The construction date of the Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple is still unclear but is estimated to be between 645 and 650 AD, more than 1,300 years old. (Photo: AQUA Geo Graphic) According to legend, a mysterious Buddhist nun known as Yao Bikuni founded the temple by enshrining a wooden thousand-armed Kannon statue in the valley. The nun is said to have lived to be 800 years old. In Japanese mythology, eating mermaid can make a person immortal. This incredible longevity of Yao Bikuni is attributed to the fact that she accidentally ate mermaid meat when she was young. (Photo: Travels With Nano) Shiofune Kannon-ji is hidden in a valley whose entrance is led from the streets of a rural town. During the festival, visitors are greeted by stalls selling food in front of the temple such as ice cream, fried yakisoba noodles or takoyaki octopus cakes. The entrance of the temple is vividly decorated with small lanterns and colorful flags and banners. (Photo: Travels With Nano) The best time to visit Shiofune Kannon-ji is during the azalea blooming season which peaks between mid-April and early May. On this day, many events are organized, such as walking on the mountain. fire that anyone can join. The area around the shrine is home to about 3,000 rhododendron trees of about 100 different species, including rare varieties like the black rhododendron. (Photo: Masayuki Nazaki) The rhododendron bushes on either side of the valley are adorned with beautiful vibrant colors, from pink to red, purple and white. Many paths go down and up through azalea bushes that immerse you in the brilliant colors of the sky. The area at the foot of the large statue of Shiofune Heiwa Kannon offers a view of the entire valley covered with azaleas, contrasting greatly with the gray urban buildings in the distance. (Photo: Kanpai-japan) (Photo: Japanvisitor) (Photo: Japanvisitor) In addition to rhododendrons, the temple is also famous for hydrangeas in June, lilies in July, and September and October is the time of birches. Therefore, the temple is also known as “flower temple”.

