March 2016 the Korean Wave
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2 3 EVERYWHERE YOU GO Director XUAN TRAN Managing Director JIMMY VAN DER KLOET [email protected] Managing Editor CHRISTINE VAN [email protected] Deputy Editor PATRICK CARPENTER This Month’s Cover [email protected] Photographer: Patrick Carpenter Online Editor JAMES PHAM Model: Vietnamese-Korean singer Hari Won [email protected] Location: Le Méridien Saigon (3C Ton Duc Thang, D1; Associate Publisher KHANH NGUYEN www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien) [email protected] Graphic Artist KEVIN NGUYEN [email protected] For advertising please contact: NGAN NGUYEN [email protected] 090 279 7951 HUY NGUYEN [email protected] 0164 356 3709 THANH (TIM) TA [email protected] 0169 249 4901 ƠI VIỆT NAM HANH (JESSIE) LE [email protected] NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN 098 747 4183 Chịu trách nhiệm xuất bản: Giám đốc, Tổng biên tập CHAU NGUYEN Nguyễn Xuân Trường [email protected] 091 440 0302 Biên tập: Tạ Quang Huy Thực hiện liên kết xuất bản: Metro Advertising Co.,Ltd 48 Hoàng Diệu, Phường 12, Quận 4 In lần thứ ba mươi lăm, số lượng 6000 cuốn, khổ 21cm x 29,7cm Đăng ký KHXB: 87-2016/CXBIPH/26-01/TN QĐXB số: 452/QĐ-TN General [email protected] Chế bản và in tại Công ty Cổ Phần In Gia Định Nộp lưu chiểu tháng 3/2016 Inquiries [email protected] Website: www.oivietnam.com 4 5 Contents WINE & DINE RESTAURANT REVIEWS From the decadent Liquid Sky Bar to the humble Pach Café, with a Korean barbecue in between, this month’s culinary journey is as eclectic as it is delicious NEIL FEATHERSTONE 56 BY IMAGE FEATURES P10 DATEBOOK P22 STOCKING COFFEE P36 REBEL, REBEL With these events, you’ll never have to be A half-century-year-old tradition of Meet Ngo Thanh Van: singer, actress, model bored again brewing coffee through pantyhose and producer P16 TROI OI P24 DRAW OUT YOUR STRESS P38 THE VANISHING Find out why Vietnamese banks, speed Find inner peace through painting An Australian backpacker’s life changes limit and cows made it into our list and drawing when his friends in Sapa go missing P18 YEAH BOI! P26 ART LIVES HERE P41 NOT FOR SALE Vietnamese female rapper Suboi talks Enter a village designed to An NGO’s mission to stop about her career and upbringing inspire creativity human trafficking P29 EAT, DRINK, GIVE The New Zealand Wine & Food Festival returns at RMIT in District 7 6 7 THE KOREAN WAVE From K-pop to K-food, discover Korean culture without the expensive airfare NEIL FEATHERSTONE 43 BY IMAGE COLUMNS P76 IN DEEP WATERS P21 LEGAL EASE P84 LIFE’S A TRIP Capturing Myanmar’s beautiful Seeking compensation for a cosmetic Tips to getting the best airfare possible manta rays surgery gone wrong P94 TELL TAIL SIGNS P90 CHILDREN OF DIVORCE P35 MONEY TALK Curtailing the overpopulation of cats A teenager’s class project on the emotional Become your own financial advisor in Vietnam stress of divorce on kids P60 CHUC AN NGON! P95 HIGHER LEARNING P92 BRAVING A NEW WORLD Make cod Basquaise at home, it’s easy How playing is important in educating A Vietnamese man recalls the time when he your kids first discovered the internet as a teenager P61 CHEERS! The lesser-known wine areas of Spain 8 OPEN DAY KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 13 AUSTRALIAN Saturday, 19 March 2016 INTERNATIONAL 9am – 11am | Available on all campuses SCHOOL § Meet our passionate and experienced teachers “Leading to a Bright Future” § Explore our interactive and stimulating classrooms § Find out about Academic Scholarships for students aged 12+ Experience an IB World School at its best SCAN THE CODE TO GET www.aisvietnam.com/openday MORE INFORMATION 9 Datebook What's on this month... MARCH 4-26 What: Tho Cam II Exhibition Where: VinGallery (6 Le Van Mien, D2) About: Doan Xuan Tang’s paintings distill the romance and mystery of Vietnam’s mountainous region and its people. The streaked lines look like veils through which eyes peer dispassionately, recalling his rain-lashed first visit. “I particularly love to paint the eyes because they reflect the soul inside – happy, sad or suffering,” Tang explained. He refuses to romanticize a region whose beauty belies hardships; the lines remind us that cultures can’t be consumed, and inevitably elude our true understanding. Physical appearance is just one facet of the complexity of the human condition. “Beauty fades, but its impression is permanent.” Contact: Visit www.vingallery.com MAR4- for more info APR 15 What: The Second Culin’Art Exhibition Where: InterContinental Nha Trang About: For its return, the InterContinental Nha Trang commissioned Hoi An-based acclaimed photographer Rehahn to collaborate with their culinary team. Together, they will marry images and flavors to create an artistic dining innovation. Over 24 images personally selected and printed by Rehahn will be exhibited across a series of contrasting platforms throughout the