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Cooking gakho

Cooking gakho

Photographed in Naenae, Wellington, Vietnamese refugees Tai (left) and Tam Nguyen, Phi Hoang Pham and Nhan Ngoc Tran prepare gakho, which is made from chicken, soy sauce, garlic, peppercorns and onions. It was probably the first time this dish was ever cooked in the suburb of Naenae.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1980/0748/10
Photograph by Ian Mackley

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Trung Tran, 'Vietnamese - Culture, language and work', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/997/cooking-gakho (accessed 28 April 2024)

Story by Trung Tran, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015