At this time, the peach season begins. On the streets, traditional markets or “web markets”, peaches are sold in abundance. However, in addition to Sa Pa peaches, smooth peaches, gold hearths, crows, … new types of strange red crows appeared in the market. According to the clues, this is a Chinese peach, the outer skin is dark red, the inside is yellow, the sweet crunchy taste is no different from the Vietnamese peach. Due to its fancy look, large fruit and beautiful code, this peach is being bought by housewives to eat, even though the retail price is up to 100,000 VND/kg. Strange peaches with dark red skins flood the Vietnamese market Chinese suckling mangoes are selling well amid the high harvest of Vietnamese mangoes As noted by the reporter of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, recently, the Ho Chi Minh City market “re-exported” the motorbikes peddling mangoes, also known as ripe yellow mini mangoes, quite similar to Chinese sucking mangoes, attracting quite many buyers. This mango is sold for 25,000-30,000 VND/kg. Mr. Nguyen The Bao, Director of Suoi Lon Mango Cooperative (Dong Nai), this year, Chinese mangoes ripen early, hitting the Vietnamese mango season, so competition is fierce in both domestic and export markets. Meanwhile, domestic mangoes are in full season and cheap. An Giang low-seeded mango is 9,000-15,000 VND/kg, precious quarter mango is only 15,000 VND/kg, Vip Taiwanese mango is only 7,000 VND/kg… On the “web market” instead of selling by weight as before, Mangoes are now sold in sets of several pounds or in boxes. Japanese octopus whiskers super cheap price, full of online market Octopus whiskers are firm, sweet, crunchy, and are loved by many people. The price for each kilogram of Japanese octopus antennae, officially imported, is VND 800,000 to VND 1 million. Cheap octopus whiskers are sold widely online. However, according to Dan Tri Newspaper, recently, on the online market, many small businesses sell giant octopus antennae advertised as Japanese goods at super cheap prices, from only 90,000 VND/kg. If customers buy in bulk, the price is only 80,000 VND/kg and free shipping to your home. Many people suspect this type of octopus whiskers may be made in China, not from Japan. Tiny cabbage priced at 400,000 VND/kg causes fever Cabbage is a familiar vegetable in Vietnam, with prices ranging from 10,000-40,000 VND/kg. However, according to Dan Tri Newspaper, recently, a tiny cabbage, only about the size of a plum, is being sold for 400,000 VND/kg, making housewives crazy. This type of cabbage, whose English name is Brussels Sprouts, originates from Belgium, is grown in many countries such as Australia, France and is a high-class product with many nutritional values. Goat pearls priced at half a million are still sold out Goat jasper is the testicles of a male goat. Since ancient times, jade yang goat was “praised” as a “panacea” in the bedroom. Dishes from pearl goats are increasingly popular. Ngoc Duong goat stir-fried with lemongrass and chili (Photo: Dan Tri) Ms. Vu Nhien (longtime goat meat restaurant owner in Quang Ninh) said on Dan Tri Newspaper: Currently, each set of goat pearls costs from 300,000-500,000 VND, depending on the size. Coil price increased sharply Major domestic steel brands have simultaneously announced to increase the price of CB240 coil to over 18,000 VND/kg. This is the third increase in the price of coil in May. Only in May, steel price has increased by about 10%. Since the beginning of the year, coil prices have increased 15 times, a total increase of about 40%. The sharp increase in steel prices makes it difficult for construction contractors to implement fixed unit price contracts and will incur losses. The first fruits of the season are simultaneously discounted Although the season has just started, many fruits at the beginning of the season are retailed in the market at much cheaper prices than in previous years. If at this time last year, the first crop of crocodiles was sold for 60,000-70,000 VND/kg, this year the price suddenly cooled down, only 40,000 VND/kg. The price of young crocodiles is much cheaper than last year The price of early season fabric is also cheaper than every year. For example, at the beginning of last year’s season, the price of pink lychee was 100,000 VND/kg when it arrived in Hanoi, this year it is only 50,000 VND/kg. On the online market, there are people selling cloth for only 50,000 VND / 3 kg. In Ho Chi Minh City, the price of Hanoi plums for sale is only from 40,000-50,000 VND/kg, half the price of plums at the beginning of last year’s season. Durian has just popped up and arrived in many markets in Ho Chi Minh City for about 2 weeks now, but the price is extremely cheap, about 60,000-80,000 VND/kg (food bag). Great price melons, pumpkins for cows to eat bò Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the output of cantaloupe was affected, causing the price to plummet. Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper information, in some markets in Ho Chi Minh City and on mobile vehicles, melons grown in fields and greenhouses are being sold for only 20,000-40,000 VND/kg, not equal to 50% of the selling price in recent years. Pumpkin prices also dropped dramatically. According to Dan Tri Newspaper, the price of pumpkin in Dak Lak is only about 800-1,500 VND/kg, causing many farmers to suffer. In Phu Yen, hundreds of tons of pumpkins are piled up without buyers and have to be fed to the cows. Cheap Chinese ice cream flooded the market According to ANTV, at the beginning of the hot summer, domestic Chinese ice cream sticks with cheap prices of only a few thousand dong flooded the market and on social networks. Cheap, colorful and attractive, these ice cream sticks are sought after by many people without knowing the real origin and quality. In fact, all of these products are imported into Vietnam through a small quota, so there are no documents on the source of goods as well as product quality control. Therefore, many small traders in Hanoi have to open many warehouses, in order to divide the source of goods, to bypass the eyes of the functional forces. Wholesale pork prices drop sharply, retail markets drop trickle According to Ho Chi Minh City Women Newspaper, for about a week now, in Ho Chi Minh City, the price of live pigs has decreased by about 8,000-9,000 VND/kg. The price of thin pork (wholesale/jaw) of grades 1 and 2 also fell sharply by about 12,000-15,000 VND/kg, to 85,000 VND/kg grade 1 and 78,000 VND/kg grade 2, respectively. mixed with snakehead has not much decrease, only about 5,000 VND/kg. The retail price of pork in some markets is still high, some places only decrease by about 5,000-10,000 VND/kg, some places do not decrease. Specialty chili ‘regiment’ expensive price Unlike the scene where farmers in Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, … have to sell chili at a cheap price, this occasion in Muong Te (Lai Chau), the regiment’s chili specialty has the highest price. sharp. Chili regiment towering prices. Ms. Nguyen Thi Su – a regiment chili grower in Kan Ho commune (Muong Te) – said: “Last year, the price of chili fluctuated from 150,000 to 220,000 VND/kg depending on the quantity and time, but this year the chili crop failed. so the price is higher. I buy wholesale from 5kg with the price of 220,000 VND / kg, sometimes the retail price of fresh chili is up to 280,000-300,000 VND / kg, customers still compete to buy. According to Ms. Su, the reason for the regimental chili’s name is to refer to their spiciness, which means that the whole regiment only ate one of these chili peppers because it was too spicy. In addition, this type of chili also has a unique aroma that makes anyone who eats it remember forever. Old, broken computer components are sold at high prices Recently, the component market has become much more active because many people buy computers for the purpose of mining coins, Dan Tri newspaper said. Even old, broken components are also bought and sold at relatively high prices. To mine bitcoin, players need to invest in a highly configurable machine, especially, the graphics card must be very strong. The price of graphics cards has now increased by 30% compared to before. According to the business world, if virtual currencies hit the bottom as before, the price of computer components can return to the true value. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Ordering food through apps for delivery is the first choice of foodies during the epidemic season. Kimbap, spicy rice cakes, chicken balls, mixed rice… at the restaurants below promise to satisfy your passion for enjoying Korean food. Theb6.saigon For those who love kimbap, you can choose the traditional or fried rice box with basic flavors such as yellow mustard tuna, char siu, spicy crispy chicken, spicy Korean fish cake, bulgogi beef. In addition, some food sets with a combination of Korean mixed vermicelli, spicy chicken balls, tuna salad, kimbap… are suggestions not to be missed. Diners commented: Phuongthao Mai: “Enthusiastic staff, beautifully decorated food. The quality of the food is guaranteed. Even though I bought it home about 2 hours later, I still felt delicious.” NNguyen: “The presentation of the dish is eye-catching, but most of the taste is quite bland”. Mai Thanh Tung: “I ordered a set of 10 dishes with the price of 300,000 VND for a group of 3-4 people to eat. Kimbap is firm, sticky rice seeds and quite a lot of filling. Chicken is made with 3 kinds of sauce, I like it the most. It’s spicy chicken with cheese potatoes. The staff is friendly.” Korea House – Delivery Korea Food The menu is diverse, customers have many choices from odd dishes to combos for large groups. Some food sets are suitable for 1 person to eat: – Kimchi fried rice, spicy chicken balls, fried mandu – Sausage kimbap, mixed vermicelli, cheese shake chicken, french fries – Traditional kimbap, cheese kimbap, cheese shake chicken, fried mandu Some food sets are suitable for large groups: – Kimbap, chicken balls, mixed vermicelli, vermicelli rolls, french fries – Kimbap, chicken balls with cheese sauce, chicken wings, mixed vermicelli, cheese shake tokbokki, salad – Kimbap, chicken balls with honey sauce, chicken wings with spicy sauce, mixed noodles, salad, tokbokki with garlic sauce, fried sausages, drinks Diners commented: Citastyfood: “Tokbokki or fried noodles with octopus is quite spicy. Fresh octopus, crispy meat. Tokbokki is cut into fancy large pieces. The food box is priced at 329,000 VND quite a lot, well seasoned, beautifully presented, appropriate. for 3-4 people to enjoy”. Foodee_bzd6i1il: “I ordered crispy chicken kimbap but the shop delivered deep-fried kimbap. The dish was quite oily”. Thuy Duong: “The food is not so excellent. Shipper complained that the restaurant made the dishes out of order, had to wait for an hour”. Food No need to spend time preparing, you can still enjoy a hearty meal when ordering at this online restaurant. The menu is diverse with Vietnamese flavors mixed with Korean dishes. The meals are presented in eye-catching sets, helping to stimulate the taste buds of diners. A series of delicious dishes worth trying include mixed rice, chicken tokbokki with honey sauce, spicy noodles, egg rolls, salad… Diners commented: Llickthespoon: “Spicy chicken with rice cakes is delicious, spicy chicken is sweet and sweet to the mouth and not dry. Egg rolls are full of crab sticks, sausages, beef kimbap are marinated in a rich sauce and dipped in soy sauce when eaten. Spicy octopus noodles. There are chewy noodles soaked in a spicy sauce, fresh and crispy octopus. Flexible rice cakes, fish cakes, crab sticks and cheese, spicy and salty sauce. Stir-fried vermicelli is combined with shrimp, squid, octopus, vegetables and fruits. yarn eggs”. U-Milktea Besides the familiar single Korean dishes, you have the opportunity to enjoy many different flavors in each of the restaurant’s culinary combos. Preparation time ranges from 15-20 minutes. Combo for 1 person including traditional kimbap, spicy chicken balls, french fries. Combo for 2 includes traditional kimbap and tokbokki, crab stick cheese salad, french fries. Combos for cheese lovers include cheese kimbap, cheese tokbokki, octopus noodles, spicy chicken and mandu or fries. Fried food combo includes mandu, spicy sausage, cheese shake chicken and cheese fries. Diners commented: Thanh Truc: “The buffet set for 189,000 VND includes traditional kimbap, egg roll with crab stick, chicken balls with cheese sauce, cheese salad and beef kimchi rice. Black soy sauce noodles with not much sauce but tasty, delicious food. with a variety of dishes such as meat, crab sticks, sausages, vegetables. The restaurant does not make dishes quickly but makes up for quality food.” Daisy Truong: “In general, the dishes are delicious, not too spicy. The food is hot, with mixed salads to help you get bored. You can order more fruit tea to quench your thirst. Natural peach tea, slightly sweet grape tea. The price is suitable for the quality of the dish”. The attractive cold rice cake of Koreans Sticky rice cake is a familiar dish, appearing a lot during holidays in Korea. You can follow the following recipe to have this cool cake.

