take the seeds out of the fruit, dry and bring them. I plant them indoor in February/March and put them on balcony in May 😊
I hope she sees this comment ☺
This feels like I'm actually in Vietnam visiting a supermarket with a cool friend, thanks Uyen this is so much fun to watch!
Awh, I love how enthusiastic Uyen is about her culture! As she should be. ♥My fiancé is Vietnamese and very disconnected from his culture/language (Americanized) but I try to help him embrace it and encourage him to learn more about it.
We both bond over our culture's foods and Uyen has been a big help in familiarizing him with what certain foods are in his culture (he's eaten them but doesn't remember or know the name of certain dishes) as well as sharing her experience with Vietnamese culture. We both hope to visit Vietnam some day! Thank you, Uyen!
I fell in love with that chili sauce when I visited vietnam a few years ago. Luckily, living in San Diego, I finally found a Vietnamese grocery store that actually sells it!! I always keep a few spare bottles and use it all the time! I live in Little Saigon and I went to all the different little grocery stores trying to find it. I give it away to anyone that says they like hot sauce bc it’s the best.
Nơi bạn sống cũng như ở giữa Việt Nam chúng tôi rồi.
5:54 "That was disrespectful" - clip was spot on 😂
I actually laughed out loud 😂
But it is so true. Even the most expensive brand of rice you can find in an ordinary danish grocery store taste like trash compared to any rice from an asian grocery store 😂
@@isabellagrnneskov3537 same thing for getting a decent early grey (or any) black tea in Germany. They all taste like cardboard 😂 (although truth be told it has gotten a lot better over the years when u know where to look)
She just speaks out loud the truth :v
I don't know as a American we are very spoiled in this country so at our local grocery stores they have three main brands a couplemof them come dro, Thailand and I forgot the other country and the hige bag of ricemcost $25-$35 depending on the brand and type of rice meaningnifmits jasmine or basmatti rice and if you want to really go truly authentic just hit up your local asian mart where they sell everything.
I am assuming outside of U.S.A and even Canada this isn't the case meaning with your European countrys it's not very spoiledmlike that..@@Thanosss123a
Even we indians love pickles,
We too make from lemon, raw mango, garlic, chilli, mixed veg pickle, n many more
Picled stuff is big in the Balkans too, we pickle the small cucumbers, green tomatoes, chillies, tiny watermelons, you name it, we pickle it😂
@@minime7375what do you do with tiny watermelon
@@hhheidi1121 we pickle them just like you do with cornichon cucumbers, green tomatoes and the rest. I personally don’t like that the inside is too mushy but the exterior is crunchy so it makes up for it. Tbh I never did it myself, just helped my aunty with pickling, I think it’s just hot water, salt and a touch of vinegar poured in the jars then the jars get closed, boiled and that’s about it. The jars for tomatoes and watermelon pickling are those big ones or people even use large plastic containers. Our traditional cuisine is pork, pork and pork…so pickles are very popular cause they cut the fat.
As for what we do with them, we eat them of course☺️
@@minime7375 gherkin, the small cucumbers are called gherkins
@@ert8968 oki, we use the French name of tha5 variety of cucumber “cornichon”, at least I think it’s French
Aloe Vera juice, my great grandmother would make it. Peel, cut cubes from the jelly, boil, add sugar, she would add some gelatin but she was using it as a health drink.
We put it in smoothies.
You have to be really careful though, because Aloe Vera has a poisonous layer. That's why it's actually recommended not to make Aloe Vera juice at home. You can buy it ready-made everywhere (even in Germany, like at drugstores (dm, Rossmann, Müller etc.)). I personally buy Aloe Vera leaves (which are available in Germany in organic markets like Bio Company, Denn's etc.) to heal skin injuries, like sunburns, scratches, mosquito bites and so on, or dry skin - it just works miracles, much better than any wound cream. You can freeze Aloe Vera really well and then just glide frozen pieces over the skin.
I just want to say, thank you for sharing your culture. I love learning about the mundane things about how others lives, because that's what encompasses most of our lives😂. Please keep being yourself and feeding the masses
Liebe aus Köln❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're preparing me for my first real trip home to Vietnam! Thank you so much ! These videos make me so much less anxious about visiting!
Going to supermarket is a must-do thing whenever I'm back in Vietnam. Just seeing long aisles of my favourite stuffs is more than enough, and actually be able to buy themmm?!! The supermarket brings out the happiest little girl in me.
