I would say corn isn't typical in Vietnamese egg rolls either. Just because you haven't been through the whole country doesn't make you any less Viet I don't think. I typically keep to the same province as my family when visiting which is Binh Duong.
She wants traditional cuisine that's not mainstream but when a guy gives her just that (literally a dish from his home town) he can't possibly be Vietnamese as 'we' don't put corn in 'our' egg rolls. Well he did so I'm pretty sure that you do.
Yeah, it turns out she was just ignorant about the different dishes throughout the country...he didn't do anything wrong, he understood the assignment lol
agreed with this, it was borderline ignorant to say "It's not vietnamese." I felt like the film editing saved her so much - I think they gave her extra info after her reaction. I'm shock that she didn't even tasted the Chao (Fermented Tofu/curd) in there as he mentioned. That's a such common add-on to lots of other Vietnamese Food.
Hey everyone, Vinh-Khoi here (Contestant #2). Just wanted to provide some more context with regards to the actual dish since I put a lot of thought into it. 1) Ram bắp is a dish that originated from my hometown Quảng Ngãi and is eaten as a savory dish or a light snack. It's a dish that's not sold in America and even Vietnamese people outside of my hometown don't know this dish, so don't judge Yen too harshly for being caught off-guard lol. I wanted to make a vegan variant of this dish and wanted to go for something that was light and refreshing. 2) The star ingredient of this dish is the corn (bắp) filling. I used American sweet corn (bắp Mỹ) because of its natural sweetness (no extra sugar is needed). Actually thought about using blue corn for a twist but decided against it for this version. 3) Along with corn, the filling consists of shallots, chives, salt, and pepper. I used bigger shallots for the crunch factor (but also I didn't have access to the small shallots from Lý Sơn). I used freshly grounded Himalayan salt and pepper to give the corn a more natural and pronounced flavor profile. People can add ground pork as well; I don't like adding meat in my filling and as said above, I was making a vegan variant. I also don't like bột nêm in mine. 4) You can mash the ingredients to make a smoother blend for the filling, but I like the uneveness of the flavor profile and textures of the corn kernels and diced shallots. 5) People usually roll the filling using the special rice paper (bánh tráng) from Quảng Ngãi that you can roll without having to dip in water. I obviously don't have access to this rice paper in America and I really don't like frying with the dry ones, so went with the wheat ones. 6) I made my rolls flat and short as opposed to long and thin, which is more typical, due to limitations of the wheat papers I had. Also I like my rolls small (to be eaten in two bites), so didn't oversize my rolls. 7) I fried using extra virgin olive oil as I thought it would impart more depth of flavor to the rolls without feeling so heavy. These rolls are generally fried at medium heat until brown. 8) You cannot eat ram bắp without a plate of fresh vegetables. I had butter lettuce, cilantro, mint, and cucumber as my vegetables of choice. I wanted to add diếp cá as well but I couldn't find it in the store. 9) We do use nước chấm made from fish sauce to dip our spring rolls, and Quảng Ngãi people like ours extra salty and spicy. However, I was making a vegan variant and wanted a dipping sauce that was equally salty and spicy but didn't contain any added sugar as that would take away from the sweetness of the corn. So I used extra salty soy sauce, Thai chilies, and a squeeze of lime juice for brightness. I also added fermented bean curd (chao) as I thought it would give more body and fragrance to the sauce while aiding in digestion. 10) This was a very fun video to shoot and everyone got along very well on set haha.
She was ignorant of your region and overconfident of her knowledge. Sometimes that happens for people who have a decent amount of knowledge of a subject but don't realize there is a lot more to know. I am glad you were able to share new information with many people. It was an interesting video.
I think it’s awesome you made something unique to your hometown, though I feel it was insensitive of her to assume it wasn’t Vietnamese because she’d never seen it before. It looks delicious!!
I'm a legit Vietnamese for 21 years and the ram bắp (the one she called egg roll) is a dish that I have never heard about. It's a real local dish and I think there is nothing wrong with Yen when she could not recognize it, and tbh 'ram bắp' looks like a combination of Taiwan egg rolls and 'chả giò' to me so lol just chill. Furthermore, the first guy's dish, 'bánh khọt', also come from a province in Vietnam (Huế) but it is a little bit well-knowned than 'bánh khọt' because Huế used to be Vietnamese capital. Vietnamese food is so diverse even local people cannot know it all (fun fact: we have over 100 types of noodles, and not everyone know that).
You took the words right out of my mouth… if some random guy serve me that dish and told me it was Vietnamese TRADITIONAL dish, my reaction would be worse than her… we might be too straight forward, but at least we don’t lie.
I dont even like the fried rolls my mom and aunt make (its good, but not that good after eating it all of ur childhood- kill the joy out of it lol). That ban rap, or whatever its call, is so weird lmao. I tried it in vietnam, from a street cart vendor (i was so disappointed lol).
Have you ever travelled outside your hometown? Because you can literally eat "ram bắp" in all of provinces in the Southern and Central Vietnam. Although it's the local food of Quang Ngai province, it's not that infamous in other places.
@lan anh vũ I am from the North, to be specific - Hanoi. My hometowns is Ha Tinh - a central province. And yes I have been travel to many place but I have never heard of 'ram bắp'. If it is my fault to not know your local dish so I'm sorry but let be honest ram bắp it is not that popular.
@@ngocminhtran7979 Lol. Actually it's not my local food because i'm from the North as well. Just because you have never heard about it doesn't mean it isn't popular. You are too young to know a lot of things in this world.
The know-it-all attitude just threw me off. “He’s not Vietnamese” “Why is there corn” “doesn’t taste Vietnamese” honestly she could’ve phrased her words better. Admitting that you don’t know something just seem hard? M
@Kendo -sama So you're perfectly fine with peope being funny at the expensive of others. I hope people in your life are rude to you all the time to be funny.
