Vietnamese cuisine wins increasing popularity in Czech
The crowds of visitors around booths selling Vietnamese food at the Embassies Food and Culture Festival in Prague on May 13 reflected the increasing popularity of the Southeast Asian country’s cuisine.
Visitors gather at Vietnamese booth at the event (Photo: VNA)
Prague (VNA) – The crowds of visitors aroundbooths selling Vietnamese food at the Embassies Food and Culture Festival in theCzech Republic’s capital city of Prague on May 13 reflected the increasingpopularity of the Southeast Asian country’s cuisine in Prague.
According to a recent survey published on alocal newspaper, 85 percent of interviewees said they loved Vietnameserestaurants in Prague. About 67percent of respondents said they frequently eat Vietnamese food, while 19percent said they take the food very frequently. One percent told the surveythat they have Vietnamese dish every day.
When being asked about the taste of Vietnamesefood, more than a half of the interviewees answered “very tasty” while 37percent wanted to try.
According to many Czech diners, Vietnamese foodis simple, elegant but rich in flavor and colour as well as in nutrition.
Several streets in downtown Prague are linedwith Vietnamese restaurants and the Vietnamese food corner at the Prague TradeCentre in the suburbs is always crowded on the weekend.
The popularity of Vietnamese food in Prague ispartly attributable to the efforts of the Vietnamese embassy and Vietnamesecommunity over the past years to introduce the country’s food at various local festivalsand events.-VNA
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
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Visitors gather at Vietnamese booth at the event (Photo: VNA) 
