I love that you are always in PJs, sometimes with cardigan, just glasses, no make up. You are so relaxing for women around the world

@ChimChimChums

2 ай бұрын

That's the best lounge attire in the world.

I love how one moment you're a grown up woman, but the next second you can ask your mom 'please clean the cabbage for me' Moms are always moms 🌼

Uyen eating yummy worms but being scared of worms on the cabbage was so cute 😂 So fun to see you and your mom cook together ❤

@monicaglenn7878

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I giggled at that too!!

@user-le7oy2rp1y

3 ай бұрын

Yeah one worm is ok but not the other?😅

@danthanh98

3 ай бұрын

eating them cooked is different than touching them alive isnt it 😂

Cơm mẻ is a form of lactic fermented yeast rice which can contain microworm or Panagrellus redivivus (sour paste nematode, or beer mat nematode from its occurrence in constantly moist felt beer mats). It adds a unique sourness to the dish.

@uyenninh

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation! 🥰

@wormwoodwine6997

3 ай бұрын

@@uyenninh Hello from HCM. Love your videos. My mom has a vegetable garden as well. She said the same thing. I feel it in my soul.

@Pixie4Gizmo

3 ай бұрын

@@uyenninh I can't imagine the tofu version is "vegan" with the nematodes in the rice?

@artistuk9590

3 ай бұрын

@@Pixie4Gizmo Yes you can make it vegan by substituting a plant based fermeted substance (like plant based ferment of something in the same style....like sour rice). Sure, it won't be the same, but at least it'll have the same feel to it. And it's veganised to everyone's satisfaction.

@hollywebster6844

3 ай бұрын

​@@Pixie4GizmoMaybe vegan variations spoon out all the nematodes that can be seen? Some vegans are ok with honey and maybe spooning out the nematodes makes this like honey - made by animals but no animals were killed. Or maybe there is a vegan way they ferment the rice.

Your mom is so knowledgeable. Respect to her.

Uyen this might sound weird but, your moms hands look exactly like my moms hands. We are Mexican and similar to Asian cultures, there’s a lot of colorism. She hates how she has sunspots on her hands. But I think it’s so beautiful and you can see she’s worked a lot. Made me feel warm inside 🥰 I thought about how she makes my favorite foods with love too.

@annehersey9895

3 ай бұрын

My best friend is Mexican and I used to always make sure that I 'happened' to be at their house a lot of days, just when it was dinner time. If not, after school was the best. We'd get to her house just as they were finishing up the fresh tortillas! Right of the comal we got them with butter (a treat for me because my family used margarine). If we were lucky, Mom and Abuela would slice some avocado onto our tortillas! Pure heaven. Mexican food is my favorite coming from California and I could eat it every day. Most of my vacations are to Mexico too and it's nice trying dishes from the different States there.

@sandrahayes604

3 ай бұрын

So you could be hand twins? 😅

@LeBensWerkbn

2 ай бұрын

For real my grand Mother has also These hands 😊

@bazhene

9 күн бұрын

my circassian grandma also have it :)

The “Hi” of the worm killed me 😂 I love this video so much, as a Vietnamese born in Germany it’s so fascinating to see so many amazing dishes that my mother never could introduce me to 🥺❤️ some resources are just not available here 😭

@kigeliakitten

2 ай бұрын

I saw how useful chop sticks are in the kitchen; I use them a lot now. Love your videos!

@xuxuxhisalvatore2499

2 ай бұрын

Fr 😂😂😂

I am not going to lie, my western mind is telling me that looks strange, but seeing you so happy eating it makes me want to give it a try

I understand why you miss the homemade Vietnamese dishes in Germany so much. This food is fresh, full of fragrant ingredients, versatile and seems to have texture with those nice, crunchy elements.

I love the insight of her parent's home and how things are done. Also the kind of food they eat. I love how accepting people are towards it. Over twenty years ago, I couldn't tell my friends about the village life of my grandmother. It was frowned upon to enjoy such a 'babaric' and 'uncivilised' lifestyle during the holidays.

@lijohnyoutube101

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like you needed different friends..yikes!