I just don't like when people think their region speaks for the entire country. Let alone don't be rude. I know they think it's being sassy but it's rude.
@@JTP1982 He meant that, He met his wife when his family owned a sushi bar and his wife said to people that some people marry for money, but "I marry my husband and for him and his family cooking". I hope you understand ^^
She's a food blogger so probably knows a little more about Vietnamese food than this shows since this is a short video. But, really, the sneering of the eggroll from Central Vietnam, the rejection of soy sauce as a dipping sauce cause it wasn't Vietnamese enough, and selecting banh mi as your ultimate Vietnamese dish.... just absolutely tasteless.
Or ignorant. Anyone can be a food blogger these days. Wish she had said she didn't like pho from the get-go, would have saved me watching the rest of the video.
I'm Vietnamese and have traveled from North to South but never seen corn egg rolls before. Definitely a local dish specifically in his village. If you have a Vietnamese friend, try to make this dish to him/her, you will get the same reaction.
@@sgcl10658 nah man, Im from Da Nang/ central Vietnam and people put corn, sweet potato and green bean... in their chay egg rolls. I guess you haven't tried Vietnamese vegan food much.
In my opinion, Vinh-Khoi dish looks more Vietnamese than Terry and Johnny dishes. Because from what I can see, Vinh-Khoi just wanted to re-create the dish from his hometown, while the other two was being a little creative with their cooking. Not that is bad though. Oh and similar to Vinh-Khoi dish, unless you already know, the bánh khọt (Terry dish) is mostly eaten in the South. While in Nha Trang city (Central) where I am from, we eat bánh căn. The dish is similar to bánh khọt, but the main difference is that the Southern version is fried on a shaped cooking pan, while our is grilled in a mini clay pot, which is grilled on a clay grill. And from the North, at least within the proximity of Ha Noi or in a small town of Thai Nguyen where my mother side of the family are from, they don’t have a version of this mini like pancakes.
Ayyy been to Nha Trang around 2017/8...place was amazing...food was good...though kinda got overpriced seafood recommended from a taxi driver but i miss Nha Trang, kinda wanna go again
Cant really get mad at her for not knowing about the egg roll dish. My family is from central Vietnam and literally none of them has ever heard of corn in egg rolls when asked. Of course she’s not gonna know every local dish in Vietnam that would be unreasonable
I think people more so are annoyed by how she reacted to it. Even without recognizing the dish she didn't have to roast the guy so hard by saying it's not Vietnamese because of the corn or soy sauce.
Dude who cooked authentic Vietnamese spring rolls and she chooses the Bahn Mi which wasn't even a things until after the late 1970's after French occupation. She certainly knows a lot about "authentic" Vietnamese cooking.
She grew up in Vietnam and banh mi is very popular as street food in Vietnam so i dont know what you mean lol PLUS you sound like a white person what do you know about vietnamese authenticity?
@@lbflittlebutterfly4846 right, she is Vietnamese so you can say she don’t know food from her own culture like sir…also regardless of international influence it’s still Vietnamese
doubt its about authenticity, she definitely chose based on what she preferred, she pointed out that the banh mi had tender meat and even has a banh mi tattoo, so she definitely loves banh mi
How long do you think corn has been a part of Vietnamese cuisine? It’s not like corn is indigenous to Asia…the fact that the Bahn Mi is more recent and includes influences from cuisine outside of Vietnam doesn’t mean than it’s inauthentic
Do a few searches. Tons of mainstream content about Vietnam. One of the largest food reviewers on TH-cam lives in Vietnam, and food channels cover Vietnamese cuisine frequently.
I'm like watching this series backwards and i like the improvements made to these show! this earlier ep made me wanna watch more clips from the post reveal, which they did in the newer eps! They should release some bonus clips
I'm doing the same thing! I would love for the series to show us more of the date or have a longer segment with the taste tester and the date they chose!
It's so weird for me seeing all the mainland Viet people in here not knowing Ram Bắp in Quang Ngai. While a lot of people from Quang Ngai that i know are very knowledgeable about others local cuisine.
Quang Ngai is in the central part so it would make sense that others don't know their regional dishes but they know others. I mean i somewhat knew about it but from my memory its not that different from regular fried spring rolls made in Vietnam besides corn being a part of the filling plus generally being skinnier.
Bún đậu mắm tôm is definitely my favorite northern dish. I like it a lot more than bún chả haha. Can't say I'm too much of an expert in Northern Vietnamese cuisine though.
Can I say I have watched maybe a handful of this type of series, and these group of boys impressed me the most! These guys really put their heart and effort into making these meals, gathering the right ingredients and implements. I saw how they made banh khot in Vung Tau and the sizzling HEAT of the oil and pan made me respect those ladies in their long sleeves pumping out so many in the restaurant all dayy 🍳 I think a man's effort in making a meal for someone special says a lot about his personality and family life. Any lady would be lucky to call these caring guys a man of her own.
@@B_27 ye, we called that’s straight and honest, we don’t hide our judgment, so when we compliment somethings, we’re actually mean it… you will find that a lot in people from Southern-Western VietNam…
She’s an insta “food blogger” with a bunch of bought views and followers. How could you post about all your food and travels from Vietnam and roast the corn eggrolls?😭 my poor boy put so much heart into it
I'm reading the comments and I would say her demeanor is very characteristic of being Vietnamese. We can be perceived as "rude" or "judgy" to outsiders, but to me that's typical Vietnamese way and to Viets that's just being straightforward, no beating around the bush normalized in the culture. As for the Banh Mi, Viet people don't typically put hoisin or Sriracha in their Banh Mi but since the guy is going for a pho and banh mi blend the sauces she put in is standard what you put in Pho not Banh Mi. It looked like a lot of meat stuffing that she may have had a hard time sifting through the other flavors he put in. Although, in my opinion she went way too heavy on that hoisin sauce. It's like putting too much A1 sauce on a steak. 🤢 If you put that amount in you definitely won't taste any other flavors. I don't blame the Banh Mi guy for being offended. It almost look like he made Banh Mi Thit Nuong but it's pho version so the meat has got to be tender. I like Banh Mi too, but it's gotta be Banh Mi Dac Biet. Banh Mi Thit Nuong is too tough meat for me to chew.
