Big BBQ celebrates Australian culture

The menu for the Big BBQ was curated by Taste of Australia Ambassador, top Australian chef Luke Nguyen, who opened the festivities at a BBQ station featuring renowned Australian lamb, grilled on a carousel created especially for the event.

“This is the largest event being held this year to mark the 50th anniversary and one of the biggest food and drink festivals Vietnam has seen. I’m excited and inspired to be here promoting the excellence of Australia’s produce,” said Luke.

As well as the fire-roasted lamb, guests enjoyed Australian salmon cooked on a cedar plank, 6-hour cooked Australian beef ribs, and kangaroo 'snags', or sausages, along with Australian wine, spirits, and juices. The event also featured a showcase of Australian packaged produce available in Vietnam and a stand promoting Australian education.

Guests were treated to a performance from Indigenous Australian performer, Thelma Plum, who had travelled to Hanoi to promote Australia’s rich culture.

The event coincided with a visit from Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong.

“Australians love Vietnamese food, and this was a great chance to give our friends in Vietnam a taste of Australia’s outstanding food,” said Minister Wong. “The BBQ was also an opportunity to mark 50 years of relations between our nations, which are underpinned by longstanding people-to-people ties, as well as our trade and economic links and peacekeeping relationship.”

The event was also attended by Hoang Thanh Tung, chair of the National Assembly Legal Affairs Committee and chair of the Vietnam-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Taste of Australia is an annual series of events organised by the Australian government in Vietnam to bring together producers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, and organisations in both Vietnam and Australia to showcase the best Australia has to offer.

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