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On TikTok, food is one of the most appealing topics, with a wealth of interesting and personal content. In June alone, TikTok saw nearly 150,000 cooking and food review videos, with the hashtag #AnCungTikTok attracting over 1.2 billion views and thousands of other videos. Food content on TikTok not only feasts viewers' eyes on countless delicious dishes but also inspires creativity. Furthermore, TikTok limits videos to a maximum of three minutes, ensuring concise and succinct content. If you're looking for new, easy-to-follow recipes to avoid the dilemma of "what to cook today?", then follow these five TikTok channels.
1. Phoenix Tail
When talking about the most popular recipe-sharing channels on TikTok, we can't ignore...Phoenix TailIn first place. The owner of this channel is Do Phuong Vy, originally from Vung Tau and currently living in Ho Chi Minh City. With her warm and gentle voice, Phuong Vy captivates the online community with her cooking tutorial videos. Through her detailed and lively instructions, anyone can roll up their sleeves, get into the kitchen, and prepare their favorite dishes.
Phượng Vỹ's channel primarily shares recipes for authentic Vietnamese dishes, from everyday meals to snacks to enjoy during leisure time. Videos sharing recipes for crispy pork cracklings, mixed rice paper salad, grilled bread, vermicelli with tofu and shrimp paste, grilled eggs, etc., all receive high engagement and are adopted by many. Despite only being on TikTok for just over half a year, Phượng Vỹ's account has already reached 1.9 million followers.
2. Salt Island
This account with over 800,000 followers belongs to Vo Ngoc Thuy Chau, born in 1986. She is currently working freelance after 8 years of producing images for e-commerce platforms. Possessing a sweet and gentle voice,Salted PearlIt easily captivates viewers from the very first seconds. Her videos are meticulously crafted in terms of form, color, and the way she presents the dishes, allowing viewers not only to learn useful tips and cooking techniques from Chau Muoi but also to enjoy the visual process and the finished product.
Chau Muoi shares many impromptu cooking recipes rather than following any fixed theme. Some videos show how to cook authentic Vietnamese dishes like braised pork, grilled pork chops, and quail eggs with runny yolks in soy sauce, but there are also videos about foreign dishes like Italian pasta, Thai dishes, or unique snacks like Oreo cookies in a cup, tokbokki with rice paper, and Elsa lychees.
3. My Older Brother Likes to Cook
With over 1.2 million followers and 17.6 million likes across more than 150 videos on TikTok,My older brother likes to cook.It is one of the food channels run by a male individual that has gained much support from social media users.
The owner of this channel is Dao Duc Hieu, familiar to viewers with his neat white shirt and always wearing a hat while cooking. Although not a professional chef, his recipes and presentation style give viewers the feeling of being in a restaurant. Here, viewers can find a variety of dishes from European to Asian cuisine, such as Japanese vegetarian Sukiyaki hot pot, French Bollot snails, Thai-style octopus, etc. However, what viewers remember most about this TikToker is his "lazy meals" series. These "lazy" dishes are prepared in 15-20 minutes; despite the simple ingredients, the finished product is still nutritious and visually appealing, suitable for busy people or those who don't want to spend too much time preparing a meal.
4. Hang's Corner
Hang's CornerThis is the channel of a true home cook. The "corner" here refers to her familiar kitchen where she showcases her culinary skills. Her videos, ranging from 1 to 3 minutes in length, are meticulously produced in terms of camera angles, color, and the way she inspires viewers to cook.
The recipes on her channel are diverse and unique. Besides sharing familiar dishes for everyday meals, Hang's Corner also guides viewers in making many traditional Vietnamese dishes such as banh lot (rice noodle dessert) and sweetened rice. Her creative recipes for spicy rice cakes made from leftover rice, pork cracklings made from stale bread, and tofu made with vinegar and salt have received millions of views. In addition, she also shares beauty tips using natural ingredients, such as skin whitening with tomatoes, acne treatment with bitter melon soap, and exfoliating with coffee grounds.
5. The Farmer
Although the channel was only established in March,FarmerThe video has attracted over 1.5 million followers and a total of over 25 million likes. The farmer in the clip, whose real name is Quang Vinh, was born in 1993 and currently lives in Hanoi. His main job is as a chef. He shared that his purpose in making the videos is to inspire young people about traditional Vietnamese dishes.
Each of Anh Nong Dan's videos is only 1-2 minutes long, but it highlights the beauty of the countryside: fields, ponds, lush green gardens, wood-burning stoves, bamboo beds..., bringing peace and relaxation to viewers. In his videos, Anh Nong Dan reminds viewers of many familiar, rustic Vietnamese dishes such as pickled eggplant, shrimp stir-fried with pork cracklings, freshwater crab with water spinach, freshwater crab fried with betel leaves, snails stir-fried with lemongrass and chili... Although not made from expensive ingredients or elaborately prepared, this TikToker's videos evoke emotions in many people, thanks to the dishes that bring back childhood memories and the enjoyment for young people through footage recreating images of Vietnamese rural life.