I have also never heard of ram bap, but my family is from outside of that province in south Vietnam specifically Binh Duong. It would not surprise me the variation of food between different areas of VN. I feel if your family is from a specific province you just visit that province for a family visit vacation so you're not really exposed to other subcultures in other provinces and their variation of food.
@@hongngocle7644 I would say her reaction is how older generations of Vietnamese would be like my parents. I'm in my 30s and my parents are in their 60s to 70s. I'm not justifying that it's okay to be that way, but that's how older generation's way of communication can be. Very critical and you accept your parents as they are. They're set in their ways. And it's possible that rubs off on their kids even if we didn't like it growing up.
I'm really surprised that's how Vietnamese people are perceived. I am not trying to invalidate your experience, as you would know more than I do. My experience has just been so different from this. Every Vietnamese person I have met from my childhood into adulthood, both in Canada and South Korea (where I live now) have been incredibly friendly, kind, and sweet. ㅠㅠ
the guys were really nice and carefree I felt like the girl kind of threw me off. i know the point of the video is to critique the dishes but she would say one thing and then say another so certain things weren't adding up. it almost felt like she was trying to prove how much she knew about Vietnamese food. overall, good video.
There are so many "ram" that you should try if you have the chance: "ram bắp" - the one was made in the video, "ram tôm đất" - kinda like ram bắp, but with shrimp paste or tiny shrimp in it, ''ram cua" - crab,... and so many more. These kinds of food revolve around the middle part of VN: Quy Nhơn, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Trị, Huế,... We usually eat these either separately with salad like in the video, or combine it with "nem" and eat it with rice paper to create a crunchy texture for every bite. Additionally, there is a "special sauce" made with shrimp paste and many more ingredients which amazingly increase the flavor for the ram (not "mắm tôm", it's called "tương tôm" I think, lol) You can easily find it in any restaurants that sell this kind of food.
Lol… everything she said she likes in a Vietnamese guy Vinh-Khôi has. He probably knows the traditional flavor best and most likely to be the straight A’s overachiever 😂
@@paradigmshift7541 I'll never understand why on earth people think colored hair matters AT ALL! If anything the people with "normal" hair are just boring and scared to be different. Some of us like to stand out and be unique. Not like everyone else. There's nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Hate her but love her hair!
@@savannahalvarado3489 actually, imo, people that do crazy wild fashion just uses "unique" and "different" as a cover-up for their insecurities; it's easier to be rejected for being "weird" than to be rejected for "being yourself." i say that bc if you look at all the extreme fashion people, once they have money or confidence, they start losing weight, changing their fashion, getting plastic surgery, and start looking "normal." while they were "different," they would boast about their individuality, yet are so quick to change when they feel better about themselves. for example, look at lady gaga. as soon as she got a nose job, she started dressing "normal"
I don't get the hate in the comments. Contestant #2 made a vegan variant of his hometown dish - no fish sauce would definitely throw off someone with no context to this. She made a judgement based on what she knew. As she learned more, she admitted she was wrong, was open-minded to visiting that region, and meeting the guy to find out more. I liked her and all the contestants - they played well off of each other. Hope to see more videos featuring more unique dishes.
This girl Yen said shes from VN, claimed she knows a lot about Vietnamese food and she dont know what Ram Bap is or where its originated from in VN and she also called it Egg Rolls. She should google up Ram Bap and she will knows why its called Ram Bap and yes its a real dish that really exist lol. Ram Bap is not Cha Gio, Cha Gio is Egg Rolls dont mix them up. Just like Spring Rolls is not Summer Rolls. Just because a local region used soy sauce for Ram Bap doesnt mean thats its incorrect. Many regions make the same dish but used different ingredients and the same goes for dipping sauce. Also, Ram Bap is probably the least main stream dish of the 3, Banh Khot is actually more popular than she thinks it is. You can find many restaurants, even in the US, that offer Banh Khot but really rare to find Ram Bap on the menu.
@@hoanghuytran714 Yeah that guy went hardcore Vietnamese on her, showing her food she dont even know lol. I kindda agree with your point too. She doesnt like pho but as soon as she took a bite of that Banh Mi she proceed to go crazy with the hoisin sauce and siracha sauce and enjoyed it lol. She had Banh Mi on her arm, its no surprise she picked the Banh Mi dude lol.
honestly the problem isn't that she didn't know the dish the problem is that when she tasted it she immediately said that its not Vietnamese and looked disgusted at first. regardless of whether or she knew, acting like this was disrespectful and downright a disgusting way to act.
CAN WE GET TWAYDABAE ON THIS SERIE BECAUSE SHE WOULD DEF KNOW HER VIET DISHES AND SHE'S SO WELL KNOWN IN HER CULTURE! SHE WAS ALSO BORN IN VIETNAM AND WAS RAISED IN VIETNAM UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES!!! SHE IS A CHEF PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE @TWAYDABAE
This girl is so ignorant. Bragging about coming from Vietnam and being a "food blogger", she was so judgmental about one of the most authentic Viet dish you can ever get. Then she goes on and add HOISIN SAUCE onto her banh mi, which we never ever do in Vietnam. I hope this girl doesn't get cast again. She's just mean and ignorant.
@@keyestamorgan7373 no, she be acting like those black aunties, jewish aunties, jamaican aunties, etc. on these tasting channels. they also gave their input, but the attitude and comments were just rude, and acting like they know best and everyone else still has a lot to learn. stop normalizing rude manners, and saying people are sensitive for expecting basic manners and common courtesy. .
