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The Vegetarian Issue COMPLIMENTARY COPY ENTARY COPY READ ME TAKE ME COMPLIMENTARY COPY COMPLIMENTARY COPY COMPLIMENT VIETNAM AUGUST 2014 The Vegetarian Issue HOPE FLOATS Addressing Vietnam's Drowning Epidemic PAGE 20 THE RELIGION OF BARBECUE Delicious Finger Licking Ribs and Chicken PAGE 46 1 Why we love a mess A great BIS teacher is: Because at ISHCMC we 50% Innovator understand that sometimes you 50% Entertainer have to get your hands a little 50% Motivator messy to be truly innovative. And is apparently able to defy the laws of mathematics. Today’s students need to do more than memorise information in traditional classrooms. They need a more evolved approach to education that allows them the freedom to pursue their passions fearlessly. In addition to a strong academic foundation, they need opportunities to be creative, innovative and analytical, all of which lie at the heart of the ISHCMC philosophy. Dedicated, skilled and well-qualified teachers, with relevant British curriculum experience, ensure that the education on offer is amongst the very best available anywhere in the world. BIS teachers inspire students to make the best of their abilities – including solving Come and see impossible maths equations like the one above. the difference we can make in your child’s life. Where is your child going? The only school in HCMC fully accredited to offer all 3 International Baccalaureate programmes for students aged 2 - 18 years. Hanoi: www.bishanoi.com 28 Vo Truong Toan, District 2 Ho Chi Minh City: www.bisvietnam.com Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tel: +84 (8) 3898-9100 Email: [email protected] www.ishcmc.com 2 Carla, Grade 4 & Ella, Grade 1 ISHCMC Students A great BIS teacher is: 50% Innovator 50% Entertainer 50% Motivator And is apparently able to defy the laws of mathematics. Dedicated, skilled and well-qualified teachers, with relevant British curriculum experience, ensure that the education on offer is amongst the very best available anywhere in the world. BIS teachers inspire students to make the best of their abilities – including solving impossible maths equations like the one above. Where is your child going? Hanoi: www.bishanoi.com Ho Chi Minh City: www.bisvietnam.com 3 EVERYWHERE YOU GO Director XUAN TRAN Business Consultant ROBERT STOCKDILL [email protected] Sales Director JIMMY VAN DER KLOET [email protected] Managing Editor CHRISTINE VAN This Month’s Cover [email protected] Image: Adam Robert Young Hair & Make up: Long But Chi Deputy Editor JAMES PHAM Model: MC Thanh Huyen [email protected] Clothes & Accessories: Biemxi & B2 Store (Nha Trang) Researcher GEORGE BOND Venue: An Lam Villas Ninh Van Bay [email protected] Associate Publisher KHANH NGUYEN [email protected] Creative Director PAOLO MALING [email protected] Graphic Artists KEVIN NGUYEN [email protected] NGUYEN PHAM [email protected] Staff Photographers NGOC TRAN ADAM ROBERT YOUNG For advertising please contact: KATE TU [email protected] 091 800 7160 NGAN NGUYEN ƠI VIỆT NAM [email protected] 090 279 7951 NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN Chịu trách nhiệm xuất bản: Đoàn Minh Tuấn CHAU NGUYEN Biên tập: Nguyễn Giang - Quang Hùng [email protected] 091 440 0302 Thực hiện liên kết xuất bản: Metro Advertising Co.,Ltd HANH (JESSIE) LE 48 Hoàng Diệu, Phường 12, Quận 4 [email protected] 098 747 4183 In lần thứ mười bảy, số lượng 6000 cuốn, khổ 21cm x 29,7cm Đăng ký KHXB: 238 -2014/CXB/119 - 01/TN QĐXB số: 472/CXBIPH-QLXB General [email protected] Chế bản và in tại nhà in Phụ Nữ Nộp lưu chiểu tháng 4/2014 Inquiries [email protected] Website: www.oivietnam.com 4 5 Contents COVER STORY THE VEGETARIAN ISSUE Exploring the vegetarian lifestyle with recipes from local chefs and understanding the local custom of eating “chay” twice a month 30 FEATURES P10 DATEBOOK P20 HOPE FLOATS P64 SHIP TO SHORE With these events, you'll never have to be An NGO’s mission to stamp out the silent Discovering the world as a cruise ship crew bored again epidemic of children drowning in the country P14 TROI OI P22 PUSHING DAISIES P79 ROMANTIC NOTIONS See why beer looting, twins and Bitcoin made A glimpse into the everyday lives of those Inspired Parisian chic for evenings out with our noteworthy numbers this month who make a living selling flowers your significant other P16 THE BULLETIN P24 TURNING A NEW LEAF P82 UNPLANNED PARENTHOOD Checking out the latest promotions and The Central Highlands of Vietnam provide Misinformation and local myths are causing openings the perfect climate for growing tea, see the a rise in the country’s abortion rate process in pictures 6 7 WINE & DINE RESTAURANT REVIEWS From Andalusia tapas, American barbecue