NOLA Knows Vietnamese Food | No Passport Required with Marcus Samuelsson | Full Episode

Been eating Banh Chung my whole life and never knew the red string was for cutting the Banh! Mind blown.

wow this episode is so enlightening. discovering so much food dynamic

Terrible format this show. It needs to be more like dancing bacons.

Good job Chef Marcus, you are pointing out the greatest of New Orleans. I love NOLA's food.

I love watching his shows but i hate when he refers to food as "soul food". Soul food is food that was made and cooked by black Americans who were slaves or their descendants. As an southern black american, everybody tries to take our culture and appropriate it to other cultures so much and then they turn around and say we don't have culture. Most southern cuisine is soul food. The jews did not invent jazz aside southern black people. We made jazz. Jews copied it and started to play it. They sang a watered down version of it. Our lingo is constantly copied and taken into american society. We let all other ethnicities keep their identity. Soul food is our thing.

Vietnamese make the best soups. I can eat Bun Bo Hue every day

I’m from San Jose, CA and if you know, the pho here is NO JOKE! Outside of California, surprisingly I’ve had incredible pho in Philadelphia, which blew me away! Now I needa hit up NOLA for that Viet goodness!

The cooked new year specialty is a bánh tét, which is cylindrical. Bánh chưng is shaped like a flattened cube. It's an acquired taste but is cherished as a part of a tradition, supposedly going back thousands of years to the founding of the Vietnamese people. The slicing with the string is part of the tradition as knives (symbolically weapons) are avoided for Tết new year's festivities since they are seen as harbinger of violence/warfare.

Mrs Cindy Nguyen is a pillar of the East New Orleans Vietnamese community. She was my mentor and made a huge impact in my life while navigating my culture as a Vietnamese immigrant in America. I love her! I will never forget the lessons she taught me and the impact she has on my development.

Thank you for highlighting our people :) We hope to bring only good vibes to community.

I had to pause this because it was making me so hungry. We have a very nice Vietnamese/Thai and Chinese fusion restaurant near me. I think they are too conservative. Would love a tongue dish on their menu!

Why would you mix politics and food ?? Shame on you !!

This was beautiful indeed. I love the Vietnamese community here and the addition to cultural experience. Thank you for putting a spotlight on this important community

Amazing coverage! Entertaining and informative all in one.

Vietnamese is my favorite cuisine. We are fortunate to have a large population of Vietnamese in Des Moines Iowa. Thank you for such a beautiful video!

If you want real Vietnamese food get your passport and go to Vietnam. Nothing here can compare to real Vietnamese food in VIETNAM.

Excellent episode!! ❤ my Viets !!

Biden did not want Viet refugees in America. Remember that

So much respect for Chef Samuelson. Such an amazing chef, and I appreciate him for exploring Vietnamese cuisine.

every story u make is incredible

intressant och lärorikt.tack! *

I am so loving this…learning so much about the food and cultural diversity in all these cities!

New year food? Where she come from. 100% not vietnamese

Great show, but we have to talk about Marcus’ wardrobe.

Omg tung’s dad made banh Chung from scratch, that’s dedication

It takes Chef Samuelson to explore the Banh Mi
Po Boy. This Vietnamese
family is a touching story.

Thank you for visiting the city, meeting my people and enjoying the food. It's nice to share from one soul food with the other.

Beautiful!❤

That's is not bánh chung. Technically it is call bánh tét because it's in a log shape. That's the version people in the south of Vietnam, the Mekong delta. Bánh chung is in the square shape, and more common in the North of Vietnam.

I plan to retire in Vietnam, but if I'm "stuck" in the U.S. for some reason [SS, medical, life, etc.], New Orleans would be a good destination.

the owner in blue is handsome and chef is cool, love the community here

really nice inspired documentation, thanks for it

Food looks amazing 😊

We need more of this across the US. Diversity is what make us great!!

Love from California. I could relate not being able to bring our food to school now 30 years later Vietnamese cuisine is taking off and we’re nowhere near the pinnacle.

Get this man a regular gig in front of the camera!

The best Vietnamese Foods in North America are found in Quebec City, Quebec In Canada where the very frist Vietnamese Boat Peoples in 1973 who left as Saigon fell. These restaurants represent Vietnam since the and No American Restaurants come close

Correction.... New Orleans & Louisiana is a culture unto itself... definitely not generic Americana

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Vietnamese food is my #1 favorite food. Pho is the elixir of life!

I wish they bring them to all the stop and shop suppermarts or big y suppermart love to buy them

Chef Marcus you are and always be a light in the dark. Your tv program is great to watch, is gently political under radar, it is a window to understand all the cultures that made the sane America what it is today

This show is amazing!

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Maaaannnn, don’t be blowing up my favorite spots where I can’t get in anymore! For real though, Vietnamese cuisine in NOLA has been one of the fastest growing demographics in the American restaurant industry for quite a while now. Definitely adds a new twist to New Orleans famous flavor!