Savouring the World
Footage from Vietnam, 2004
A beautifully filmed culinary tour of Vietnam with numerous stories which take the viewer from the seas to rives and lakes, mountains and valleys, revealing how, in each corner of the country, the food is also influenced by history as well as the prevailing political winds.
00.00 Group of children with bicycle
00.08 Long shot - boat crossing river
00.15 Cow grazing beside water
00.29 Flower seller 1 with bicycle
00.42 Flower seller 2 with bicycle
01.07 Thin hens
01.20 Fruit and vegetable market
01.29 Onions frying
01.41 Making croissants with head chef Henri Marguet 1 - Rolling pastry
01.52 Making croissants 2 - cutting line of pastry into triangles
02.04 Making croissants 3 - Rolling triangles into croissamts
02.15 Making croissants 4 - placing croissants on baking tray
02.21 Making croissants 5 - finished croissants
02.29 Pig snout
02.39 Tomato rose salad, King prawn salad
02.47 Riso rolls zoom-out
02.54 Aerial shot of busy street
03.07 Raking grain
03.20 Tossing grain
03.32 Tossing grain close-up
03.42 Bean pods growing on trees
03.54 Punting boats at sunset
04.16 Gold Buddha effigy
04.25 Snake killing and eating 1 - Man catches snake's head then answers mobile phone
04.39 Snake killing and eating 2 - Man oozes venom from snake's mouth
04.45 Snake killing and eating 3 - slapping snake's head on floor
04.57 Snake killing and eating 4 - extracting, cutting, and draining blood vessel intoglass
05.24 Snake killing and eating 5 - skinning and ripping flesh off vertebrae
06.49 Snake killing and eating 6 - ripping intestines out
07.01 Snake killing and eating 7 - heart pulsating in bowl
07.11 Snake killing and eating 8 - heart pulsating in bowl 2
07.15 Snake killing and eating 9 - cutting snake into pieces
07.34 Snake killing and eating 10 - ripping flesh off vertebrae
07.45 Snake killing and eating 11 - frying meat in wok
07.55 Snake killing and eating 12 - snake meat served on plate
08.03 Snake killing and eating 13 - snakes preserved in jars
08.10 Woman cooking poppadums outside on charcoal
08.18 Close-up of poppadum on charcoal
08.25 Zoom-out from man's face drinking tea
08.36 Rural farmer in field
08.45 Woman watering plants in field
08.51 War murals 1
09.03 War murals 2
09.17 Bull-drawn plow going across marsh 1
09.30 Bull-drawn plow going across marsh 2
Baby crabs
Woman picking plants
Woman digging in field
Small stream running through fields
Traditional rope-operated 2 man irrigation system
Scaling a live fish
De-heading a fish
Maggots
Pan of water lilies
Boats going across marshes
Street scene with bicycles
Colourfully-lit caves
2 hens playing
Draining bird's blood into cup
De-feathering bird
De-scaling a dead duck
Squeezing stomach contents out of duck
Lavish interior with shrine
Beating rice
Large rice rap - making of 1
Large rice rap - making of 2
FULL SYNOPSIS
00.08 Long shot - boat crossing river
00.15 Cow grazing beside water
00.29 Flower seller 1 with bicycle
00.42 Flower seller 2 with bicycle
01.07 Thin hens
01.20 Fruit and vegetable market
01.29 Onions frying
01.41 Making croissants with head chef Henri Marguet 1 - Rolling pastry
01.52 Making croissants 2 - cutting line of pastry into triangles
02.04 Making croissants 3 - Rolling triangles into croissamts
02.15 Making croissants 4 - placing croissants on baking tray
02.21 Making croissants 5 - finished croissants
02.29 Pig snout
02.39 Tomato rose salad, King prawn salad
02.47 Riso rolls zoom-out
02.54 Aerial shot of busy street
03.07 Raking grain
03.20 Tossing grain
03.32 Tossing grain close-up
03.42 Bean pods growing on trees
03.54 Punting boats at sunset
04.16 Gold Buddha effigy
04.25 Snake killing and eating 1 - Man catches snake's head then answers mobile phone
04.39 Snake killing and eating 2 - Man oozes venom from snake's mouth
04.45 Snake killing and eating 3 - slapping snake's head on floor
04.57 Snake killing and eating 4 - extracting, cutting, and draining blood vessel intoglass
05.24 Snake killing and eating 5 - skinning and ripping flesh off vertebrae
06.49 Snake killing and eating 6 - ripping intestines out
07.01 Snake killing and eating 7 - heart pulsating in bowl
07.11 Snake killing and eating 8 - heart pulsating in bowl 2
07.15 Snake killing and eating 9 - cutting snake into pieces
07.34 Snake killing and eating 10 - ripping flesh off vertebrae
07.45 Snake killing and eating 11 - frying meat in wok
07.55 Snake killing and eating 12 - snake meat served on plate
08.03 Snake killing and eating 13 - snakes preserved in jars
08.10 Woman cooking poppadums outside on charcoal
08.18 Close-up of poppadum on charcoal
08.25 Zoom-out from man's face drinking tea
08.36 Rural farmer in field
08.45 Woman watering plants in field
08.51 War murals 1
09.03 War murals 2
09.17 Bull-drawn plow going across marsh 1
09.30 Bull-drawn plow going across marsh 2
Baby crabs
Woman picking plants
Woman digging in field
Small stream running through fields
Traditional rope-operated 2 man irrigation system
Scaling a live fish
De-heading a fish
Maggots
Pan of water lilies
Boats going across marshes
Street scene with bicycles
Colourfully-lit caves
2 hens playing
Draining bird's blood into cup
De-feathering bird
De-scaling a dead duck
Squeezing stomach contents out of duck
Lavish interior with shrine
Beating rice
Large rice rap - making of 1
Large rice rap - making of 2
Produced by Robert Golden