After having a holiday in Vietnam, chin-su is my go to hot sauce, it is amazingly good, so good with eggs, pork and chicken, happy to have a Vietnamese store in my hometown with sells this
I can't stress enough how much Vietnamese love fish sauce. Everyone has their favorite brands. And people can tell the difference from brand to brand. I would legit quit a meal because of "bad" fish sauce. In quote, because the taste varies so much between types and brands. Think of it as the Vietnamese version of wine. Smelly wine which we don't drink. Hope this helps.
Edit: Viva shrimp salts! (So glad you didn't forget about them)
As an American from the US south, my family is like this with hot sauce! A lot of us carry our favorite in our purses and cars lol
It's a pretty common rule across big Supermarket in developing asian countries.
@@sumit6190p Are you talking about locking bags? I think you're replying to the wrong person.
but that makes SO MUCH sense, thats like saying every hot sauce is the same, each ah their own taste for it. so of course fish sauce will have variety.
@@Just_Flipy Exactly, I find soy sauce and ketchup vary a lot as well.
We pickle a lot of things in the Southern US, too. Garlic, eggplant, eggs, pigs feet, watermelon... I think the hot climate encourages it! I loved seeing the vegetables. I'm growing luffa gourd in my garden now.
A little suggestion for when you travel if you ever come to the United States, there’s a place in California. It’s called Garden Grove and it has a large Vietnamese community and the city is actually called Little Saigon. ❤ the only reason I know is I live in Garden Grove and I’m half Vietnamese . From Vietnam to Little Saigon in Garden Grove the food is authentic and made the same way with lots Asian markets everywhere.
There used to be a restaurant in garden grove called Grand China Buffet, it was nr a target and crowne plaza? When we were on holiday from the uk we always went there and it was mostly filled with local families
@@southernbelle74😂no hun during the Vietnam war a lot of Vietnamese relocated to Orange County California. They settled in a place in Garden Grove where they called Little Saigon. I’m not used to all that other stuff. The only reason I know is because my mom is one of those people being Vietnamese is a blessing, not know your facts before you talk
Girl, you’re talking about a Chinese buffet that was made for Americanized wannabe Chinese food not Vietnamese two different nationalities
My favorite thing to do when traveling to other countries is to wander around the local supermarkets for hours. This video really hit the spot for me, great work! ❤
Ancient Romans had garum- a fish sauce made from all the ‘lesser’ parts of fish that they fermented. They ate it with everything! But that was forgotten by westerners.
In Australia we have a large Vietnamese population, a climate to grow Vietnamese vegetables and fruit, and a mainstream culture that loves Vietnamese food- so you can access all the things you love here. We have a lot of Vietnamese supermarkets in Melbourne and Sydney.
I’m getting the impression that Vietnamese are really into salt and gourmet salt! 😄
@@nonamepainter interesting, I’ll have a look, thanks!
Maybe I should go to Vietnam, I need extra salt in my diet. I'd like to get some fancy @ss gourmet salt.
Don't worry Uyen, we smack the rice in America.
That's the biggest grocery store I've ever seen and we have huge stores in the US. People travel here and cannot believe how big out stores are, but that store makes our stores look small. You are so funny! You make me smile! I learn a lot watching you too!
The variety of fish sauces in Vietnamese supermarket is equivalent to the baking aisle in German supermarket 😂❤
or the pickles aisle ;D
So many fish sauces! New ones come out constantly. Someone needs to do a review, maybe the top twenty or thirty? One Crab, Two Crabs, Three Crabs, maybe six crabs! What the right number of crabs? Some people just use the same one their whole life, if you ask them. Squid brand around here. Who is buying Two Crabs and why? When I first saw this kind of store it was small and obscure, there might have been one kind of fish sauce, from the Philippines in a plastic bottle, they still have it. I think an individual person cooking at home could not figure this out in a lifetime, we need some help.
or the cereal isle in the US
or the pasta aisle in Italy
Watching this is fun! I live in a vietnamese neighborhood in California so we have a lot of Vietnamese products you are talking about!
Ahh i love international grocery stores! thank you!
same. from here in Phoenix Az🌵😎
I can’t believe it’s Big C as I love Big C every time I get to visit my family in Vietnam. It’s also cool that can easily find some of the food products at Big C in the U.S. like the instant ramen.
