Festival honours traditional food of three regions
The Saigontourist Group Culinary Culture, Delicacies Festival opened in Binh Thanh district of Ho Chi Minh City on August 25, featuring more than 300 typical dishes and drinks from all three regions across the country.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Saigontourist Group CulinaryCulture, Delicacies Festival opened in Binh Thanh district of Ho Chi Minh Cityon August 25, featuring more than 300 typical dishes and drinks from all threeregions across the country.
The culinary space at the festival has three parts, honouringthe culinary culture of the northern, central and southern regions.
At the northern-style food stalls, visitors will have achance to try a wide range of authentic delicacies such as bun cha (vermicellinoodles with grilled pork), bun dau mam tom (fermented shrimp paste with friedtofu), cha com (rice pork pie), nem cua be (spring rolls with crab), chickennoodle soup, grilled fish vermicelli noodles, sour meat, white sticky rice, andHa Long squid patties.
Local dishes from the northernmost mountainous areas, suchas grilled chicken and pork cooked with local leaves and bamboo tubes, are also available.
The central-style food stalls offer Thanh Chuongstir-fried shrimp, eel soup, eel sausage, deep-fried fish, oysters, musselrice, etc. Other delicious dishes from the central region will also beavailable, such as Cao Lau and Mi Quang – two authentic noodle soups from QuangNam province.
Dishes from Phu Yen include specialties made from tuna,while delicacies from Binh Thuan province include fish vermicelli noodles,fried squid egg rolls, herring spring rolls, squid teeth with rice paper andduck meat pancakes. In addition, the festival will also have a seafoodcorner and a dessert corner with a wide range of sweet soups and tea.
Culinary delights in the southern regions include various dishes made from local shrimp and fish or fruits.
Pham Huy Binh, Chairman of Saigontourist Group said thatalong with introducing the culinary culture and crafts of HCM City and Vietnamin general to Vietnamese and international visitors, the festival also aims to stimulateconsumption and gradually recover the tourism sector after two years of being “frozen”due to COVID-19 impact.
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