Recently, consumers were surprised when the giant octopus antennae, which is said to have originated in Japan, was sold at a Vietnamese market at a relatively cheap price. Screenshots Accordingly, on the online market, giant octopus vegetables are for sale with prices ranging from 89,000 to 130,000 VND/kg. Photo: Facebook According to the seller’s advertisement, the giant octopus beard is a limited edition super vip item. Photo: Facebook Fresh octopus whiskers have been cleaned, just defrost and can be used immediately or processed all kinds of delicious dishes according to your preferences. Photo: Facebook The seller also confirmed that the octopus beard is tough, crispy and delicious. Photo: Facebook Ms. Thu (Thanh Oai, Hanoi) said that all over the online market, she saw many people selling giant octopus beards, each article had hundreds of people ordered it, so she also ordered it to try. Photo: Facebook However, when fried or steamed, this giant octopus beard is very pale, fishy and chewy, not crispy and delicious as advertised. Ms. Thu suspects that this type of octopus beard is not Japanese. Photo: Facebook Sharing on Dan Viet, a customer said that the seller advertised as a Japanese octopus beard, but when he received the goods, he saw on the packaging that it was from China. Photo: Vietnamese people Meanwhile, a unit that imports and distributes Japanese octopus in the Vietnamese market revealed that Japanese octopus is sold quite popularly, but guaranteed goods are not many. Photo: Facebook The price of Japanese octopus whiskers arriving in Vietnam ranges from 900-1.1 million VND/kg. On official imported packages, there are enough stamps and labels in Japanese. Photo: Vietnamese people Therefore, consumers should not be cheap, buy goods of unknown origin, goods with no quality assurance. Photo: Facebook Video: How to turn dirty octopus into clean octopus. Source: News VTV24