@plutoniumlollie9574

3 ай бұрын

@@lijohnyoutube101 Believe or not, it were different times. There was no KZread. The internet just started to be a thing. No one heard of being woke. Most not well traveled Westerners weren't ready for a hole in the floor kind of toilet, having dices of blood in the soup of a chicken you played with just an hour ago or the 'shower', which was a pot you use to pour water on yourself. Some of the stuff my grandmother did was even by her village's standard old fashioned

@lijohnyoutube101

3 ай бұрын

@@plutoniumlollie9574 I was a grown adult with kids before cell phones were ubiquitous. I still think it was your friend group.

uyen, to counter cabbage worms, your mom can (companion)plant celery or aliums (onion, garlic, shallot). herbs like cilantro/coriander, thyme, sage, rosemary, oregano and pepper/spearmint. or flowers like chamomile and marigold. as they all repel cabage worm butterfly, there are also plants that attract cabage worm predators like yarrow, white clover and buckwheat but that may be alot less practical.

@susanbryant6516

3 ай бұрын

..a lot of those plants won’t grow in Vietnamese climate.

@quantaca5773

3 ай бұрын

@@susanbryant6516 yes, and thats why i gave a lot of options... Even though im pretty sure aliums grow there and i could have just mentioned them, its better to grow something that you need/use

@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole

3 ай бұрын

What interesting, useful and fascinating knowledge! Where can I learn more about what things to plant together in such ways? Thank you so much!

@PerpetualJoy

3 ай бұрын

​@@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole This strategy is called "companion planting." You can look up which plants go together in this way. Aside from which plants might help repel bugs, some companion plants are good pairs because they use different nutrients in the soil or things like that

@fsn747

3 ай бұрын

@@quantaca5773you’re right, aliums do grow here. Cilantro also grows here, and my mom uses them as herbs and to keep cabbage worms out!!!!!

I love this video! I am a Home Care nurse who takes care of special needs kids in their homes. (I should add that I'm in the USA and white.) One of my little kiddos was Vietnamese. One day, as I was halfway out the door after my night shift, kiddo's Grandma asked me if I wanted breakfast. I know well enough not to say no. She handed me chopsticks, a spoon, and a big bowl of chicken soup. 😊 From that day on, she fed me breakfast right along with the rest of the family. Usually it was some kind of soup, and it was delicious. Her chicken pho was really good, but my favorite was her congee (I don't know the Vietnamese name). It was thick and warm and peppery and had century egg and some kind of meat in it. I haven't had it in years, I don't know where to find it or how to make it, and I *miss* it!

@hangeroo2439

3 ай бұрын

It's called chao (pronounced sort of like ciao but with more of j sound). You should be able to find lots of recipes out there for chao/congee. There are many versions of it like chicken, pork, blood sausage (really delicious and the only blood product I'd eat...but it also oft times comes with organ meat, which I'm meh about), fish, etc. You can make it easily yourself. Do about 1 part rice to 10 parts water if you want it a bit loose (I start with 1 part rice to 8 parts water and just add more water if it's too thick). So cook a whole chicken or chicken parts to make a broth. Remove the chicken after 1-1 1/2 hours. If you want to use bone broth, then maybe add the bones and skin back in and cook in crockpot overnight. You can shred your chicken to add back into the chao or add it atop it when serving. The broth can be flavored with garlic, ginger, onion. Add your rice and just let it cook until the consistency you like (about an hour, longer if want the rice to disintegrate more). Don't forget to add salt. When done, top with whatever you want. My favorite toppings are sliced green onions, cilantro, crumbled hard boil egg (you can do the 6 minute egg or like you said the century egg), fried shallots, homemade chili oil, black pepper, etc. An easier version would be to use ground pork and cook it in a pot with garlic and ginger. Then add the rice and water to the ratio you want. You can add salt (or chicken bouillon) and a bit of fish sauce to flavor it more.

@HH-kg4fq

2 ай бұрын

Wowwww....lucky😊

@Kira-kun_89

Ай бұрын

Please do not use the words “special needs”, it is very offensive to disabled people Please just say disabled, it is not a bad word and it is rude to treat it as such

I love to see everyday home food from different countries. The only type of "Vietnamese" food I have had are a couple of different types of pho from US restaurants. I'm continually amazed by how resourceful and creative humans are around the world. I like to imagine the first people who looked at green bananas and thought up that delicious dish. Thanks for sharing, especially for sharing vegan variations.

