Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Cooking class in Phu Quoc island

Cooking classes are also innovative in nature, as they will not only teach you how to prepare a menu of dishes, they will also cover presentation and garnishing, which enhance prepared dishes and lend confidence in the overall culinary experience. Cooking classes teach students the right way to balance food textures and flavors, and how to use specific ingredients for certain dishes. You could also be exposed to various cuisines from around the world, and this will make you more knowledgeable about the art of cooking.

By attending cooking classes, you will be interacting with other individuals as well as professionals in the culinary industry. This will allow you to pick up additional tips that you might otherwise not have access to. You will also be able to contribute with tips, and thus a lot of additional information in cooking can be explored.

Cooking classes are fun to attend. You will learn new dishes, make new friends, and take home new techniques and ideas to make cooking at home more enjoyable. Find a cooking school location today in our growing cooking class directory, and take your cooking skills to the next level.

In Phu Quoc island, there are some resorts they have cooking class for you to join. 

Saigon Phu Quoc resort offers Vietnamese cooking classes for the whole family, which is definitely a worthwhile experience you can take home with you, given the variety of tasty and healthily vietnamese dishes on offer. It's only a matter of time before more places offer cooking classes, and you'll want to know how to use fish sauce when you get home to flavor all those dishes.

Vietnamese cooking class is available every Tuesday and Thursday in La Veranda resorts. Their cooks are very good. You can book the cooking class with the receptionist.
Mango bay resort :  The food was excellent (fresh spring rolls with prawns and pork, hot and sour mango soup, BBQ squid and banana and mango nems (mango and banana fried in butter, wrapped in rice paper, fried, and then covered in caramelised sugar and chocolate). The only problem was it wasn’t really a cooking class, but more of a cooking demonstration. In this cooking class, all we got to do was roll the spring rolls up, and then watch the chef do the rest. But it didn’t really matter – as we still got to eat it, which was the important part.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Phu Quoc – Haven of pearls


The Phu Quoc Pearl farm was established in 1998 under the Foreign Investment Law of Vietnam to cultivate South Sea Pearls for the local and international jewellery markets.

The company has a sea lease of 4km² and a land lease of 6,000m² granted by the Kien Giang Provincial Peoples' Committee. Situated on the West coast of Phu Quoc Island, the Pearl Farm is located 8km South of the main town, Duong Dong.Treasures from the Deep Ltd is a New Zealand registered company specializing in the Design and Hand Crafting of Pearl jewellery (set in 18k gold) Pearl Necklaces and Mother of Pearl Seashell (set in 925 Sterling Silver).

The company Owner / Director Grant Johnston has 25 years' Pearl Diving and Aquaculture experience and has been the General Director of Phu Quoc Pearls in Vietnam since 1998.

He provides the technical expertise and management to the venture and is also a major shareholder in the company. Treasures from the Deep was formed to create a marketing company for Phu Quoc Pearls who supply only the finest quality South Sea, Akoya and Mabe pearls to be handcrafted into exquisite designs for sale through out Pearl Galleries and website.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Fish Sauce in Phu Quoc


Phu Quoc fish sauce is one kind of fish sauce which is made in Phu Quoc, Vietnam. For years, Phu Quoc fish sauce has been considered as Phu Quoc speciality, it is famous both in Vietnam and all over the world.

Phu Quoc fish sauce is made from the main material is fish which is catch at Phu Quoc. Making Phu Quoc fish sauce has been over 200 years old. In Europe, Phu Quoc fish sauce has registered to keep the original name “Phu Quoc fish sauce”.

There are many kinds of fish can be used to make fish sauce but people there just only use rice fish to make Phu Quoc fish sauce. They mix 2 part of rice fish with 1 part of salt and keep them in jars for about 1 year. If the material is spoiled fish, time can be shorter but the fish sauce will not be as good as it uses.

The jars are very big. They are similar to fermentation tanks in beer, wine making industry but time for fermenting is longer. More time fish sauce is fermented, more protein it has. Phu Quoc fish sauce is the speciality which most of tourists when coming to Phu Quoc often bring back as gifts.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Black pepper in Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc produces over an incredible 400 tonnes of the best quality black pepper each year. You’ll find pepper plantations mostly around the central and northern parts of the island and most farmers won’t mind you stopping to take photo’s or viewing these amazing storks of pepper trees or the drying pepper. Organised tours also visit the Khu Tuong pepper gardens for a close look at the pepper gardens and cover the overall harvesting and drying process.

Vietnam is the leading global exporter of Black peppercorns with the best quality black pepper in Vietnam coming from Phu Quoc with big solid corns. Phu Quoc currently produces in excess of 400 tonnes of pepper every year, with the main harvesting season running from February through to July, however you can visit the farms all year round.

Peppercorn farmers have been struggling recently due to lower world pepper prices so some farmers are switching to other crops such as the Myrtle fruit for wine production which bring in more money.