I used to eat pho every holiday so as a Vietnamese person it's kinda gets overrated 😅. My favorite Vietnamese dish is Mi Quang. Yellow noodles with beef, shrimp and veggies. Very underrated dish. Gets over shadowed by pho
I from the capital - Hanoi Vietnam, and i think Pho is overrated. U should try some other noodles from Vietnam beside Pho, mostly people in Vietnam prefer Vermacelli (sorry if i typed it wrong) over Pho, much better not gonna lie tho
I live in Saigon and most of my Vietnamese friends aren't all that crazy about pho and only eat it when there is no alternative (which is almost never).
She is not dating material. Just everything about her energy is a no. Out of all the qualified Vietnamese women you could find to be the judge of this episode, it was her? Disappointing.
Omg I was surprised when she say that she don't like phở. I though that I'm the only Vietnamese that don't like phở. There are a lot of Vietnamese food that I like but phở is the only one that I'm not too thrill to eat. 😆😆
It's so mainstream, overdone and overemphasized in so many Vietnamese restaurants in the US. Like we have other dishes to appreciate too in our culture. 🤷♀️
“We cooked the dishes, but she’s cooking you “ I felt that
You can say that again dear!
Kkkkkkk
The non traditional egg rolls guy came from the Cu Chi Tunnel.
That dude was making it worse for ole homeboy too
When she said you don’t put corn in egg rolls… my girl.. you have not been through the whole country have you 😩
Never heard of an egg roll in Vietnam.
@@B.D.E. egg roll is chả giò or nem rán.
Wait, you mean some place in Vietnam put corn in their egg rolls!?
@@VyNguyen-zm3yu In my province, Quảng Ngãi, we do that. That’s where the guy is from. It’s super good and unique!
I would say corn isn't typical in Vietnamese egg rolls either. Just because you haven't been through the whole country doesn't make you any less Viet I don't think. I typically keep to the same province as my family when visiting which is Binh Duong.
She wants traditional cuisine that's not mainstream but when a guy gives her just that (literally a dish from his home town) he can't possibly be Vietnamese as 'we' don't put corn in 'our' egg rolls. Well he did so I'm pretty sure that you do.
Yeah, it turns out she was just ignorant about the different dishes throughout the country...he didn't do anything wrong, he understood the assignment lol
Chill, she made a turn at the end
When im not watching this channel I’m watching Seven Hunnid on TH-cam ..
She’s basic, and unacknowledgable
agreed with this, it was borderline ignorant to say "It's not vietnamese." I felt like the film editing saved her so much - I think they gave her extra info after her reaction. I'm shock that she didn't even tasted the Chao (Fermented Tofu/curd) in there as he mentioned. That's a such common add-on to lots of other Vietnamese Food.
Hey everyone, Vinh-Khoi here (Contestant #2). Just wanted to provide some more context with regards to the actual dish since I put a lot of thought into it.
1) Ram bắp is a dish that originated from my hometown Quảng Ngãi and is eaten as a savory dish or a light snack. It's a dish that's not sold in America and even Vietnamese people outside of my hometown don't know this dish, so don't judge Yen too harshly for being caught off-guard lol. I wanted to make a vegan variant of this dish and wanted to go for something that was light and refreshing.
2) The star ingredient of this dish is the corn (bắp) filling. I used American sweet corn (bắp Mỹ) because of its natural sweetness (no extra sugar is needed). Actually thought about using blue corn for a twist but decided against it for this version.
3) Along with corn, the filling consists of shallots, chives, salt, and pepper. I used bigger shallots for the crunch factor (but also I didn't have access to the small shallots from Lý Sơn). I used freshly grounded Himalayan salt and pepper to give the corn a more natural and pronounced flavor profile. People can add ground pork as well; I don't like adding meat in my filling and as said above, I was making a vegan variant. I also don't like bột nêm in mine.
4) You can mash the ingredients to make a smoother blend for the filling, but I like the uneveness of the flavor profile and textures of the corn kernels and diced shallots.
5) People usually roll the filling using the special rice paper (bánh tráng) from Quảng Ngãi that you can roll without having to dip in water. I obviously don't have access to this rice paper in America and I really don't like frying with the dry ones, so went with the wheat ones.
6) I made my rolls flat and short as opposed to long and thin, which is more typical, due to limitations of the wheat papers I had. Also I like my rolls small (to be eaten in two bites), so didn't oversize my rolls.
7) I fried using extra virgin olive oil as I thought it would impart more depth of flavor to the rolls without feeling so heavy. These rolls are generally fried at medium heat until brown.
8) You cannot eat ram bắp without a plate of fresh vegetables. I had butter lettuce, cilantro, mint, and cucumber as my vegetables of choice. I wanted to add diếp cá as well but I couldn't find it in the store.
9) We do use nước chấm made from fish sauce to dip our spring rolls, and Quảng Ngãi people like ours extra salty and spicy. However, I was making a vegan variant and wanted a dipping sauce that was equally salty and spicy but didn't contain any added sugar as that would take away from the sweetness of the corn. So I used extra salty soy sauce, Thai chilies, and a squeeze of lime juice for brightness. I also added fermented bean curd (chao) as I thought it would give more body and fragrance to the sauce while aiding in digestion.
10) This was a very fun video to shoot and everyone got along very well on set haha.
Loved your energy in the video dude, keep it up! 🔥
Respect!
She was ignorant of your region and overconfident of her knowledge. Sometimes that happens for people who have a decent amount of knowledge of a subject but don't realize there is a lot more to know. I am glad you were able to share new information with many people. It was an interesting video.
I think it’s awesome you made something unique to your hometown, though I feel it was insensitive of her to assume it wasn’t Vietnamese because she’d never seen it before. It looks delicious!!
Thamks for sharing your process and prep for the meal! You put a lot of thought and energy into it. She may not appreciate it but we do!