Thank you for sharing your culture with us!!! Also your parents can use neem oil in their garden to repel pests its a natural pesticide made from the neem tree.

Thật hài hước và thú vị khi nghe Uyên Ninh nói cả tiếng Anh và tiếng Việt! Mình rất thích các videos chân thật , phong phú của em!

Your Mom’s garden is impressive! She clearly works hard to have such a good garden

I'm an adoptee from north vietnam and I love learning about my culture through you! Thank you

Thanks for showing us homecooked Vietnamese dish!🥰

For those making 'mẻ' and storing it at home, if you plan to make more of them, make sure that 1: there's still some amount of 'mẻ' left in the container, 2: when you open the container that you put it in, the bacteria inside have already transformed the amount of rice you added last time. It's best to feed it with leftover rice after finishing your meal as too hot rice can kill the bacteria instead.

@ldkmelon

3 ай бұрын

this is interesting and makes sense. growing up we make our own yeast to make bread and its the same idea. You are really raising them like "livestock" to eat, just tiny tiny ones haha. If you don't care for them properly and fatten them up, they will die off and you have to start over😅

My husband's stepmother is Vietnamese and you've just opened up a whole topic of things for me when I see her next. She's such a good cook!

Wow finally someone who appreciates their viewers and translates their language for us🎉

Can I just say… Uyen, you have the most authentic host personality.

"One is enough, it's too spicy!" 😂 Been in Germany too long!

my parents are from vietnam (hue) and i was born and raised in america, and some of the vietnamese dishes you have on your channel when i show my parents they’ve never even heard of it. i think it’s very cool. thanks chi for sharing your content with us!

For the cabbage, in Europe you can reduce the pests by mixing cabbage plants with tomatoes. The smell of the tomatoes hides the smell of cabbage. A biology teacher, dad to my first gf in the 1980s taught me this! I guess you can use the same principle with some other vegetable between the cabbages in Vietnam.

It's not just Vietnamese moms but all South East Asian mom's..their cooking skills are ✌️

@ELYESSS

3 ай бұрын

It's not just South East Asian moms but all mom's..their cooking skills are ✌

@blarfroer8066

3 ай бұрын

It's just mums in general. And grandmas.

Looks absolutely scrumptious, Uyen. Mom's cooking is the best!

Love seeing the Vietnamese food and traditions as well hear you speak your native language 😊

Living in Germany, the food I miss most is the fresh seafood from the Pacific coast. The fresh oysters, really good local wild salmon, lobster, and especially the crab. I was pretty jealous when you ate crab!

The lifestyle you had in Vietnam is GOALS. Family centered, surrounded by nature, living off your own hard work and just knowing natural life skills. It makes me wonder if the "conveniences" of modern life in first world countries are better 🤔 I know Vietnam is still recovering from the past wars, hopefully with newer opportunities, they don't forget this simple and magnificent lifestyle 🥰

@ttrinhity

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree with this!

@KrisJustus

3 ай бұрын

Gently and respectfully, we shouldn't use language like "first world" and "third world" anymore. But all love to Uyen, I know that's what you meant!

@Aelffwynn

3 ай бұрын

There are pros and cons to both. People romanticize it, and it is beautiful, but it's also a lot of hard work and not very relaxing most of the time. I appreciate that Uyen discusses the good sides of her life in Vietnam and her life in Germany. If only we could all have the best of both worlds.

@nanniecath528

2 ай бұрын

​@@KrisJustusit's fact though 😊

I always feel a flash of contentment when I find a new upload from you. I'm not sure if you *really* get how much we appreciate you and German Fiance. _(EtA: And your family as well! They've been such good sports!)_

@ayshabinthnoor

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

I'm originally from Danang but grew up in the US within a large Vietnamese community. The Vietnamese food in the US is dominated by dishes from south and central Vietnam. I thought I knew Vietnamese food but some of the dishes you show are so new to me. Thank you for sharing and opening my mind!

the third dish... we make something very similar in Romania... we call it 'toba' ... same filling but we use the pig stomac instead of banana leaf and maybe a bit different condiments... it looks almost the same... and probably taste similar... we also do that once a year, right before Christmas... Watching your videos, it is surprising to me how many things I find somewhat similar between vietnamese culture and traditional romaian culture ...

