Morning Meeting at the Fish Market..

Vietnamese cuisine has been influenced by many cultures, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Cambodian and latterly, French. It is highly spiced and often uses lots of vegetables. Rice, fish and seafood, coconut, lemon grass, basil , ginger, garlic, chillies, nuoc mam, lime, coriander, galangal, star-anise and baguettes are but a few of the massive range of ingredients found in Vietnamese cuisine.

Where to buy Vietnamese ingredients

Try our recommended Chinese suppliers for those hard to find items.

PDO ingredients

PDO stands for 'Protected Designation of Origin'. Under the EU agricultural product quality policy, this "covers agricultural products and foodstuffs which are produced, processed and prepared in a given geographical area using recognised know-how". The following Vietmanese ingredients are those which are registered as PDO.

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A table of PDO Ingredients; sortable by Country, Name, Product & Type
Country Name Product Type
Vietnam Phú Quốc Fish sauce PDO
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