Rosé can eat anything, except avocado Rosé’s reasoning is very simple. She likes to eat succulent vegetables, which are both crispy and sweet. Meanwhile, the avocado is too soft, too greasy, contrary to Rosé’s taste, so she does not find it appetizing at all. Although she knew that eating avocado was good for her health, Rosé refused. But in a conversation with Elle Korea magazine on the occasion of taking a new set of photos, Rosé suddenly boasted that she was getting used to avocados. In the past, Rosé used to hate octopus even though this is a popular dish in Korea, but then Rosé tried to eat it and now loves it. Rosé is learning to eat avocado Discovering that her food preferences can change, Rosé tried eating an undercooked avocado with soy sauce and found it to be not bad. Overwhelmed with victory, Rosé decided to try switching to soft ripe avocado and still found it not delicious at all, still unable to eat. But still succumb to ripe avocado Although Rosé has not yet been able to turn her hate into love of avocado, it is commendable to try to try this dish. Fans are advising Rosé that if she can’t eat soft avocado, choose the ones that are still a bit green, the pieces of avocado are still a bit hard.

Balut Illustration. This dish is very popular in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos. In which, the duck eggs are incubated for 16 to 20 days, then boiled and eaten with sliced ​​fresh vegetables and ginger. Most foreigners will not dare to eat duck eggs because it feels like a scary dish. Durian Despite its very eye-catching colors, this famous fruit of these Asian countries is not popular with Western tourists. For many people, the smell of durian is quite unpleasant, so they have to cover their noses a hundred meters away. Even some tourists cannot eat this fruit even a piece. Rotten tofu Considered a dish of the Chinese in the past. Stinky tofu tastes like rotten feces, but to the person who eats them, it tastes delicious, extremely ecstatic. This dish is usually deep fried, served with sauerkraut and soy sauce. For Western guests, trying tofu is definitely a difficult and unforgettable challenge. Tuna eyes This is one of the most exotic Japanese specialties. Tuna eyes are very hard, only the cone-like jelly can be eaten after steaming. This dish makes many Europeans dare not look, let alone eat. Shirako (fish genitals) Shirako is made with sperm sacs from fish. According to many people, shirako is not easy to eat. Its taste has a strong smell but the Japanese love to eat fresh shirako. Bat soup Although bats are also often eaten by many Asian countries, seeing black bats in a bowl of specialty Indonesian soup still makes many people feel scared. Natto Natto is a type of fermented soybean with a very unpleasant smell and sharp taste. On the surface of natto covered with viscous, silk like spider webs. Most people can’t eat natto because they can’t stand the smell of it, not because it doesn’t taste good. Raw horse meat Basashi – raw horse meat is a traditional Japanese dish. The meat is thinly sliced, easy to put in the mouth, served with grated ginger and some herbs, dipped with shoyu soy sauce. Although many people commented that the taste is not bad, for Western tourists, eating red meat is still a big challenge for them. Insect In many Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia… insects are an indispensable part of culinary culture. Here, insects such as spiders, scorpions, locusts… are often piled high and ready to be used as snacks. Many people who eat insects will find the food very delicious and nutritious. However, for many people, trying dishes made with insects still requires a lot of courage. Fresh octopus This is a famous Korean dish. The tentacles of the octopus are chopped and eaten as soon as they are grabbed on the plate, or if you are braver, you can eat the whole one. However, eating the whole octopus is quite dangerous because the suckers on the tentacles can stick very tightly and cause suffocation.