@riverAmazonNZ

2 ай бұрын

In english it’s called Brawn

@elisa821

2 ай бұрын

La tobă m-am gândit si eu😂

I used to have vegan green banana and tofu dish a lot when I lived Hanoj as well as vegan sausage. They were so delicious. I miss Vietnamese food a lot. I think my favourite food which I ate almost every day and still make myself is tomato tofu. So simple and yummy 🤤

Hello! I am from Hong Kong. My mum from Vietnam. I love Vietnamese Cuisine very much.When I was young, my mum can make some Vietnam cuisine, and we can order the Vietnamese sausage by phone and they will delivery to you, because there was a lot of Vietnamese lived in Hong Kong, but not now, and it is difficult to have really Vietnamese cuisine. Because of the cost they changed a lot and simplify it. No real taste! Now we still can find the Chả Lụa, Chả Chiên, but no more Giò Thủ. When I shaw your mum making Giò Thủ in the video, I miss it very much. Mu mum is old now and she can't cook any more. I try to learn how to cook Vietnamese cuisine on KZread, but very complicated, like Phở Bò, you have to prepare a lot of things and gather a lot of different herbs, a big work! You are so lucky! 😁

Being a vegetarian but still enjoying your video you eating your favorite food cooked by your mom because when I also do the same thing when I go back to my home

@aznmochibunny

3 ай бұрын

What a lot of people don't know is that a ton of Vietnamese food can be made vegetarian.

You should do a video on the village/garden! That is such a different concept vs getting food from the market. Like is it free? Or is there a monthly contribution? Is that just your moms personal garden or it is a shared garden? If it is shared, how do you keep it from running out?

Eats rice from worms but is afraid to touch leaves with worms on😅

As a Vietnamese, I can confirm the moms are amazing cooks.

@Melinabellisima

3 ай бұрын

Because they do it with love for the family

Thank you for sharing! Theres nothing like a mom's homemade cooking❤

It is really wonderful to watch you cooking and preparing meals with your mother. Thank you so much for this peek into your family's life.

My mom sucked at cooking. She cooked everything on high, so it was always dry & burnt. God bless her.

@georgiafrye2815

3 ай бұрын

One of my Grandmother cooked like that. I think she was always in a hurry?

Mums are amazing really. The knowledge your mum has when ik comes to recepes, methods and food/cooking is amazing. 😊

Uyen, thank you for this video - my favorite one so far! I can feel the sigh of delicious satisfaction you got from all the dishes. XO to your Mom and Dad, BF and you from SW Colorado

Its my first time watching homecooked vietnamese food.. Really enjoyed watching your mother's cooking..

I adored this video! Thank you for sharing with us!

So lovely. Danke for sharing. I felt like I was there. 🥰

I absolutely love your videos uyen!! ❤❤❤

Such an excellent video, Uyen, to see you cooking with your Mom, picking vegetables in her garden, and seeing how to make so many different dishes. And you were so happy eating them!

This video was really beautyful and authentic, thank you so much

For me, some of the most inteeesting part of this is what seeing like the village/ outdoors/ house/ kitchen in Vietnam looks like! It’s very different from America, especially the house/kitchen, and I feel like it actually gives me a sense of what the place looks like to picture in my head!

such personable video, thanks a bunch for showing us how your family makes meals back at home! everything looks simple but comforting and yummy especially with all of the vegetables.

So cool seeing you at home with your family

I love this format of video! So cool to get a peek inside your life in Vietnam. I feel very lucky that you’re able to share it and I’m able to watch!

Loved it! So interesting and your mother is really lovely, so caring and skillful person. Thank you!

You're such a wholesome human thanks for sharing your experiences with us! When I lose all hope, my soul is happy to watch your videos. Thank you for always being your authentic self!

Super interesting, please make more of these. Love from the Nordic Faroe Islands.

@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole

3 ай бұрын

Wow! How’s it going out there? Sending good vibes your way

@white_clover767

3 ай бұрын

@@FollowmedowntheNumberWhole its very quiet

This video was such a delight! Thank you so much for sharing your culture, family, and your lovely authentic self. 😊

You are so blessed! Wonderful video showing all that you cooked with your mom.