I adore how much uyen loves her country 🥹 I recently moved out of my home state in the US after living there for 23 years and I feel such a kinship with the love she has for her home. Moving states in the US is nothing compared to moving entire countries but I’m homesick enough for my home town that this video just brings me some sort of comfort. I think it’s the validation on seeing someone else appreciate their home after having left it since few people in my life validate my wishes to return to NJ. Either way thank you for showing us this cool piece of your culture ❤
We have grocery stores like this in the West Coast of the U.S. then I moved to central U.S. and I miss this so much.
humans looooove that rotten fish + salt combo, the nordics and greenlanders love it, ancient romans were obsessed with garum, fish sauce all across eastern and southern asia, fermented shrimp and crab in vietnam, we can’t get enough of it
Already sounds really interesting, especially since I have plans for visiting Asian countries in the future, Vietnam included :)
Im so glad I found your account. Ive been wanting to learn the culture and food of Vietnam and your account makes it fun and easy. Maybe you can have a video short once a week. One word, how its pronounced, how its used. I really like watching you ❤
yum. I sense a commitment to decadent eating, down to the type of salt you'd dip crunchy foods in! I love it. thank you for sharing!!!
I love these long form videos.. I’ve been wanting for you to upload another ❤❤
Your videos are the best. They bring so much joy! Thank you for making them!
Lipton tea is by far my favorite!!😍 It gives me the greatest feeling of nostalgia making sun tea with Lipton black tea bags. I know it's not considered a very "dignified" tea, but I could care less haha.
I love your content! I've watch every video and short you've uploaded for at LEAST a year, and you're the only youtuber I can watch when I'm sick and have a headache!! So you're my comfort youtuber.
Also, this isn't related to your usual content but I'd be interested to see you interview Vietnamese people on their experience sometime! I expect that interviewing German people might not be as easy since they seem to not want to talk to strangers much, so I don't know, but it was just an idea ♡
Love a good grocery shopping moment 🥹♥️
Wow! I really enjoyed this. Nice to see a grocery store in another country. So many neat and different things.
That was fun! Most of those products are available here in FLorida, there are even Vietnamese markets, but nothing on this scale! Giant pan-Asian markets will have a Vietnamese area. We are starting to get actual Vietnamese products in the last few years. Previously there were Vietnamese sounding brands, but the products were mostly from Thailand. In some big cities I have enjoyed small shops that had baked products, the famous sandwiches, interesting meat products, pandan flavored things... all together just a sample from the look of things, but I'm happy to have that!
14:53 that one young lady when she realizes she is in the course of a MSG-loving, youtubing Uyen and just politely adjusting her course not to crash your video.
Hi cô Quyên I realy like the way you make videos that helps bring VietNam to the world ❤❤❤❤
Two MediaMarkts that I visited in germany also had boxes where they made you locking your bags. But they stopped that some years ago.
Hello. I am an American relocating to Vietnam. Thank you so much for this video! I love grocery shopping, and I think it is such a fun way to get to know a countries cuisine. However, it can be a bit overwhelming as a foreigner. Thank you for providing some suggestions on things I can try!
The gourd at 6:55 is usually called “luffa” or “loofah” in English - in the US it’s not super common to cook with. But if you let it keep growing until it’s much bigger, and dry it out, you can use the interior as a bath sponge. Such an odd plant!
Oh my god I LOVE this video! Every time I go to a new country my favourite part is going to a the supermarket and see what's there. Having a TOUR where someone tells me about the products is my dreaaaaammm
Falling in love with vietnamese culture and food because of this girl ❤
The food courts in the supermarkets are something I really miss. So convenient.
Thank you for this informative Vietnamese market tour! I live in the US and see some of these items at the local Asian market, but was clueless as to what they were.. I’ll be trying some in the future now!
Uyen, you got me hooked on Vietnamese coffee
I really loved your supermarkets in Vietnam. It was an exciting experience to discover so many different kinds of food.
We want a second part! What about the sweets corner? I heard that the mango top jelly’s (?) are super delicious!
In Southern California you can find all these things since they have large Vietnamese communities with large grocery stores so that’s one place in the west you can get them
There are huge Vietnamese markets in Berlin and Leipzig, too 😊
In the Bay Area of California there is a huge number of Asians from all Asian countries.
It’s crazy that they have to lock your bag away or put it in to a plastic bag.. the level of trust is definitely gone 😂❤️
Creates jobs 🙂.
But she's still carrying her bag around 😂
Yes, there are cultural differences across countries. Not a big deal...
In the United States and Canada, supermarkets have security cameras spying on you everywhere, many stores also have alarm systems at entrance and exits. These days, because of increased shoplifting, Canadian supermarkets have hired shoplifting watchers standing at the entrance watching the customers. At megastores like Costco, they have “greeters” at the door who check your card upon entering, and upon exit they check every item you bought and cross it out on your receipt. Guess what? I would rather leave my backpack at the door like in Vietnam (and many other countries btw).