I really wanted her to choose Vinh-Khoi😭😭💔 he’s so sweet & seems like a genuine dude who stays true to himself
Me too, and also because they share the same root
i think Vietnam food is disgusting 😠😠 when Vietnam eat dogs it is disgusting
I agree
"You don't look like a straight A student"
Man this girl be roasting 💀💀
lmaol!!! so people can really tell!!!!!!!!!!!
On a fast track to being alone for the rest of her life
I'm a legit Vietnamese for 21 years and the ram bắp (the one she called egg roll) is a dish that I have never heard about. It's a real local dish and I think there is nothing wrong with Yen when she could not recognize it, and tbh 'ram bắp' looks like a combination of Taiwan egg rolls and 'chả giò' to me so lol just chill. Furthermore, the first guy's dish, 'bánh khọt', also come from a province in Vietnam (Huế) but it is a little bit well-knowned than 'bánh khọt' because Huế used to be Vietnamese capital. Vietnamese food is so diverse even local people cannot know it all (fun fact: we have over 100 types of noodles, and not everyone know that).
You took the words right out of my mouth… if some random guy serve me that dish and told me it was Vietnamese TRADITIONAL dish, my reaction would be worse than her… we might be too straight forward, but at least we don’t lie.
I dont even like the fried rolls my mom and aunt make (its good, but not that good after eating it all of ur childhood- kill the joy out of it lol).
That ban rap, or whatever its call, is so weird lmao. I tried it in vietnam, from a street cart vendor (i was so disappointed lol).
Have you ever travelled outside your hometown? Because you can literally eat "ram bắp" in all of provinces in the Southern and Central Vietnam. Although it's the local food of Quang Ngai province, it's not that infamous in other places.
@lan anh vũ I am from the North, to be specific - Hanoi. My hometowns is Ha Tinh - a central province. And yes I have been travel to many place but I have never heard of 'ram bắp'. If it is my fault to not know your local dish so I'm sorry but let be honest ram bắp it is not that popular.
@@ngocminhtran7979 Lol. Actually it's not my local food because i'm from the North as well. Just because you have never heard about it doesn't mean it isn't popular. You are too young to know a lot of things in this world.
The know-it-all attitude just threw me off. “He’s not Vietnamese” “Why is there corn” “doesn’t taste Vietnamese” honestly she could’ve phrased her words better. Admitting that you don’t know something just seem hard? M
Don’t take it too seriously….it was funny…but I get ya…it sounds rude
@Kendo -sama So you're perfectly fine with peope being funny at the expensive of others. I hope people in your life are rude to you all the time to be funny.
I just don't like when people think their region speaks for the entire country. Let alone don't be rude. I know they think it's being sassy but it's rude.
Forreal, so arrogant
She just thinks she's funny but she's really just super offensive
@@savannahalvarado3489 Offensive to who? The guy in question is commenting on the video and saying there were no hard feelings whatsoever
@@Vxjx15 offensive to the audience... just look at all the comments
When I met my wife my family owned a sushi bar. She said some ppl marry for money I married for my husband and his family’s cooking.
Wife...husband ?
@@JTP1982 He meant that, He met his wife when his family owned a sushi bar and his wife said to people that some people marry for money, but "I marry my husband and for him and his family cooking". I hope you understand ^^
@@arishana1106 Ah okay, I was confused for a bit :)
Not just for your husband? Lmao weird thing to say
Some people like food and some people just like free food haha
She's a food blogger so probably knows a little more about Vietnamese food than this shows since this is a short video. But, really, the sneering of the eggroll from Central Vietnam, the rejection of soy sauce as a dipping sauce cause it wasn't Vietnamese enough, and selecting banh mi as your ultimate Vietnamese dish.... just absolutely tasteless.
Or ignorant. Anyone can be a food blogger these days. Wish she had said she didn't like pho from the get-go, would have saved me watching the rest of the video.
I'm Vietnamese and have traveled from North to South but never seen corn egg rolls before. Definitely a local dish specifically in his village. If you have a Vietnamese friend, try to make this dish to him/her, you will get the same reaction.
@@sgcl10658 nah man, Im from Da Nang/ central Vietnam and people put corn, sweet potato and green bean... in their chay egg rolls. I guess you haven't tried Vietnamese vegan food much.
@@VeeBeeZee22 i guess the midside need some more food representation lol
Yeah agreed
In my opinion, Vinh-Khoi dish looks more Vietnamese than Terry and Johnny dishes. Because from what I can see, Vinh-Khoi just wanted to re-create the dish from his hometown, while the other two was being a little creative with their cooking. Not that is bad though.
Oh and similar to Vinh-Khoi dish, unless you already know, the bánh khọt (Terry dish) is mostly eaten in the South. While in Nha Trang city (Central) where I am from, we eat bánh căn. The dish is similar to bánh khọt, but the main difference is that the Southern version is fried on a shaped cooking pan, while our is grilled in a mini clay pot, which is grilled on a clay grill. And from the North, at least within the proximity of Ha Noi or in a small town of Thai Nguyen where my mother side of the family are from, they don’t have a version of this mini like pancakes.
Ayyy been to Nha Trang around 2017/8...place was amazing...food was good...though kinda got overpriced seafood recommended from a taxi driver but i miss Nha Trang, kinda wanna go again
Cant really get mad at her for not knowing about the egg roll dish. My family is from central Vietnam and literally none of them has ever heard of corn in egg rolls when asked. Of course she’s not gonna know every local dish in Vietnam that would be unreasonable
yeah
I think people more so are annoyed by how she reacted to it. Even without recognizing the dish she didn't have to roast the guy so hard by saying it's not Vietnamese because of the corn or soy sauce.
@@sophien5416 yeah but she immediately was sweet about it like well I want to know more about it and it actually tastes good lol
Ye fr I've never heard of that and I'm from vietnam too.
