Authentic Vietnamese Food Cookbook by Jenny Lam is an Opportunity to Savor Bold Flavors

Lemongrass clams recipe in the authentic Vietnamese food cookbook by Master Chef Jenny Lam

Eat Like a Viet: Recipes from the Street, a new authentic Vietnamese food cookbook by Master Chef Jenny Lam provides an opportunity for food lovers and cooks to savor bold flavors from the comfort of their Kitchens.

BY KAZAD

NEW YORK, NY — Eat Like a Viet: Recipes from the Street, a new cookbook by Jenny Lam, provides an insight into the array of delicious food on the streets of Vietnam. A Master Chef alumni and restaurateur, Jenny Lam takes home cooks on a culinary journey through the streets of Vietnam with carefully selected recipes.

The book contains 85 easy-to-follow recipes. Each recipe in this authentic Vietnamese food cookbook is accompanied by vibrant photographs and professional tips. This can help everyone, from culinary newbies to seasoned foodies, create perfect meals. From pandan sponge cake to surprisingly simple five-ingredient lemongrass clams, beef noodle salad, sour fish soup, and savory Vietnamese crepes, there is so much for food lovers to enjoy.

Inside Authentic Vietnamese Food Cookbook

Cover of the Authentic Vietnamese Food Cookbook by Master Chef Jenny Lam — *Eat Like a Viet: Recipes from the Stre*et: Jenny Lam

The 245-page book details how individuals can customize ingredients and flavors to suit their own taste buds. There are even recipes for easy-to-make dressings and sauces so cooks can personalize and infuse all of their meals with the flavors of Vietnamese cooking.

Every recipe is accompanied by vibrant photographs and tips for customizing ingredients and flavors to suit individual own taste buds. There are even recipes for easy-to-make dressings and sauces. Therefore, individuals can personalize and infuse their meals with the flavors of Vietnamese cooking.

Eat Like a Viet is more than a how-to cookbook. The author purposefully integrated a 360-degree guide to Vietnamese cuisine. There are step-by-step photos and useful tips regarding herbs, grocery shopping, Vietnamese pantry staples, and kitchen utensils. The objective is to actualize an authentic Vietnamese food cookbook that will inspire home cooks and food lovers to cook. Not surprising, Eat Like a Viet received a Gold Medal in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Beyond a cookbook, Eat Like a Viet is also a travel diary. It includes highlights from Lam’s first journey to Vietnam when she was 24 years old. That trip gave her a newfound appreciation for the delicious Vietnamese food her family served at home. “I hope that when people pick up the book they not only get great recipes but also an adventure,” said Lam. In addition to adventure, the cookbook is an opportunity to savor the bold flavors of authentic Vietnamese food from the comfort of their own Kitchen.

Beautiful Food Photographs, Storytelling and Cooking Tips

The recipes, accompanied by beautiful colors and storytelling, open up a new horizon for food lovers and cooks. “I want people to feel that they have been transported to Vietnam and that they can feel the culture, the vibrancy — and the great food,’’ noted Lam. Ultimately, Eat Like a Viet: Recipes from The Street is sure to inspire home cooks to embrace Jenny Lam’s recipes of Authentic Vietnamese Food Cookbook. The perfect pairings of savory, bold, sweet, and sour seasonings will are bound to inspire food lovers. Home cooks will also find this authentic Vietnamese food cookbook an important companion.

The objective is to actualize an authentic Vietnamese food cookbook that will inspire home cooks and food lovers to cook.

About MasterChef Jenny Lam

MasterChef Jenny Lam author of the Authentic Vietnamese Food Cookbook.

Born to refugee Vietnamese parents, Jenny Lam is best known for her institutional Vietnamese eatery, Bunn Mee in Leederville. Although her parents wanted her to become a doctor, lawyer, or pharmacist, Lam had a different vision for her future. She opened her first business when she was just 19, and she eventually grew it into a national, multimillion-dollar company. Today, Jenny Lam is an award-winning cookbook author and restaurateur. She is the former founder and marketing director at one of Australia’s top marketing and sales companies. Lam was a contestant on Australia’s popular TV Show: MasterChef Australia. Lam’s currently devoting her time to building a food empire that feeds the stomach and the soul. She plans to expand to five stores in the next two years. A second restaurant is already underway, and a second cookbook is in the works.