The Korean movie Can This Love Be Translated? is a social network phenomenon. Not only thanks to the acting of Go Youn Jung and Kim Seon Ho and the romantic script, the film also attracts attention with a special detail related to Vietnam.
In a short scene, images of Vietnamese street food appear fleetingly, but enough to score points in the hearts of the audience.
In episode 1, the film was filmed at a popular restaurant with signs labeling many typical dishes such as grilled meat, spring rolls, salad rolls, banh xeo...
Images familiar to Vietnamese people but quite new to international audiences have created highlights for the film, and at the same time contributed to promoting Vietnamese culture and cuisine on screen.
Vietnamese cuisine is considered one of the most diverse street cuisines in the world. Before Can This Love Be Translated?, many Vietnamese dishes have appeared in movies, reality TV shows and international travel shows.
The movie A Tourist's Guide to Love, or the Street Food: Asia Documentary Series, once introduced salad rolls, pho, broken rice, bread...
The late famous chef Anthony Bourdain once introduced Hue beef noodles, banh beo, banh bot loc and food culture in Vietnam in an episode of the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown series, contributing to introducing local culinary culture to audiences around the world.