Resources: 150g pork belly, 1 melon, 2 dried chili peppers, 2g minced garlic, 5g cooking wine, 2g pepper, a little soy sauce, salt, cooking oil. Making: – Washed and sliced ​​meat, peeled and beveled melon. – Put cooking oil in a hot pan, add garlic and dried chili to stir-fry until fragrant, then add the meat to the island. – When the meat is hunted, add soy sauce and pepper to the island to absorb the seasoning. – Pour the melon into the island, add salt and stir-fry until the melon is cooked. Stir-fried melon with octopus Resources: 250g octopus, 1 loofah, 1 dried red pepper, 3 garlic cloves, green onion, a little salt, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, vegetable oil. Making: – Garlic peeled, sliced. Sliced ​​green onions and red peppers. Peel the melon, then cut it into sticks about 6cm long. Octopus cleaned, cut into medium pieces, boiled in boiling water for about 2 minutes. The boiling water will help the octopus not to release a lot of water when stir-frying. – Heat a pan with a little oil, heat oil for garlic and chili to fry until fragrant. When the garlic is fragrant, add the octopus and 1 teaspoon of soy sauce to the pan, stir for about 1 minute. – Next, add melon and a little salt to the pan. Stir well to infuse seasoning. Because the octopus itself already has a salty taste, care should be taken so that the dish is not too salty. If you find it a bit dry in the pan, you can add a little water to make it easier to cook. When the melon is almost cooked, put the sliced ​​scallions into the pan. Stir until the melon is cooked, then turn off the heat. Melon soup with shrimp Resources: – 200 grams of fresh shrimp – 1 young melon – 1 handful of onions and cilantro – Condiments include: 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, half a teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper, and 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Making: Step 1: Prepare ingredients – Fresh shrimp after buying, you cut off the antennae, peel off the shell, then cut along the spine and remove the black thread, then wash it. – After buying melon, peel it off, cut off the stem and wash it briefly with water. – Cut the melon in half and then cut it into slices to eat. – Green onions and cilantro are removed from the base, washed and cut into small pieces. Step 2: proceed to cook soup – Prepare a pot, then start the fire, wait for the pot to be hot, then add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, then add the chopped onion head and saute it. – When the onion head turns yellow, add the shrimp and stir-fry until fragrant, wait until the shrimp is hunted and fragrant, then put in a pot of 1.2 – 1.5 liters of water and cover with a lid and bring to a boil. – It should be noted that you should let the water boil longer than usual so that the shrimp can be sweet, next you use the patch to remove the foam in the pot of water. – Season with ½ teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, ½ teaspoon of salt and a little of the main noodles. Use a patch to stir well and add the melon. – Boil the soup for about 3 minutes to make the melon soft and then turn off the heat. The melon will ripen very quickly, so you need to be careful not to boil it for too long because it will make the melon unappetizing. – Finally, you pour the shrimp soup into a large bowl, garnish with some cilantro and green onions with some pepper and enjoy the dish. Stir-fried melon with hearts Resources: – 4 melons – 1 pig heart – 4 crushed dried onions – Spices: fish sauce, seasoning powder, main noodles, Chinese flavor, fresh onion. Steps: First, you take the pig’s heart and wash it, cut the heart into 2 and wash it with diluted salt water to remove the bad smell and wash the blood. Place the cleaned heart in a basket to drain. Next, cut into bite-sized pieces, paying attention to thin slices. After that, you marinate the heart with a little fish sauce, main noodles, seasoning powder for 20 minutes so that the heart absorbs the spices, which will make the heart stronger. Watermelon peeled, washed, cut off the two ends, halved and cut diagonally to taste, should not be too thin to avoid when stir-fry the melon becomes mushy. Onions and coriander are picked up roots, washed. Put the pan on the stove and add the oil, when the oil is heated, add 1/2 of the prepared red onions to the pan. When the purple onion is fragrant, add the heart and stir quickly, stir well. Then you put the heart on a plate. You clean the pan, dry it, then heat the pan and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. When the cooking oil is hot, fry the remaining onions. Then, stir-fry the melon. Stir-fry until the melon is ripe, then you put all the heart in to taste the seasoning, add fresh onions, the smell of the island, and then turn off the stove. Finally, put the sautéed melon on a plate, put a little smell of ship on the surface to decorate. The sweetness of the melon in harmony with the rich crispy taste of the pig’s heart will make a delicious and nutritious dish for your family. 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Britannia has not served in the royal family since 1997 but has become a tourist attraction in Edinburgh, becoming a monument to the passion and faith of the duke of this land. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth stand on the royal yacht Britannia. A royal commentator said the yacht provided the queen and the prince with a private space where they could relax and spend time on it. “It’s like a floating palace but it’s also a house. It’s something they make for themselves. It’s their design, their space, their desire.” The yacht’s penultimate captain, Rear Admiral Sir Robert Woodard recalls how the yacht provided complete privacy for the queen and the royal family for many years. “We need to imagine that Britannia is a very private place for the royal family, and it is run by 260 people who have dedicated their lives to making sure it is safe and comfortable.” Britannia has provided the perfect abode for the British royal family during state visits, official receptions, honeymoons and private royal holidays. Mr. Robert also said that when on the yacht, Prince Philip usually cooks and he will cook anything. “I was quite surprised at what he would cook, sometimes he found an octopus, sometimes a shark,” Sir Robert said. Britannia was launched from the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, on 16 April 1953. For more than 44 years, the royal yacht served the British royal family, traveling over a million nautical miles to return One of the most famous ships in the world. Today, Britannia is a five-star tourist attraction and venue for exclusive evening events in Edinburgh.