I feel so bad for Vinh-Khôi because Johnny and Terry are making fun and not really talking to him
I felt bad for him too! He was my favorite contestant. He seemed so sweet.
Two Americanized guys vs one guy that is traditional and knows his roots
@@TheMiniWumbo tf
@@dsouu9139 Did I stttttttutter?
She too confident in her own knowledge.
I wish they showed a bit more of them talking afterwards
Me too!
Dude who cooked authentic Vietnamese spring rolls and she chooses the Bahn Mi which wasn't even a things until after the late 1970's after French occupation. She certainly knows a lot about "authentic" Vietnamese cooking.
She grew up in Vietnam and banh mi is very popular as street food in Vietnam so i dont know what you mean lol PLUS you sound like a white person what do you know about vietnamese authenticity?
@@lbflittlebutterfly4846 right, she is Vietnamese so you can say she don’t know food from her own culture like sir…also regardless of international influence it’s still Vietnamese
doubt its about authenticity, she definitely chose based on what she preferred, she pointed out that the banh mi had tender meat and even has a banh mi tattoo, so she definitely loves banh mi
She is "white washed". She probably thinks Pho was invested by a Viet guy. lmfao In reality, it was invented by Chinese migrants in North Vietnam.
How long do you think corn has been a part of Vietnamese cuisine? It’s not like corn is indigenous to Asia…the fact that the Bahn Mi is more recent and includes influences from cuisine outside of Vietnam doesn’t mean than it’s inauthentic
This is the first time I seen so many of my own people on a mainstream TH-cam channel and I'm full of pride 🥰🥰🥰
Do a few searches. Tons of mainstream content about Vietnam. One of the largest food reviewers on TH-cam lives in Vietnam, and food channels cover Vietnamese cuisine frequently.
That part🥰
@@timenswijtink True. Learned a lot about Vietnam from Sunny
I'm like watching this series backwards and i like the improvements made to these show! this earlier ep made me wanna watch more clips from the post reveal, which they did in the newer eps! They should release some bonus clips
I watch these at nite on my Kindle when im supposed to be in bed. BAHAHAHA! 🤣
I'm doing the same thing! I would love for the series to show us more of the date or have a longer segment with the taste tester and the date they chose!
It's so weird for me seeing all the mainland Viet people in here not knowing Ram Bắp in Quang Ngai. While a lot of people from Quang Ngai that i know are very knowledgeable about others local cuisine.
Quang Ngai is in the central part so it would make sense that others don't know their regional dishes but they know others. I mean i somewhat knew about it but from my memory its not that different from regular fried spring rolls made in Vietnam besides corn being a part of the filling plus generally being skinnier.
It seems like she's trying a bit too hard to be Vietnamese. They should have made bún đậu mắm tôm instead, that would have been the real wildcard:)))
Bún đậu mắm tôm is definitely my favorite northern dish. I like it a lot more than bún chả haha. Can't say I'm too much of an expert in Northern Vietnamese cuisine though.
what do you mean trying too hard to be Vietnamese? She is Vietnamese lol she doesn't need to try anything. Vietnamese-American are still Vietnamese
The audacity she has asking if he's even Vietnamese it looks like dude just came fresh from the boat
Can I say I have watched maybe a handful of this type of series, and these group of boys impressed me the most! These guys really put their heart and effort into making these meals, gathering the right ingredients and implements. I saw how they made banh khot in Vung Tau and the sizzling HEAT of the oil and pan made me respect those ladies in their long sleeves pumping out so many in the restaurant all dayy 🍳 I think a man's effort in making a meal for someone special says a lot about his personality and family life. Any lady would be lucky to call these caring guys a man of her own.
But she didn't even dip the banh mi in the sauce he made?? Lol
She doesn't appreciate. Too simple. Direct, rude and ignorant.
Why was the video was cut short when she met up with the guys?
Probably got awkward
Homegirl was straight forward lol
Yeap. I find that refreshing
No, she was rude and ignorant.
@@B_27 No She's just Vietnamese
@@xuann4267 I can't argue with that
@@B_27 ye, we called that’s straight and honest, we don’t hide our judgment, so when we compliment somethings, we’re actually mean it… you will find that a lot in people from Southern-Western VietNam…
This one was a lot shorter than the others. I like the getting to know them and the mini dates afterwards.
She’s an insta “food blogger” with a bunch of bought views and followers. How could you post about all your food and travels from Vietnam and roast the corn eggrolls?😭 my poor boy put so much heart into it
She was this close to banging her credit card in the table when the last dish came out 😂😂
They should include more of the end in the future - was really curious to her conversations w the guys afterward & then the date!
Who says we don't use soy sauce? LOL
soy sauce is pretty common choice for an alternative to fish sauce for dipping-- if you're eating chay or vegan
I have watched a few of these videos and really enjoyed them. I just wish that they would show a follow up after the date.
She seems very full of herself. Smh.
Her: I do not like pho-
Johnny: pikachu face
I'm reading the comments and I would say her demeanor is very characteristic of being Vietnamese. We can be perceived as "rude" or "judgy" to outsiders, but to me that's typical Vietnamese way and to Viets that's just being straightforward, no beating around the bush normalized in the culture.
As for the Banh Mi, Viet people don't typically put hoisin or Sriracha in their Banh Mi but since the guy is going for a pho and banh mi blend the sauces she put in is standard what you put in Pho not Banh Mi. It looked like a lot of meat stuffing that she may have had a hard time sifting through the other flavors he put in. Although, in my opinion she went way too heavy on that hoisin sauce. It's like putting too much A1 sauce on a steak. 🤢 If you put that amount in you definitely won't taste any other flavors. I don't blame the Banh Mi guy for being offended. It almost look like he made Banh Mi Thit Nuong but it's pho version so the meat has got to be tender. I like Banh Mi too, but it's gotta be Banh Mi Dac Biet. Banh Mi Thit Nuong is too tough meat for me to chew.
