In the first episode of Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong, Luke discovers the iconic dishes and "old world" stories of Kunming – the capital city of Yunnan Province in southwest China. Luke is challenged ...

Preparing food for Lunar New Year goes straight to the heart for Luke Nguyen. Growing up, Tết (Tết Nguyên Đán, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year) was marked by long days in the kitchen, shared meals, and ...

Luke begins his adventure in his family’s home city of Saigon, Vietnam, where getting up early in the morning and venturing straight into the hustle and bustle of the markets is part of everyday life.

In this first episode Luke digs deep to find the ‘old’ markets before they all start disappearing as the Ho Chi Minh landscape in District 1 rapidly develops. Luke visits District 11 where the people ...

Exploring the traditional style of Cantonese specialties, Luke hikes to a Dim Sum house where he helps prepare some of their most popular dim sum, a Quail Egg Siu Mai, and Steamed Rice rolls with ...

At Lua, the flash 290-seat Sydney Fish Market restaurant, find regional, seafood-focused specialties from along the Mekong River – like whole snapper slow-roasted in banana leaves. Plus, Vietnamese ...

Born in a refugee camp in Thailand after his family fled Vietnam, Luke Nguyen has spent his life in restaurant kitchens. He opened his first Sydney eatery, Red Lantern, 10 years ago to great acclaim, ...