BBQ, short for Barbecue, is a form of barbecue directly on a charcoal fire. Types of beef, pork, chicken, lamb … are marinated with bold spices, coated with a sauce and placed on bright red embers. This type of party appeared long ago in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand … then spread to Asia, including Vietnam. In Ho Chi Minh City, many restaurants and eateries serving BBQ style attract customers. Not only barbecue, many people also like to eat ribs and seafood from squid, shrimp to octopus … Suggestions: American beef, grilled pork skin, cheese corn … Referring to the place to enjoy BBQ in Ho Chi Minh City, I think of K-Pub first. The restaurant is located on bustling Cao Thang street, suitable for meeting friends and family. When we got to the restaurant, we were guided down to the basement to eat. The space here is quite dark and mysterious because there is no window but still cool due to air conditioning. My friends and I went to the Saturday lunch bar, customers were not too crowded, so the service time was fast. Enthusiastic staff recommend dishes and change the grill when requested by guests. The menu of meat dishes is rich but little seafood, not even shrimp. Besides the types of meat brought to the table by the staff, diners can come pick up fruits, kimchi, dumplings, vermicelli, ice cream … at the counter. Drinking water is comfortable refill. I was most impressed with the delicious meats, crispy grilled pork skin and a delightful bowl of cheese popcorn. However, there is only one dipping sauce for all dishes. At the end of the meal, our hair and clothes stinked quite a bit but that was acceptable when eating baked goods. Suggested dishes: Grilled beef with cheese, grilled beef with five spices, grilled squid satay, grilled shrimp skewers … I am a meticulous person in food, before visiting any restaurant, I often go around to assess the taste, space and service attitude there. However, once crossing the street on February 3, I “ventured” to choose Barbecue Garden because the shop is quite crowded. The first impression is the spacious, airy space, the Vietnamese village decor. I choose to sit outside to avoid the smell of the barbecue. The menu of the restaurant is quite diverse, mainly Vietnamese cuisine, besides grilled meat, including crispy fried chicken wings, grilled squid skewers, meat spring rolls, lotus and shrimp salad … The dishes are beautifully decorated. Eyes, taste okay but not too impressive. The space and portion of the dish here is more suitable for a meeting rather than a full meal. To save costs, diners can call available combos priced from VND 289,000-319,000 / 3-4 people. Serves include beef, shrimp, grilled squid, vegetables and white rice. The restaurant staff is quite indifferent when serving customers. Suggested dishes: Spicy beef ribs, spicy pork belly, lean shoulder, pork kimbap … Despite receiving mixed comments on social media, the 1980s BROS BBQ is still the place to enjoy the most Korean BBQ in Ho Chi Minh City that I know. The shop has 3 spacious floors, not too overwhelming even during peak hours. Pink LED font decoration, tables and chairs remind me of the small pub of the movie Itaewon. The shop uses a beautiful round table, but when traveling with many people, the area for dishes is too small, making me feel uncomfortable. There are many buffet prices for guests to choose from, from 200,000 to 400,000 VND depending on the time and quantity of dishes. The most delicious and fragrant marinated grilled meat is ribs, pork skin, pork belly, and pork kimbap. The menu is not diverse, mainly beef and pork, so it is easy to get bored. The 3 types of sauce are quite appetizing, I score 9/10. The downside of the restaurant lies in the fact that visitors come very crowded, especially in the evening, the few employees cannot observe and attentively serve all the tables. The moment I arrived, the shop only accepted cash, so it was a bit inconvenient. Keeping the car in front of the door for 5,000 VND is also unreasonable. Suggested dishes: BBQ Tokori, BBQ Samurai, BBQ Kyoto … Another place to enjoy barbecue you can refer to is Tokori BBQ. The restaurant serves gentle and polite Japanese style with wooden furniture, private partition table. If you do not like the noise and bustle in most pubs, Tokori is the right place for diners to sip wine, eat barbecue and chat with friends. While traditional ordering is suitable for families with children or the elderly, buffet is a form for young people to comfortably dine without worrying about price. Each meal is at 300,000 VND / person, I find it reasonable because of the luxurious space, good service and the uniform taste of the food. Member Ngoc Quynh Tran said that dessert ice cream is a dish that customers should not ignore. “In terms of meat, the quality of the dish here is good, the bacon is low in fat, the cornflower and the grilled ointment taste fine. In my opinion, the other cuts of meat are a bit dry due to the lot of lean. The chicken is not too special, the shrimp and octopus sauce It’s okay to eat spicy. The dish comes with fried tofu, french fries, chicken wings, grilled vegetables, kimchi, noodles, and soup, so it is not too tired. Dessert has only 6 flavors of ice cream, but it is delicious, you should try, “commented diners. Suggested dishes: Excellent pork ribs, BBQ party, whole pork butt … If you want to enjoy a taste of BBQ with new American craft beer, Ut Ut Quan is the ideal choice for you. The shop is located on Xuan Thuy Street near the company, so my colleagues and I often stop by to enjoy the food after work. In general, the design space is open, spacious but also depends a lot on the weather of Ho Chi Minh City. Luckily, both times I visit the shop, I feel cool and comfortable. Here, using a large table, it is suitable for large groups of people, odd customers often sit together but it is not too inconvenient. At the end of last year, my company held a year-end party and rented out the first floor area of ​​the restaurant. Although there are separate service arrangements, enthusiastic staff, but often forget the request of customers, the time to make dishes is still quite slow. In my opinion, this is the biggest downside but can also be sympathetic due to the large number of weekend visitors. In terms of food, a pretty much part, you should go with a large group of people to experience a wider variety of flavors. The witty name that evokes curiosity for the diners is also an advantage, I am impressed with the roasted chicken with the sky, the BBQ pork ribs in meditation, the healthy skewers … I try the ribs, the grilled sausage. richly marinated but easily bored. Each serving is served with mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, okra, grilled corn, grilled pineapple, kimchi … taste. At the table there are 3 types of sauces, guests can mix according to their preferences.

