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Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery: Vietnam

on BBC Two England

Third in a series of eight programmes.

Vietnamese cuisine is delicate and fragrant and depends on the abundant use of fresh herbs.
Madhur Jaffrey samples some of the country's classic breakfast dishes at the street stalls of Hanoi. The most popular is pho - a herb-laden soup with rice noodles and beef. She learns how to make the famous Vietnamese dainty spring rolls from the head chef at Hanoi's Station
Restaurant and joins a family for lunch in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. She shows how to make smoky aubergines in a lime sauce and, naturally, pho.
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Support Material: for a free list of specialist ethnic grocers and details of a BBC Starter Kit of Far Eastern ingredients send a large sae to [address removed]
Book: £7.95 from booksellers
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Madhur Jaffrey
Production Assistant:
Diane Hadley
Film Editor:
Paul Rapley
Producer:
Jenny Stevens

BBC Two England

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