I have also never heard of ram bap, but my family is from outside of that province in south Vietnam specifically Binh Duong. It would not surprise me the variation of food between different areas of VN. I feel if your family is from a specific province you just visit that province for a family visit vacation so you're not really exposed to other subcultures in other provinces and their variation of food.
"Lời nói không mất tiền mua, lựa lời mà nói cho vừa lòng nhau" chứ "straightforward" gì.
@@hongngocle7644 I would say her reaction is how older generations of Vietnamese would be like my parents. I'm in my 30s and my parents are in their 60s to 70s. I'm not justifying that it's okay to be that way, but that's how older generation's way of communication can be. Very critical and you accept your parents as they are. They're set in their ways. And it's possible that rubs off on their kids even if we didn't like it growing up.
@@lethikim1990 oh no...
I'm really surprised that's how Vietnamese people are perceived. I am not trying to invalidate your experience, as you would know more than I do. My experience has just been so different from this.
Every Vietnamese person I have met from my childhood into adulthood, both in Canada and South Korea (where I live now) have been incredibly friendly, kind, and sweet. ㅠㅠ
I like how she acts like she understands stuff right away, which then reveals to be the opposite
SHE WAS SO STRAIGHT FORWARD!
the guys were really nice and carefree I felt like the girl kind of threw me off. i know the point of the video is to critique the dishes but she would say one thing and then say another so certain things weren't adding up. it almost felt like she was trying to prove how much she knew about Vietnamese food. overall, good video.
There are so many "ram" that you should try if you have the chance: "ram bắp" - the one was made in the video, "ram tôm đất" - kinda like ram bắp, but with shrimp paste or tiny shrimp in it, ''ram cua" - crab,... and so many more.
These kinds of food revolve around the middle part of VN: Quy Nhơn, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Trị, Huế,... We usually eat these either separately with salad like in the video, or combine it with "nem" and eat it with rice paper to create a crunchy texture for every bite.
Additionally, there is a "special sauce" made with shrimp paste and many more ingredients which amazingly increase the flavor for the ram (not "mắm tôm", it's called "tương tôm" I think, lol) You can easily find it in any restaurants that sell this kind of food.
Most older Vietnamese business in Texas owned by Hue and they make their cha gio ram like.
WE COOKED THE DISHES, BUT SHE'S COOKING YOU!
At least she didnt just go for the guy with the biggest egg roll
what a lackluster ending to the video
Eh suits buzzfeed since they took the idea lmao
How do we get casted for this show!?! We are single foodies
Interesting concept for dating based on the candidates’ food. I hope there’s more 😁
They stole the idea from cut
Yeah cause its stolen lmao
A lot of channels seem to have a similar concept for the last couple years.
7:59 "directed by m night shyamalan" LOLLLL that line killed me
2:53 this boi CAPPING 😂😂
She seemed so rude and highly critical. Who would want to date her period?
Lol… everything she said she likes in a Vietnamese guy Vinh-Khôi has. He probably knows the traditional flavor best and most likely to be the straight A’s overachiever 😂
4:06 When dude raises his finger up bc she dissed his hometown & Vietnamese-ness 🤣🤣 rofl
The egg roll dish looked like the more interesting dish to me since it was from Vinh Khoi's region. Plus Vinh Khoi is a handsome guy.
Vinh Khoi seems too traditional vietnamese for her though.
Do you have corn spring rolls?
"more vietnamese than the two of us combined", "im a bare minimum student", "directed by m night shamalan" hahahhaah im weak
Now I know why she's single, damn
Right? She's rude and disrespectful for the people who made this dish, has a know-it-all attitude, and speaks with her mouth FULL. Gives me the ick.
Exactly what I was thinking. Not a catch at all.
@@Spacemonkeymojo she was rude
probably likes fat bald white boys
@@merabridge in Vietnam and many other asian countries talking with mouth full or making "noises" is completely normal in our culture...
This chick is sooo rude!! Who would want to date someone so mean and rude. Vinh seems like a sweet heart and too good for her.
Blue hair is an obvious red flag
@@paradigmshift7541 I'll never understand why on earth people think colored hair matters AT ALL! If anything the people with "normal" hair are just boring and scared to be different. Some of us like to stand out and be unique. Not like everyone else. There's nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Hate her but love her hair!
@@savannahalvarado3489 actually, imo, people that do crazy wild fashion just uses "unique" and "different" as a cover-up for their insecurities; it's easier to be rejected for being "weird" than to be rejected for "being yourself." i say that bc if you look at all the extreme fashion people, once they have money or confidence, they start losing weight, changing their fashion, getting plastic surgery, and start looking "normal." while they were "different," they would boast about their individuality, yet are so quick to change when they feel better about themselves. for example, look at lady gaga. as soon as she got a nose job, she started dressing "normal"
My dude said he made the fish sauce from scratch 😹😹
I don't get the hate in the comments. Contestant #2 made a vegan variant of his hometown dish - no fish sauce would definitely throw off someone with no context to this.
She made a judgement based on what she knew. As she learned more, she admitted she was wrong, was open-minded to visiting that region, and meeting the guy to find out more. I liked her and all the contestants - they played well off of each other. Hope to see more videos featuring more unique dishes.
This girl Yen said shes from VN, claimed she knows a lot about Vietnamese food and she dont know what Ram Bap is or where its originated from in VN and she also called it Egg Rolls. She should google up Ram Bap and she will knows why its called Ram Bap and yes its a real dish that really exist lol. Ram Bap is not Cha Gio, Cha Gio is Egg Rolls dont mix them up. Just like Spring Rolls is not Summer Rolls. Just because a local region used soy sauce for Ram Bap doesnt mean thats its incorrect. Many regions make the same dish but used different ingredients and the same goes for dipping sauce. Also, Ram Bap is probably the least main stream dish of the 3, Banh Khot is actually more popular than she thinks it is. You can find many restaurants, even in the US, that offer Banh Khot but really rare to find Ram Bap on the menu.
