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Rice n Mics

Rice n Mics

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Exploring the every day Asian Australian culture, experience and what makes us unique. The podcast brings on a variety of guests to get different perspectives and stories.

Trying to aim for at least an episode a month.

Tung Nguyen
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    • Corporate 9-5 to Food Creator: LateNightAnna’s Journey | Ep 65
      Feb 9 2026

      If you were to ask a year ago, I would've said by day, Anna works 9-5 as a finance manager, and by night, she's LateNightAnna. But since then, she is all in on LateNightAnna, cooking, creating and building a food content brand that started with a viral Basque cheesecake during Covid.

      In this episode, I sit down with Anna to talk about her journey from competing in MasterChef as a teenager, to starting a home baking business from scratch, to documenting her life in her 30s through food, travel and content creation. We chat about how she balanced a corporate career with creative passion, growing up Chinese-Australian in Sydney, performing on stages from singing competitions to national finals, and what it really takes to stay consistent when you’re building something on the side.

      If you've ever thought about starting a side hustle, chasing a creative dream, or just love food content, this one's for you.

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      Anna's Links

      Youtube Channel

      https://www.instagram.com/latenightannaa

      https://www.tiktok.com/@late.night.anna

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      Items mentioned

      Noodle bowl: https://www.amazon.com.au/Sets-Containers-Microwavable-Restaurants-Self-Adhesive/dp/B0DPJVT1NW/

      What we made: https://bylatenightanna.com/fire-carbonara-instant-noodles/

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      Need a photobooth? Reach out to SonofaBooth

      Want to get in touch? Send us an email at ⁠⁠ricenmicspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠

      Follow us on our socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ricenmicspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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      Chapters

      0:00 Intro

      2:07 Background, corporate life

      6:42 Anna's singing journey, different languages

      10:57 The basque cheesecake, covid business

      17:26 How do you make a living?

      21:54 Masterchef appearance

      24:18 Why food content?

      26:52 Mukbang, our relationship with food

      31:37 Bao bae, starting a fast food brand

      35:18 Growing up with food, inspiration

      39:10 How did you learn to cook?

      41:24 When was enough income to replace the corporate gig?

      45:12 More followers =/= More income

      49:27 Pivoting to long form content

      51:43 Culinary Class Wars dishes

      56:29 Travel content?

      59:42 What is 'latenightanna'?

      1:02:04 Son of a Booth ad

      1:03:34 Cooking starts

      1:06:53 Light vs dark soy sauce

      1:12:58 Ingredient you can't live without

      1:20:56 Are instant noodles your guilty pleasure food/personality?

      1:23:47 Go to dish to impress someone

      1:26:47 Drawing on cups

      1:29:33 Advice for other content creators

      1:37:14 Outro

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      1 h et 39 min
    • Weddings, Proposals & Growing Up - Nathan’s Big Day + Tung's Big Reveal | Ep 64
      Dec 30 2025

      Weddings hit different when it’s your close friends, and even more when you’re part of the chaos behind the scenes.

      We sit down with Nathan & Annette to break down their wedding day - the planning, the emotions, the cultural expectations, family dynamics… and the moments that nearly didn’t go to plan.

      I also reveal a big announcement of my own...

      We chat through everything from proposals and adrenaline, to budgets, vendors, tea ceremonies, first dances, and what it actually feels like once the day is over and married life begins.

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      Corey's mum's catering: msbunmee

      Nathan's wedding venue: Highline

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      Want to get in touch? Send us an email at ⁠⁠ricenmicspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠

      Follow us on our socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ricenmicspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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      0:00 Intro

      3:11 Describe the wedding in one word

      4:48 Tung's big announcement

      9:07 Which knee to get on when proposing, adrenaline

      14:50 Business class is crazy, having kids

      17:14 How did Tung design the ring, new drip, wedding season

      21:15 Picking the wedding venue

      25:20 Parental input for the wedding, food choices, styling

      30:54 The tea ceremony, Nathan's big reveal

      37:03 Getting all the vendors, Tung becoming MC

      40:52 What almost went wrong? Saving money

      45:26 Consider being a celebrant

      47:56 Feelings leading up to the wedding

      50:23 Planning, parents inviting friends

      54:29 The deck of cards

      57:07 Budget, mid, high end venues, food options

      1:00:28 Vendors for the wedding

      1:04:58 Picking the first dance song, highlights

      1:12:39 Would you change anything?

      1:18:22 Planning Tung's wedding

      1:20:24 How it feels to be married

      1:23:14 Nerves, advice for future grooms/brides

      1:26:54 BUDGET

      1:29:12 Start planning

      1:33:36 The photoshoot, potential destination wedding

      1:39:05 Questions from viewers, engagement watches

      1:42:54 Outro

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      1 h et 45 min
    • Mortgage Broking in Australia: What First-Home Buyers Need to Know w/ Michael Nguyen | Ep 63
      Dec 10 2025

      Note: There will be video soon, working through some tech issues. Otherwise YouTube is where you can find it for now!

      We’ve hit that stage of life where everyone’s either getting engaged, married, planning a Japan trip, or trying to buy a house. And somewhere in that chaos, the words “mortgage broker” keep popping up, but what do they actually do? Are they just a fancy search engine for home loans?

      In this episode, Michael Nguyen joins us to break down the world of mortgage broking, answer the questions most first-home buyers are too scared to ask, and share what it’s really like working in the industry. Whether you’re buying soon or just curious, this one clears up a lot.

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      Michael's email: michael@professionalhomeloans.com.au

      https://www.professionalhomeloans.com.au/

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      Want to get in touch? Send us an email at ⁠⁠ricenmicspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠

      Follow us on our socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ricenmicspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow

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      0:00 Intro

      3:04 Inspiring kids with Dai Le

      5:33 Growing up, selective schooling PTSD

      14:00 TAFE, uni offers and experience

      20:34 Becoming an Apprentice Broker

      23:28 How do brokers get paid? The cutthroat side

      28:10 Cut out the broker and save?

      31:18 Struggling as an apprentice, abusing free gym trials

      36:38 Getting from start to finish for a loan, compromising

      40:02 Where to buy IPs

      45:32 Can brokers get loans for themselves? Apprentice life

      52:48 Be the dumbest guy in the room

      55:26 Teaching other colleagues

      57:23 Apprentice vs now

      58:20 The self employment struggle

      1:02:24 Fluctuating income, the first deal ever

      1:04:56 Bad vs good broker

      1:06:33 Why not go for the cheapest rate?

      1:10:51 5% deposit scheme

      1:13:38 Biggest first home buyer mistakes

      1:18:02 Emotions of buying a place

      1:22:24 Toughest deal

      1:25:08 How afterpay/credit card churning affects home loans

      1:27:17 Advice for aspiring brokers

      1:31:11 Outro

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      1 h et 35 min
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