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 😋

@jackiedelvalle

22 күн бұрын

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.

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. 😅

@katie18976

22 күн бұрын

I had the same exact thoughts while watching this video 😅

5:54 "That was disrespectful" - clip was spot on 😂

@haleyrichbark8221

21 күн бұрын

I actually laughed out loud 😂

@isabellagrnneskov3537

20 күн бұрын

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 😂

@earllemongrab7960

20 күн бұрын

​​@@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)

@thanhphi8658

16 күн бұрын

She just speaks out loud the truth :v

@mercedesvelasquez8781

9 күн бұрын

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..​@@thanhphi8658

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)

@rc8300

22 күн бұрын

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

@sumit6190p

22 күн бұрын

It's a pretty common rule across big Supermarket in developing asian countries.

@wormwoodwine6997

22 күн бұрын

@@sumit6190p Are you talking about locking bags? I think you're replying to the wrong person.

@Just_Flipy

21 күн бұрын

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.

@wormwoodwine6997

21 күн бұрын

@@Just_Flipy Exactly, I find soy sauce and ketchup vary a lot as well.

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. 😊

@katie18976

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for the info ☺

@leonardpearlman4017

13 күн бұрын

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!".

The variety of fish sauces in Vietnamese supermarket is equivalent to the baking aisle in German supermarket 😂❤

@fotographiefraeulein

23 күн бұрын

or the pickles aisle ;D

@leonardpearlman4017

13 күн бұрын

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.

@fuzzymelon1261

5 күн бұрын

or the cereal isle in the US

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!

Even we indians love pickles, We too make from lemon, raw mango, garlic, chilli, mixed veg pickle, n many more

@minime7375

23 күн бұрын

Picled stuff is big in the Balkans too, we pickle the small cucumbers, green tomatoes, chillies, tiny watermelons, you name it, we pickle it😂

@hhheidi1121

23 күн бұрын

⁠@@minime7375what do you do with tiny watermelon

@minime7375

23 күн бұрын

@@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☺️

@ert8968

23 күн бұрын

@@minime7375 gherkin, the small cucumbers are called gherkins

@minime7375

22 күн бұрын

@@ert8968 oki, we use the French name of tha5 variety of cucumber “cornichon”, at least I think it’s French

Don't worry Uyen, we smack the rice in America.

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❤❤❤❤❤❤

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.

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.

@momoftwosweetkids

23 күн бұрын

We put it in smoothies.

@vomm

23 күн бұрын

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.

This feels like I'm actually in Vietnam visiting a supermarket with a cool friend, thanks Uyen this is so much fun to watch!

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 😊

@katie18976

22 күн бұрын

I hope she sees this comment ☺

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

21 күн бұрын

There's a huge resurgence of interest in garum. Noma even came out with a recipe using Koji in place of the fish guts for enzymes so the smell isn't quite as pungent and doesn't take as long as traditional garum. Max Miller of Tasting History has made traditional garum if anyone is interested in it.

@adem6371

19 күн бұрын

@@nonamepainter interesting, I’ll have a look, thanks!

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.

Ahh i love international grocery stores! thank you!

@leaveittolefty

23 күн бұрын

same. from here in Phoenix Az🌵😎

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!

Watching this is fun! I live in a vietnamese neighborhood in California so we have a lot of Vietnamese products you are talking about!

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

@DenzelPF-jl4lj

22 күн бұрын

There are huge Vietnamese markets in Berlin and Leipzig, too 😊

I love these long form videos.. I’ve been wanting for you to upload another ❤❤

Already sounds really interesting, especially since I have plans for visiting Asian countries in the future, Vietnam included :)

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

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 😂❤️

@expatexpat6531

23 күн бұрын

Creates jobs 🙂.

@tedsteiner

23 күн бұрын

But she's still carrying her bag around 😂

@lynnapgar4532

23 күн бұрын

Yes, there are cultural differences across countries. Not a big deal...

@johnsarkissian5519

23 күн бұрын

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).

@user-kc7tx2lk3w

23 күн бұрын

Yeah… big brother is watching ypu😅

Your videos are the best. They bring so much joy! Thank you for making them!

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.

Love a good grocery shopping moment 🥹♥️

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 ♡

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

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.

Wow! I really enjoyed this. Nice to see a grocery store in another country. So many neat and different things.

Two MediaMarkts that I visited in germany also had boxes where they made you locking your bags. But they stopped that some years ago.

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

@pennywang6461

23 күн бұрын

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

@lasseb5612

23 күн бұрын

The instant noodles are nice but if you go to Vietnamese you really should eat fresh food😂

@melodyleong

23 күн бұрын

@@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 😂

@katiem6620

23 күн бұрын

That sounds pretty yum

Really cool video! I love looking at supermarkets abroad😊

I love your videos about Vietnam, they're so cool!!

Thank you for bringing us along, em! Lovely 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!

so interesting, and love her energy fr

Your videos always make me laugh 😂. You are such an amazing human being. God bless 🙌

Love all the selections and options, I could look all day.