Da Lat (Lam Dong) is famous for the folk specialties of the highlands such as hill chicken, green rice, beef hot pot … Not many restaurants and restaurants in the mountain town serve seafood. If you are a fan of sea cuisine, you can save the following addresses. 1. Oyster Bistro With a variety of seafood menu, the restaurant is loved by the gourmet association in Da Lat. In addition to the menu specializing in oysters, the restaurant also serves a variety of seafood such as oysters, squid, octopus, shrimp, crab … Most dishes are grilled, porridge, fried rice or hot pot … Oysters are not to be missed when coming to the restaurant. Oysters are processed in many ways such as grilled cheese, onion fat, tamarind sauce, fried fish sauce, made salad, scooped rice paper, rolled flour … Festive grilled oyster with 7 flavors, 165,000 VND, is a suggestion for diners who want to try many styles at the same time. Evaluate: Trang Tran: “Location is a bit difficult to find. Fresh oysters. Friendly staff”. Jenny Lam: “Good oyster porridge, but left quite a lot of pepper”. Ngo Duy Dung: “Affordable price, fast food. The shop has private space”. Nhat Ha: “Service is too boring. I ordered food for 1 hour without food”. 2. Seafood Yen Located in the city center, the restaurant serves basic seafood dishes in a popular style, suitable for families or groups of friends. The restaurant has a fresh seafood tank for diners to choose from such as tiger prawns, clams, cockles, tomato snails, nail snails, nhum … In addition to seafood, here you can sip fried chicken feet with fish sauce, fish balls, pork scapes, quail, fried corn … Evaluate: Trang Ha: “I especially like snails fried with garlic. My oyster dish 20 tastes not very impressive. The shop is spacious, the day I was away, the stuff was fast. The price was quite affordable.” Lngthth: “The owner is cute and enthusiastic. The space is a bit small”. Duyen Huynh: “The shop is mainly local, little-known tourists. I ordered 5 dishes with the price of 30,000 VND, and the quality is evenly delicious”. Zkcuong: “Snails are many types, processed into Saigon style is quite satisfying”. 3. Exotic Seafood Noodles This is the only address in Da Lat specializing in seafood noodle dishes. A portion of 60,000 includes vermicelli, a variety of seafood such as clams, fish and crayfish, and a rich and spicy broth. In addition, you can enjoy a variety of noodle dishes such as fish vermicelli, vermicelli or seafood multi-cake. Other seafood dishes such as Ca Mau crab meat, crab, baby lobster are served with prices from 100,000 to 180,000 VND. Evaluate: Sy Hoang: “Nice restaurant. Delicious rice noodles, fresh seafood, affordable price. Eat at the place or bring back is fine”. Vu An: “The owner is cute, gives enthusiastic advice. The view is quite beautiful”. Thu Ngoc: “It is cold to eat a bowl of hot vermicelli. The broth is rich, served with fresh Dalat vegetables”. Sang Nghiem: “Due to making fresh food, the processing time is a bit long. The shop should prepare some dishes”. 4. Bich Cau Seafood 3 The menu of all kinds of snails, crabs, crabs, squid, octopus, surface, shrimp … Diners can choose seafood in the fresh tank, then thanks to the kitchen processing into many types such as boiling, steaming beer lemongrass. , stir-fried with vegetables, stir-fried with tamarind and cooked hot pot. In addition to seafood, dishes such as grilled chicken with salt and chili, grilled goat, and beef salad … also attract diners. The bar space is large and crowded with staff, and can book parties for meetings, celebrations, birthdays, company programs … Evaluate: Anh Vuong: “The space is polite, the staff know how to take care of the customers. The food is not too delicious but fresh”. Maxmara Nguyen: “Cheap seafood, there is a promotion every day. The day I went to eat grouper, there was a 30% discount. A cheap and delicious seafood dinner is less than 400,000 VND”. Lam Nguyen Viet: “Fresh food should be baked very well. The sauce is not excellent”. 5. Seafood Can Cake – Nguyen Van Troi The shop has an area not too large, simple space. Unlike many places in Da Lat that sell canary cake or quail eggs, the restaurant brings a new seafood taste for diners to experience. One piece of cake can be mixed 6 pieces, 40,000 VND, including squid, shrimp, chicken eggs, quail eggs. You can order canned squid cake or shrimp separately, with the price of 35,000 VND. Supermarkets cost 5,000 VND. Evaluate: Thanhngoc91: “The restaurant is small, quiet, clean. The couple is cute and gentle. When there are customers, she starts to pour cakes, not before like many other shops. Fresh seafood, bold sauce, after eating, hot ginger tea helps to quickly pepper. Phuong Trinh Nguyen: “Eating at a restaurant does not have to wait as long as other places”. People of Bich Chuong: “Although seafood is frozen, it is fine to eat. The cozy atmosphere is like eating at home”. Cheri LiNg: “Shrimp eat well, squid is a bit fishy”.

What is octopus?

To answer this question, perhaps most of the public will think of a delicious, popular seafood, or at most remember the octopus Paul, who once attracted the world’s attention thanks to his “predictions. “Exactly about the 2010 World Cup matches.

