The ultimate guide to Vietnamese supermarkets

I enjoy the humor and creativity of your youtube shorts, Uyen, but there's something extra special about your longer videos. Just seeing you earnestly share your life and culture with us is so educational and fun. I really love how you never try to be anyone else in your videos and how real you are. I've been on youtube for almost 15 years now, and out of all the channels I've ever come across, you might just be my favorite youtuber ever. :)

Grocery shopping is honestly my favourite part of travelling. It gives insights into what the locals eat, and it's always super fun to try out new snacks 😋

You are very confident in filming in public. Respect! If I had to do it, I would try to hide and my cheeks would be red like tomatoes. 😅

5:54 "That was disrespectful" - clip was spot on 😂

I can't stress enough how much Vietnamese love fish sauce. Everyone has their favorite brands. And people can tell the difference from brand to brand. I would legit quit a meal because of "bad" fish sauce. In quote, because the taste varies so much between types and brands. Think of it as the Vietnamese version of wine. Smelly wine which we don't drink. Hope this helps. Edit: Viva shrimp salts! (So glad you didn't forget about them)

Uyen, those shrimp paste and fish paste are not pickled but fermented. So it is a totally different process to make them, and since the salt content is too high, it is very unlikely that any bacteria can survive in that environment and therefore, very safe to consume. Any risk of food poisoning that might come from eating bun dau mam tom (fried tofu with shrimp paste) is usually from the fresh herbs that is contaminated and not cleaned properly. Just want to clarify. 😊

The variety of fish sauces in Vietnamese supermarket is equivalent to the baking aisle in German supermarket 😂❤

Awh, I love how enthusiastic Uyen is about her culture! As she should be. ♥My fiancé is Vietnamese and very disconnected from his culture/language (Americanized) but I try to help him embrace it and encourage him to learn more about it. We both bond over our culture's foods and Uyen has been a big help in familiarizing him with what certain foods are in his culture (he's eaten them but doesn't remember or know the name of certain dishes) as well as sharing her experience with Vietnamese culture. We both hope to visit Vietnam some day! Thank you, Uyen!

Even we indians love pickles, We too make from lemon, raw mango, garlic, chilli, mixed veg pickle, n many more

Don't worry Uyen, we smack the rice in America.

I just want to say, thank you for sharing your culture. I love learning about the mundane things about how others lives, because that's what encompasses most of our lives😂. Please keep being yourself and feeding the masses Liebe aus Köln❤❤❤❤❤❤

I fell in love with that chili sauce when I visited vietnam a few years ago. Luckily, living in San Diego, I finally found a Vietnamese grocery store that actually sells it!! I always keep a few spare bottles and use it all the time! I live in Little Saigon and I went to all the different little grocery stores trying to find it. I give it away to anyone that says they like hot sauce bc it’s the best.

Aloe Vera juice, my great grandmother would make it. Peel, cut cubes from the jelly, boil, add sugar, she would add some gelatin but she was using it as a health drink.

This feels like I'm actually in Vietnam visiting a supermarket with a cool friend, thanks Uyen this is so much fun to watch!

I also love the bitter melon - you can grow them in Germany as well! Just take the seeds out of the fruit, dry and bring them. I plant them indoor in February/March and put them on balcony in May 😊

Ancient Romans had garum- a fish sauce made from all the ‘lesser’ parts of fish that they fermented. They ate it with everything! But that was forgotten by westerners. In Australia we have a large Vietnamese population, a climate to grow Vietnamese vegetables and fruit, and a mainstream culture that loves Vietnamese food- so you can access all the things you love here. We have a lot of Vietnamese supermarkets in Melbourne and Sydney. I’m getting the impression that Vietnamese are really into salt and gourmet salt! 😄

14:53 that one young lady when she realizes she is in the course of a MSG-loving, youtubing Uyen and just politely adjusting her course not to crash your video.

Ahh i love international grocery stores! thank you!

You're preparing me for my first real trip home to Vietnam! Thank you so much ! These videos make me so much less anxious about visiting!

Watching this is fun! I live in a vietnamese neighborhood in California so we have a lot of Vietnamese products you are talking about!