I really love this video and your great edits to respect your family's privacy. This whole series has been a great look into your culture and how you can include loved ones without sticking them right in front of the camera. Very much appreciated!

I thoroughly enjoyed your Vietnam visit vlogs U! My favorite is the one with you and your sister in Hanoi and this one, bonding with your Mom. It shows how much family means to you. These memories will sustain you when you return to Germany. Thanks for sharing this with us ❤

Thank you to you and your generous mom for letting us in to watch in her kitchen!

Very nice! Next time show us the market where you bought it! :)

Thank you for this! 🥰

I love your videos back home 💜

Your wholesome videos are just what I need in my life! Thanks to you and your mom for showing us some interesting new recipes! Much love

Wow! You Mama is an incredible chef! How lovely to be able to have all these recipes and celebrate your culture! Everything looks delicious!

really enjoying these vlogs from your recent trip home to vietnam! really appreciate getting to know more about you and your culture! ❤

The first dish looks so yummy!! It is so cool to watch your mom cooking! I never knew you could eat banana peel when it was green.

Everything is so natural ☺️ I miss my country Pakistan 🇵🇰 by seeing your video. The food is different but how you sitting and cutt the meat, washing dishes, work with parents and culture everything reminds me of me my country 😢😢 and my family 😢

This was so fun to watch! Thanks for sharing all your delicious food with us!

steaming vegetables is the best way to cook them to keep the nutrients! when you steam vegetables it keeps the most nutrients, compared to all other ways to cook them! :)

There is fish sauce in every dish. 😅 It is like the "Maggi" of Vietnam. 🤣

it's so cute to see your face every time you ate something! It is so clear how much you enjoy this food and have missed your mom's cooking!!

Thank you for thoughtful and heartwarming video. Such good food and recipes as well as family being a part of the process. Will definitely have to try some of these out! Thank you again and take care. ❤

I'm born and raised in France but i'm cambodian and I never had food like that 😯 Even if my mom cooks similar dishes from Cambodia and Vietnamese dishes. Fish stew with green banana with fermented rice. Mind blowing

wow as an Indian, this makes me realise just how vegetarian we Indians are 😂 (I'm a non-vegetarian, yet our options of meat are skills quite limited) Vietnamese cuisine really has a huge diversity in the type of meat they cook. amazing exposure, thanks uyen!

Thank you for sharing your culture with us! The video is fascinating and your pride in your family is beautiful.

Omg viet home cooking looks SO GOOD im jealous. Im from the southern US but have always loved southeast asian food. Id even try the worm rice stuff.

As Vietnamese , Let me correct some misunderstandings here and there... The worms might take part in the fermenting process but... NO, Uyen Ninh (or us -the VNese) would not eat the worm in 'mẻ'. In supermarket in Vietnam, they sell bottled 'mẻ' recently and I am sure there is no worm in it ^^! and Gosh!! UN is definitely Northern VNese girl, I am too that why I can relate. I love every dishes in the video :) !

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

I recall my parents killing the maggots (that's what they are called) with alcohol before storing/using.

thank you for sharing your culture with us😊

What a great video to see. Thank you! there are tons of videos with vietnamese restaurant style food, but i prefered this one because it actually shows how you cook at home. Thank you!

So many of these things I have never heard of, because the Vietnamese restaurants in my town have to cater more to western pallets, but all of these look so good! I love all of the greens used in every dish. Makes everything look so fresh and bright.

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

It's not something you'd find in restaurants even in Vietnam. These are home-style meals that you'd eat daily (she's from the north, so that's why she likes boiled and steamed stuff).

@tu_tia_violeta

3 ай бұрын

@@doodahgurlie oh that's good to know!! And honestly: The boiled cabbage looks so good, and I never thought I'd say that about boiled cabbage. Just gotta do it right I guess!

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

@@tu_tia_violeta Boiled cabbage and green beans are often eaten in a fish sauce that has boiled eggs mashed into it (I always thought my mom used soy sauce growing up, but my SIL who is from Hai Phong said it's fish sauce). Where Uyen is from, they just eat it with pure fish sauce, I guess.