For those reading Wikipedia “addicted” or good students in Biology, maybe the answer will have more about the superior intelligence of molluscs if compared with other inhabitants of the ocean kingdom. . These are the easy answers, for we naturally consider only the “common” octopus (common octopus or octopus vulgaris) to be an animal, nothing more, no less.

But for South African filmmaker Craig Foster, such a “common” octopus is not an animal, much less delicious food. That creature is the middle-aged man’s “teacher” about nature, life, and is also the main character of the excellent documentary. My Octopus Teacher (My octopus teacher).

Friendship between humans and octopus

Crafted by directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed for Netflix based on documentary footage of Craig Foster’s strange and amusing meeting with the octopus at the end of the black continent bordering the Atlantic. Cape of Storms, My Octopus Teacher recounts the seemingly impossible friendship between a man who has gone through all stages of his life with a seemingly inanimate octopus.

Craig Foster is not a dreamer with the ability to find soul in every creature in the world. On the contrary, he is a filmmaker tired of the events of his life, feeling helpless in communicating with even those he loves most, like his son Tom.

Filmmaker Craig Foster.

Therefore, Foster decided to give up the camera to go back to his homeland at Storm Cape alone, where he could enjoy himself in solitude amid the beautiful and mysterious kelp forest. contact people, not think about life.

It was in the underwater forest that he met an octopus, who had no name, no voice, but showed incredible intelligence in hunting or camouflage to avoid the pijama sharks who were always prowling in the darkness of the ocean. . Out of curiosity, Foster began to really pay attention to learn, only to realize that the “animal” has much closer to the lonely man in the cold southern water.

From here, Craig Foster tried to build a “friendship”, a seemingly impossible emotional chain with that unnamed and voiceless octopus. Throughout My Octopus Teacher, viewers can see many different moments of that friendship, from nervousness, sadness, to happiness, anxiety, and at the same time feel the maturity, toughness of the emotional rope between the two sides. .

In the end, all will have to admit that the friendship between man and the seemingly small, dark octopus is not impossible.

The film’s sincerity

If you have to pack it up My Octopus Teacher In a word, perhaps it is sincerity. In each movie describing the wonderful nature of South Africa in general and kelp forest in particular, or in Craig Foster’s words for her octopus or for the vast ocean world, viewers can feel sincere feelings.

It is the feeling that filmmakers and movie characters like Foster, like his son Tom, for her octopus and the natural world. Honesty and sincerity are of course the required qualities of a good documentary film.

The film is about the heartfelt friendship between Craig Foster and an unnamed octopus.

But the careful, meticulousness of Craig Foster and his colleagues to describe the most accurate, clearest, easiest to grasp the diversity and depth of life in the ocean has helped the audience understand. out a truth. That man is just a part of the big world with a real connection that always exists and waits to be unearthed, as the way Foster realized his feelings for the “octopus teacher” .

Perhaps for many viewers, the name “My octopus teacher” will bring many doubts because of the stereotype “octopus is just an animal” due to the lack of contact with nature in a natural way. . But Craig Foster, and My Octopus Teacher, will quickly resolve that skepticism thanks to excellent footage of a strange world at the end of the world.

On the ocean floor, in the shadow of the giant kelp trees, viewers will find a feeling of sedimentation. Seeing the way the octopus took the tentacle and touched Foster’s hard but trembling hand, many fathers and mothers will surely remember the moment they saw their baby born, holding the table. the small, fragile hand of a being who still could not speak, but already had a seed of affection within him.

Foster’s troubled gaze when talking about the dangerous moments – which filled the short life of an octopus in the raging ocean – perhaps reminded many viewers of the anxiety and restlessness they had. for your loved one in the stormy turns of life.

My Octopus Teacher there are many moments like that for the audience to feel the real friendship between Foster and the octopus teacher.

Humans are only part of the Earth

In the context of modern society gradually taking over the wild, people destroy natural life at a dizzying speed and then have to face the consequences of their own cause, many filmmakers have been try to call for human conscience in preserving nature, preserving the precious remaining life resources on Earth.

Usually, directors will choose to speak face to face, outlining the dire consequences that humanity will suffer as in An Inconvenient Truth (2006) by David Guggenheim, or specifying a variety of breathtaking yet fragile beauty, in need of the protection of the Earth as in Our Planet led by legendary David Attenborough.

Humans are, after all, only part of the Earth.

Also a beautiful work of nature, but My Octopus Teacher choose another way of giving your message. Through a seemingly rare encounter between Craig Foster and his octopus teacher, the film simply tells us that we – modern humans – are just inhabitants of a vast world on Earth. . There are many other residents here, with different destinies, different ways of life, different behaviors.

Only efforts to protect the environment, with a real desire to come to nature, to return to nature, can humanity have the opportunity to truly get acquainted, experience precious emotions like Foster in almost one. His octopus teacher track year.

From a beautiful lifestyle, people can find opportunities to make their life less lonely, to see life more beautiful, worth living, like how Craig Foster nurtured feelings for his son through feelings. The inspiration was obtained from the sea, from the octopus teacher.