Thank you so much for sharing this experience 🥰

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.

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 would love to see more cooking videos with these ingredients, it is so interesting! Thank you for sharing!

I love grocery store tours. I am definitely going to try the shrimp salt + mango idea!

Msg is delicious. This was such a cool video thanks for showing off the store.

Vietnamese supermarket is heaven

This was fantastic to watch! Thank you for your time. Im now hungry 🤤 need to go cook some rich / make rice paper rolls 👍🏼

Hi cô Quyên I realy like the way you make videos that helps bring VietNam to the world ❤❤❤❤

Very interesting to watch! Amazing market place

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

This is a great guide to what you can/should do with Vietnamese food products！Thank you ：）

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! ❤

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!

I love how you talk about food, makes my mouth water even though I don't know the slightest thing about vietnamese food

2:26 if you ever need it in Germany, we have it here as well, it‘s called Milchmädchen, comes in a can or tube. It‘s usually where the coffee or regular condensed milk is 😊

@SanniSandyBunny2000

23 күн бұрын

But it's very difficult to find, most supermarkets don't carry "Milchmädchen" in my experience (Saarland, Saarbrücken and other cities and in Hessen, I only looked in Frankfurt am Main)

@LovelyDray

23 күн бұрын

@@SanniSandyBunny2000oh okay weird, I can usually find it in a Kaufland or Rewe where I live (south of Frankfurt) 🤔

@Eskapismus

23 күн бұрын

Condensed milk can usually also be found in the "eastern European food section" (??) in big supermarkets. I have lived in cities/areas where many Russian or Polish people live, e.g. Supermarkets like Rewe etc. in these areas offered a wider variety of groceries from these countries. I always like to explore those aisles and find new interesting foods. :)

@SanniSandyBunny2000

23 күн бұрын

@@LovelyDray yeah, it probably depends on how much they sell... Places that had it about six or seven years ago suddenly stopped having it from one day to the other. And that was a Rewe, too.

@mygirldarby

23 күн бұрын

Thats interesting. Condensed milk is widely available at any American grocery store. It's called sweetened condensed milk here. Some countries call "evaporated milk" condensed milk, but that is not sweet.

Super interesting. Thanks for the tour 😊

Uyen this was so fun and interesting, thank you! One thing I noticed is the amazing variety, especially in the produce section.

This was so incredibly helpful! Inspires me to try new foods 😋

Make more of these video's please! Really like how you show us the normal things we also have interests in 😀

We want a second part! What about the sweets corner? I heard that the mango top jelly’s (?) are super delicious!

i love this video! it made me chuckle.

Beautiful scent! I can’t wait to use it!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💯I just want to say, thank you for showing off the store. Vietnamese supermarket is heaven.!!!!

I love the longer video. More long videos please!!! 🎉🎉

Uyen, you got me hooked on Vietnamese coffee

This was so cool to learn!!!

You're so adorable I really enjoyed this video😊

I really enjoyed you showing us all the things you love. Im like that when i visit Germany❤I wish everything i like could fit into my suitcase

Loved the video!! It is a different experience inside an Asian grocery.

Very interesting, thank you for sharing!

Goodness your such a pleasant human… your voice and demeanor is so sweet:) I need to go to the market soon:)

I just love looking around supermarkets in other countries, so interesting

I love this kind of videos ❤

Thank you for the tour! That was so fun and informative

To pack more cupnoodle in your luggage is to unpack it. Pack the noodles in ziplock bag and you can stack the cups together.

🤣i love your vibe. Thanks for showing😘😘😘

Loooveee this video. My partner and I were so confused by the bag lockers at first haha!

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 wish I could go to Vietnam with you! You would be a great guide for trying new foods!

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 🙃

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.

Great presentation!

Loved the video! You should also show the cosmetics aisle, saw some pretty interesting things while visiting Vietnam last year! ❤

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

This was great 💜

The food courts in the supermarkets are something I really miss. So convenient.

In India they lock your purse but keep your backpack 😂

So early! Love learning about things like this :)

best noodle guide ever. always trust and love noodle queen.

This is the most beautiful supermarket I’ve ever seen ❤ dream food

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!

I love it when u are speaking about food :D I LOVE FOOD AS WALL

your content just keeps getting more and more detailed and informative and downright interesting and entertaining -- just addicted. Keep it up, dear Uyen. Can't wait for you to come to the states and check out the Asian commercials areas in a city or two-- Houston, New York, LA perhaps? Just a thought... (hey here in TX we have quite a few towns with heavy German heritage -- would be interesting to visit with your fiancee, right?) OK well, one can dream.

Thank you for this guide it was very entertaining

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

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 ❤

4:36 Get some small sealable sandwich bags and take the soup and spices out of the cup along with the desiccant pack and repackage it into the sandwich bags. You can even get fancy mylar bags that you can cook in like the cup if you want to spend a little more.

I had no idea shrimp salt existed until today and now I need it like I need oxygen. :O