hotel’s public spaces and will illustrate the extraordinary range of subjects that he has captured throughout his eight-year trip around Vietnam. In conjunction with the photographs, Executive Chef Dennis Barton and his team created 13 signature dishes, including Hotline for Delivery & Atlantic smoked salmon with Gia Lai highland musk white pepper, Table Reservations: 08 38 244 286 Nha Trang calamari fried with doc let salt and Ha Giang wild 1) 86 Le Loi, D1 pepper, roast duck with orange and Lang Son fresh star anise, 2) 82 Le Van Thiem, PMH, D7 among others. The culinary journey will be accompanied by a range 3) 82 Xuan Thuy, D2 of five distinctively different liquors from the makers of Son Tinh. 4) 98J Le Lai, D1 Contact: Email [email protected] for more info www.casaitalia.com.vn [email protected] Enjoy the convivial atmosphere and experience that is ‘Casa’ 2016: A Transition Year Pacic Cross Vietnam (Formerly Blue Cross Vietnam) ANNOUNCEMENT: We are happy to say that we are now operating under our new name PACIFIC CROSS VIETNAM. Thank you for continued support in 2016. All the best in the year of the Monkey! For more information please visit www.bluecross.com.vn 10 What: A Night of MAR German Music Where: Ho Chi Minh 9 City Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, D1); 8pm About: Under conductor Tran Nhat Minh, the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony and Ballet Orchestra presents an evening of classical German music with favorites from Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss and more. Tickets start at VND80,000 for students and VND200,000 for the public. Contact: Booking and delivery, phone 38237419 or 098 987 4517 MARCH 11-13 MARCH 19 What: Vietnam Victory Challenge What: Saigon Cyclo Challenge Where: Ngoc Lan Hotel (42 Nguyen Chi Where: Celadon City, Tan Phu District Thanh, Dalat) About: The Saigon Cyclo Challenge is a charitable corporate teambuilding event in Ho Chi About: The Vietnam Victory Challenge is Minh City, with all funds raised going to help Saigon Children's Charity. Teams compete a three-day, four-leg mountain bike race against each other in a variety of challenges associated with Vietnam’s most famous in Dalat, Vietnam. The race is open to all means of transportation - the cyclo. With a combination of cyclo racing, team games, a levels of participants with excellent prizes cyclo parade and good honest fun, this unique event provides a wonderful afternoon of for all categories, men and women alike. The competition and entertainment for a really good cause: helping disadvantaged children race is fully supported with food and water have the chance to go to school. Since its inception in 2001, the cyclo challenge has raised throughout the race each day and a small over USD720,000 to support disadvantaged children and young adults in Vietnam gain lunch at the finish line. access to education. Over 21,000 participants from a wide range of companies have taken Contact: Visit www.vietnamvictorychallenge. part in the challenge to date. com for more info Contact: Visit www.saigonchildren.com for more info Average delivery time: 40 minutes www.courier4u.vn “Your fastest and most reliable messenger service in HCMC” Tel: 0988 80 30 50 / 1900 64 54 11 MARCH 19 What: Roaring 1920s Where: InterContinental Asiana Saigon; VND2.5 million per ticket About: To mark BBGV’s 20th anniversary, join their Roaring 1920s party which includes a dancing competition and a prize draw to win flights to Europe or accommodation vouchers for hotels and resorts. Dress code is 1920s style. Contact: Email [email protected] for more info MARCH 31 What: Network Girls 10th Anniversary Where: The Society Bar & Grill (99 Nguyen Hue, D1) About: Network Girls turns 10 in 2016. To celebrate, the monthly evening event in March will include cocktails, canapés and a fashion show modeled by some of the Network Girls. The event is open to professional working women in Saigon. Spots are limited, so RSVP by email by March 29. Contact: Email networkgirlshcmc@gmail. com for more info What: The Face Exhibition Where: La Maison (201B UNTIL Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, D3) MAR31 About: Antonius Kho is a painter and sculptor What: Azimute from central Java, MAR Where: The Observatory (5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D4); 10pm (free before Indonesia. Kho’s work 11pm, VND150,000 after) is a mosaic of beliefs and visual symbols 25 About: Azimute is a new musical project combining the energies of rising that capture the paradox of tradition and techno and house DJ/producer Cesare Marchese and veteran DJ/producer modernity. Torn between the various Philippe Quenum. In its first few months, it has attracted the attention of layers of his identity, Kho shares his time major players on the electronic music scene, kicking off with releases on Crosstown Rebels between Cologne, Germany and Ubud, Bali, and Transmat Records.