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Seed Swap Saturday is on The Malaysian Insider, 14th August 2012
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![READY, SET, GROW! “Basil Booth For Restaurant” - 5th Issue, July 2017 [LINK IN BIO]
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Vietnamese cuisine is known for its freshness and a garnish of fresh herbs is a must for most of its dishes. But what happens when ensuring that freshness means throwing away a lot of herbs?
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Caren Poon, 39, is the director of the An Viet Vietnamese restaurant chain that has two outlets in the Klang Valley, in The Gardens Mall & in Sunway Pyramid shopping centre. And, naturally, she wants to make sure what her restaurants serve is authentic.
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“In Vietnam, they serve their pho with a lot of fresh herbs and vegetables, so when we opened our first outlet in The Gardens Mall, we served herbs in a glass, but then we noticed that we ended up throwing out a lot of it. I realised how immune I had become to food waste."
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"And I realised that I should really do something about it since I’m in the restaurant industry. I asked myself what could I do within my scope to make a difference, however small. We have to start somewhere.”
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Read more about Caren and An Viet’s journey to reduce waste - one herb at a time in Star2, The Star #eatsshootsandroots #garden #ReadySetGrowESR #TheStar](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/20226090_1452346961479059_8940221636351623168_n.jpg)