Yeah… big brother is watching ypu😅
OMG, I LOVE Chin-Su! For those who don't know, it's like this really tasty chilli sauce that has a hint of sweetness, a hint of sourness and a whole lotta heat! They put Wasabi into it as well to give it a more peppery flavour. It's super delicious and goes so well with pretty much anything. I got so excited when I found it in my local Vietnamese supermarket that I just had to buy like, three bottles of it. :D
I love how you talk about food, makes my mouth water even though I don't know the slightest thing about vietnamese food
I was working when I went to Vietnam, I wanted to go so much to their supermarket. But had to settle at the nearest convenience store and grabbed a bunch of instant noodles, and sweetened milk, and assorted candies. fun! Coming back next year for vacation this time
This video was great. It was so informative and you are so naturally entertaining. I learned so much!
Aloe Vera can be cut open and eaten, it has a slightly crunchy/jelly texture. In Singapore there are bubble tea shops where you can get aloe vera and instead of the bubbles it will be pieces of aloe vera in the milk tea, tastes awesome.
First, I ❤ your channel! Second, I wanted to share something on the topic of the aloe vera question you asked. While I don't know how they are used in Vietnam, in the US, people blend them once they are peeled and put it on their hair. They will also blend them and then squeeze all the liquid out through a cheese clothe. I think they might filter it a time or two, but then they dilute it with water and drink it. That's a lot of work when we can buy a couple gallons ready to dilute pretty cheap. Please share what you learn. 😊
I just love looking around supermarkets in other countries, so interesting
I’m going in November 😊 can’t wait to try some of your recommendations! I travel for work and grocery stores are always so much fun in other parts of the world
so interesting, and love her energy fr
Correct me if i´m wrong but it feels like Vietnamese food is flavorful, fresh, fermented and rich in umami. My kind of thing exactly. I need to go there and EAT!!!!!
Lipton is from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.., that’s where I come from. Sending Love to Vietnam 🇻🇳
I love Bitter Squash, too! I love Asian Veggies! I love the variety. I think Central Europeans mainly eat potatoes, cabbages, carrots, tomatoes, bell pepper, and onions.
I miss the supermarket in Vietnam so muchhhh ❤❤❤ it’s been a year since last time I went to a supermarket in Vietnam. It’s the next level of happiness. Living in France, do groceries in French supermarket or Asian markets can’t compared to the Vietnamese supermarket with the bunch of realllll Vietnamese food 😂 haha.
There’s a Vietnamese restaurant here where I Live in Puerto Rico and I like the Vietnamese coffee they make 👍 and I just bought a Vietnamese Fish Sauce 😮 I love Asian cuisine
Love all the selections and options, I could look all day.
Vietnamese supermarket is heaven
I live in Vietnam for 2 years (in Saigon) and made notes about some products😅. Thank you, very helpful😄
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💯I just want to say, thank you for showing off the store. Vietnamese supermarket is heaven.!!!!
Your videos always make me laugh 😂. You are such an amazing human being. God bless 🙌
I will forever keep commenting on all the longform content i see from yoy, Uyen (and German Boyfriend, obviously!) You guys rule, and i love the longform content so much
Garlic pickle is used with olives and cucumbers pickles. And a lot olives varieties here in Spain. It is cool see Vietnam also used it
Aloe leaves...yes its ahealing friend for burns...but you can eat it too. Mexican food processing uses aloe bits as snacks for kids, if you boil it you get the aloe juice out and can be used as a base for certain sauces...tastes not bitter but different than sugar sweet
Ciao and thank you for your very nice Shopping Video, personally i love this kind of Videos Worldwide ❤️ so many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
Wow! I don't blame you at all for missing that amazing produce section. It's really too bad there isn't as much good produce in Germany. Thanks so much for showing us around this amazing supermarket. It really does have everything!
I absolutely loved this video! Made me remember the days when I was living in Hue, and went to to the big supermarket at the mall
Thank you Uyen ! We are going to Vietnam tomorrow and were wondering what to bring from supermarket, thank youuuu7
I love the love you have for your culture. ❤ Thank you for showing the world what you love about Vietnam. I am American and I haven’t seen much media about/from Vietnam so your videos are so interesting to me! And now I want to try all the foods lol
I really like your videos! ❤ Thank you for showing us around this Vietnamese shop. I love when you talk about cooking! We can feel how much you like it. ❤ keep it up! Lots of love from France
I love grocery store tours. I am definitely going to try the shrimp salt + mango idea!