@tu_tia_violeta

3 ай бұрын

@@doodahgurlie Oh interesting!! Do you think it's better with the egg?

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

@@tu_tia_violeta Definitely. I'd never dip anything in pure undiluted fish sauce like that. When you mash the boiled egg and mix it with fish sauce or soy sauce, it gives it more depth of flavor and a creaminess that enhances plain boiled veggies. But it's a comfort food Viets grew up eating. Not sure if someone who's never tried it will like it. Try it with soy sauce and a mashed egg and see what you think. Eat it with steamed rice, though.

This reminds me of when I used to visit my mom. She would cook all my favorites. Enjoy, there's nothing better in the world than moms cooking. 😋

Thank you for sharing your culture!

Wonderful video! Thanks Uyen!

Was searching for a food video while eating and just found it now xD Perfect timing!

@lilli50spielt43

3 ай бұрын

Really loved the video :D So much seafoood!

that third dish really reminds me of the danish "sylte" that my grandfather makes. especially when you mentioned the pepper flavor. though ours is soft in texture :)

@furyfelter7329

3 ай бұрын

We call it " zult" in the Netherlands

@tergennalalelu2791

3 ай бұрын

Sülze in Germany :)

@KattMus2010

3 ай бұрын

We eat it mostly for Christmas in Norway, it's the same name "sylte"

@namdo5550

3 ай бұрын

There is another Vietnamese dish called "Thịt đông" (Frozen jelly meat) is similar to Sylte. The third dish is similar to pork sausage.

@carlosmaynier

3 ай бұрын

@@tergennalalelu2791 I think in my country German people bring it because we have something similar but the name is very different in English. It is like head cheese

What a lovely video! Looks yummy and its so nice to hear you speaking Vietnamese!

There’s no place better than our home for sure. I’d go anywhere in Asia knowing the food will be so fine, there’s no worry about food, ever.

Thanks for the worm warning! 😊

The pepper used for the head cheese is commonly known as ‘long pepper’ in English (piper longum). I’m not sure what they call it in Germany, but I hope that helps. The pepper has a completely different taste and the dish doesn’t taste ‘right’ if ordinary black or white pepper is used.

@_Kyprioth_

3 ай бұрын

The vast majority of Asian supermarkets sell it. It’s also quite easy to find in Arab specialty stores as well. It’s the more commonly used pepper across much of Asia and into many Arab countries too.

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

They're called peppercorns. Vietnam is the top global exporter of peppercorns.

@_Kyprioth_

3 ай бұрын

@@doodahgurlie It is not actually the same as the pepper used in European dishes which is called ‘piper nigrum’. The two species actually look quite different as well.

@_Kyprioth_

3 ай бұрын

@@doodahgurlie Peppercorns are the fruit of the ‘piper nigrum’ plant.

@doodahgurlie

3 ай бұрын

@@_Kyprioth_ I'm Vietnamese. Peppercorns are used in the head cheeses and fermented pork sausage. I've never even seen the long peppers used in Viet cooking. But peppercorns are for sure used whole in the two dishes mentioned. If you go back and look at the video, you can see the individual peppers are round in shape, not long.

I adore your videos, you are so wholesome, your partner is a very lucky guy :) Please continue being wholesome and much love from my tiny corner of the world (Slovenia) :)

Your mom is such a hard working woman ❤

Love the family dynamic and bravo to mom for taking such good care of everyone! Big time respect for that generation. 🤍

The scooter in the house! Makes me miss Taiwan. Your mom is amazing.

Shout out to the worm saying "hi." Good work, lil worm.

I love your new short cut! Thanks for sharing your home food with us!

Vietnamese ist so eine cool klingende Sprache! Lovely video, greetings to your mom and thank you for sharing more about your Cuisine and culture 🥰

This was really interesting!! No wonder you feel lonely for the food of Vietnam: this looked completely outlandish to me. I am so used to living inside my foodworld, I keep forgetting how diverse our palates and eating customs and cultures are. My late father would have loved all this. He was a firm believer in trying out new dishes and tastes. Thank you for an exhilarating and gemütliches video! Love to your Mum and Dad and the chicken and the crabs and the shrimp and the squid and what was the meat of the second dish?