He went too Vietnamese for her…. She wanted fusion young hipster food. She does not even like pho…… She picked the right dude for her….
@@hoanghuytran714 Yeah that guy went hardcore Vietnamese on her, showing her food she dont even know lol. I kindda agree with your point too. She doesnt like pho but as soon as she took a bite of that Banh Mi she proceed to go crazy with the hoisin sauce and siracha sauce and enjoyed it lol. She had Banh Mi on her arm, its no surprise she picked the Banh Mi dude lol.
I fuckin died @7:54 hahahahahaha
“Directed by M. Knight Shamalan”🤣🤣🤣
Not me getting ocd everytime she touched the oily fried food and then touching her hair wkfjgjskfkg
honestly the problem isn't that she didn't know the dish the problem is that when she tasted it she immediately said that its not Vietnamese and looked disgusted at first. regardless of whether or she knew, acting like this was disrespectful and downright a disgusting way to act.
all the guys got along better than any of them would get along with her 😂
Awe these guys are pretty chill
Come on yall, Vietnamese is Vietnamese, we eat what we like, and things change through time, recipes change too.
This girl doesn’t seem like a catch at all lmfaoooo.
If quan was here, we all know he'll crush the cooking! 💯
My man Vinh Khoi dodged a bullet. Girl is all sorts of over-confident.
Congrats to Johnny I know him from way back in high school 😆
yo why you cut the vid short??? Love this girl!
this was so cute! hope you had fun on your date yen!! 😁
you cut the video too short! i love these asian cooking dating shows
The girl’s going to stay single lmao
She talk like she a pro 😂 and she not even eat it right… she should keep bein single
It sounds like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about
7:37 "She called you a nerd bro" Lmaoooooo
CAN WE GET TWAYDABAE ON THIS SERIE BECAUSE SHE WOULD DEF KNOW HER VIET DISHES AND SHE'S SO WELL KNOWN IN HER CULTURE! SHE WAS ALSO BORN IN VIETNAM AND WAS RAISED IN VIETNAM UNTIL SHE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES!!! SHE IS A CHEF PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
@TWAYDABAE
I think that bành xéo is my favorite vietnamese dish, why is this dish so underated ??
I want to see more of her being disappointed in her choice
OMG I've been following her on instagram for years! Never thought I'd see her on buzzfeed
Did you mean that Buzzfeed is not that familiar to the majority of youtube?!
@@dr.yasserel-touny7189 No, that's not what I meant at all.
@@NaiBreeze So, what please!
"I'm so confused" continues to take monster bites.
the very definition of the word "superficial"
Did anyone click this video because of how awesome her hair looks? Cause damn that color pops. ❤
This girl is so ignorant. Bragging about coming from Vietnam and being a "food blogger", she was so judgmental about one of the most authentic Viet dish you can ever get. Then she goes on and add HOISIN SAUCE onto her banh mi, which we never ever do in Vietnam. I hope this girl doesn't get cast again. She's just mean and ignorant.
Y’all so sensitive, she just gave her input like she’s supposed to, she learned something new, now stop being so hasty lol
@@keyestamorgan7373 no, she be acting like those black aunties, jewish aunties, jamaican aunties, etc. on these tasting channels. they also gave their input, but the attitude and comments were just rude, and acting like they know best and everyone else still has a lot to learn. stop normalizing rude manners, and saying people are sensitive for expecting basic manners and common courtesy. .
Did they run out of film? Why the sudden end?
that Johnny guy kinda funny
Agreed, he carried the video
Ehhh he was kind of dickish tbh
When she went off on the most Vietnamese guy there I died LOL
2 of them are more Americanized
I had a stroke when she said: "even though I'm Vietnamese, I still do not like Pho" because I'm a Vietnamese
Ayyy this was fun do more of this!
"Purely based on his dish"... I surely heard something else 🤣
Girl be like " oh this is not traditional" BUT she doesnt even like pho and put hoisin sauce to her banh mi 🥲🥲🥲
The guys seemed more Vietnamese than her.
I'm not sure why I'm suprised to see they're all Vietnamese, but I am
Who doesn't like PHO!? But hey, I know an Italian who doesn't like tomatoes ;-p!
They old school Italian, like pre-1600s 😂
I used to eat pho every holiday so as a Vietnamese person it's kinda gets overrated 😅. My favorite Vietnamese dish is Mi Quang. Yellow noodles with beef, shrimp and veggies. Very underrated dish. Gets over shadowed by pho
I from the capital - Hanoi Vietnam, and i think Pho is overrated. U should try some other noodles from Vietnam beside Pho, mostly people in Vietnam prefer Vermacelli (sorry if i typed it wrong) over Pho, much better not gonna lie tho
I live in Saigon and most of my Vietnamese friends aren't all that crazy about pho and only eat it when there is no alternative (which is almost never).
That wouldn’t be surprising if someone for Italy didn’t like tomato since they are native to the Americas
“For dipping, please do not drink!”
“what am i drinking 🤨???”
All these dishes were 🔥👌
Honestly give me more of just the three dude chillin.
I love this.. A man who will cook for you A+
She is not dating material. Just everything about her energy is a no. Out of all the qualified Vietnamese women you could find to be the judge of this episode, it was her? Disappointing.
Omg I was surprised when she say that she don't like phở. I though that I'm the only Vietnamese that don't like phở. There are a lot of Vietnamese food that I like but phở is the only one that I'm not too thrill to eat. 😆😆
It's so mainstream, overdone and overemphasized in so many Vietnamese restaurants in the US. Like we have other dishes to appreciate too in our culture. 🤷♀️
Girl is super average. No need to try to impress her. She tries to impress herself. All good my dudes.