Super interesting. Thanks for the tour 😊
Oh this was so helpful. I have some of these products in my Asian market in the us. I can't wait to go try some new things!
Vietnam supermarket is exactly like malaysia supermarket. We malaysian love pickle and have lot fruits and veggie pickle. Belacan ( shrimp paste ) is one of our favorite ingredients food
Really cool video! I love looking at supermarkets abroad😊
I love your videos about Vietnam, they're so cool!!
I knew it is going to be a Big C when I saw the title of the video! I was especially impressed by Big Cs and the LotteMart in Hanoi.
Love from India
Make more of these video's please! Really like how you show us the normal things we also have interests in 😀
I only went to a small local grocery in Vietnam so I missed out on big supermarkets.
I ate mắm tôm all the time, the ladies at the bún riêu stand loved me when I said it was good. (They were expecting me to hate it I guess!) It is fermented but not “rotten” really; the salt keeps the wrong bacteria from growing. And the right bacteria are also good for the guts. :-)
I usually get “ba cua” fish sauce but I hear that the new ChinSu fish sauce is really good! I’ll try it next time.
I live in Canada (Toronto area) and this feels so much like walking into an 'Oceans' or 'T&T' or even 'Nations' which are all Asian supermarkets: complete with food court, live seafood and even stores for Mobile phones etc.
I am going to pay extra close attention to the salt, fish sauce and pickle asile next time I go.
I would love visiting Vietnam some day: Amazing people and food.
Thank you so much! I love seeing tours of grocery stores in other countries!!! Being in Germany must be a challenge as the (traditional) food must seem very bland to you! (I’d live on rice, noodles and soy sauce in Vietnam…I don’t like any seafood, pickled things, or hot/spicy things, lol…American raised by a traditional German mother. We ate a lot of meat and potatoes! Surprise! My husband would be in Heaven, with the food there, tho.) In the US there’s two kinds of “condensed milk” (at least what I’ve seen and am familiar with. Condensed milk is just milk that’s been boiled a long time so most of the water is out of it, and it’s usually called Evaporated Milk. “Condensed Milk” is the same thing, only with a ton of sugar in it and is used a lot for desserts. (Hint: add sugar free sweetener to evaporated milk to make desserts that require it if you need to have limited sugar…like the Eagle Bars…very tasty, fewer carbs.) Both are always in a can, and you need to look closely because sometimes the one you think doesn’t have sugar in it actually does.
I love the longer video. More long videos please!!! 🎉🎉
I have no clue about Vietnamese cuisine as I've had it just once, centuries ago in NYC, but I love how passionate you Miss Uyen are about your national ingredients and you are very entertaining in telling on the video. Congrats from Italy (sorry you live in Germany where the food is not exactly as rich as the Vietnamese food I'm afraid 😀).
Here's a nice recipe to try with fish sauce (Not vietnamese, but whatever)
Combine 250ml of red wine with 3 teaspoons of fish sauce. Add to that 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds and 1 teaspoon of black pepper, both lightly crushed in a mortar (not a fine powder, just crush it up a bit) and one tablespoon of dried lovage (you can substitute with ajwain seeds if you can't find it where you live) and finally, one teaspoon of asafoetida (you might know it as hing if you're into indian cooking) mixed into a cup of lukewarm water. Take chicken breast, put it into a casserole, pour the sauce over it, and bake until done. Not the greatest looking, but definitely tasty.
If you offered travel tours I would be signing up in.a minute! I love to travel but travel solo, having some one who is familiar with the area, the foods and the sites is such a bonus. Keep me in mind should you ever offer tours of Vietnam!
A restaurant here thinly slice bitter melon (think almost like shavings with a mandolin), soak it in ice water to keep it crunchy, and then we dip it in honey to eat. It's super awesome!
And I think I need to visit vietnam just for all the unique brands of instant noodles
In southern Vietnam we also thinly slice raw bitter melon, put it on ice to keep in cool and crunchy, and eat it with pork floss
The instant noodles are nice but if you go to Vietnamese you really should eat fresh food😂
@@lasseb5612 I mean, I would eat other stuff too. But yeah, there's a lot of instant noodle brands I've never seen. And considering how close I live it's q amazing 😂
That sounds pretty yum
This is a great guide to what you can/should do with Vietnamese food products！Thank you ：）
Luv the video, I miss Vietnamese supermarkets🥰 thank you
i used to drink lipton ice tea with quất and add ice (it tastes amazing and isn't too sweet)
this brought back so many childhood memories and i never knew how many same things we liked :))