to Vietnamese couture vegetarian cuisine, this month’s reviews expand the globe 44 P92 LET’s MAKE A DEAL P72 LIFE'S A TRIP P84 HOME INTERIOR A new bilingual daily deal website hoping to Stop, fold and bundle. Learn how to color match your walls with your revolutionize the way customers shop online Three easy steps to packing furniture in our new DIY design column COLUMNS P28 SAIGON MYTHBUSTERS P74 POSTCARDS FROM VIETNAM P94 LEGAL EASE Are mornings the best time to haggle for that Bridget finds herself immersed in a sea Our reader finds out the hard way that unless the great bargain? And can you really put a price of mushrooms, ginger and lychee in entire contract he’s going to have a difficult time on a human life? Find out unforgettable Sa Pa getting his deposit back 8 Editor’s ISSUE NO. 17 Note AUGUST 2014 Vegging Out WHEN MY FAMILY emigrated to My This month's Mythbuster focuses on restaurant that's not Korean in Phu My (literally “Beautiful,” the Vietnamese word the Vietnamese superstition around the Hung has been a bit of a challenge, so for America), we fell in love with meat all importance of the first sale of the day. It when I recently stumbled on VIVA!, a new over again. Gone was the chewy beef that finally made me understand why my dad tapas place around the corner from me, it left your jaw sore for days. I guess that’s would always accept the first offer back was a welcome addition to our dining out partly what made me into the meat lover I when we had a stall at the flea market in rotation. This month, we also review TnT am today. Give me a Flintstones-style 12oz the 90s, even when it was below what he BBQ in The Religion of Barbecuewhich I T-bone medium rare with a side of mash paid for the item. Even though we had have also added to my speed dial for some any time of day and I'll be a happy, satiated immigrated to the US for 15 years by then, good ole finger-licking ribs and wings girl. I think I’d be the world’s worst he still practiced certain Vietnamese beliefs (again, feeding the carnivorous side of me). vegetarian. Most weekends back in New about luck. Had I had known then what it Another great article this month is York, my friends and I would drive out to meant, maybe my sisters and I wouldn't Capital Consumption, a guide to a foodie some steakhouse in Long Island or New have argued with him so much about weekend in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. While Jersey to tackle the house steak challenge underselling every Sunday morning! I’ve lived here almost 10 years now, I’ve ― finish a 40oz steak and it's free or In Unplanned Parenthood, Annie Hoang sadly only had brief brushes with the compete against another person to see who shares a fascinating insider’s look into the nation’s capital. The weather was so humid can finish the steak the fastest. I was more world of birth control (or lack thereof) on my first trip that my cell phone was of a spectator than a participant but those in one of the city’s reproductive health actually sweating from the inside. I had to weekends were fun, drool-worthy events. centers. Reading the story brought me take it apart and dry it out in front of a fan For me, vegetables have always been back to the days when I volunteered as a to get it working again. I only ventured out relegated to the realm of side dishes, never translator for my friend's NGO. I would a few times and the most memorable dish the star of a meal. My early experiences hear stories from rural women about how I had was streetside bun rieu cua. Jimmy with vegetarian meals in Vietnam didn’t they were afraid to sleep next to a man Dau reveals some of the best local places help much, with mock meats and bad because it might get them pregnant, or to eat and I’ll definitely bring this foodie versions of “regular” meals. As our issue that if they washed with bleach after sex guide with me the next time I make my shows, though, the country has come a they couldn’t get pregnant. It was shocking way north. long way in making a vegetarian lifestyle to hear this but what shocked me more So whether you’re a herbivore or a one that is truly palatable. James Pham was that, even though we were trying to carnivore, there’s bound to be something interviews Bob Allen, the man practically educate them on healthcare and the fallacy for you in this issue. Happy eating! single-handedly responsible for bringing of these myths, we knew that few would some innovative products to Vietnam and actual take it in, instead passing on these in Vegetable Indispensable, highlights some misconceptions to their future daughters, of the unique and delicious ingredients perpetuating the cycle of ignorance.
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