Crowds buying bread in Ho Chi Minh City

(NLDO) - On the evening of March 21, the Bread Festival officially opened, with locals and tourists flocking to enjoy a variety of Vietnamese bread cuisine.

The 3rd Vietnam Bread Festival, taking place from March 21 to 24 at Le Van Tam Park (HCMC), brought visitors many interesting experiences.

The program is organized by Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association with the message "Vietnamese Bread - World Culinary Value - Spreading to Five Continents".

The festival is expected to attract more than 150,000 domestic and foreign visitors with about 150 booths.

Tourists flocked to the Vietnamese Bread Festival, causing two parking lots on Dien Bien Phu and Hai Ba Trung streets to be jammed. Booths introducing fruit tea products, baking ingredients, etc. also attracted a large number of people and tourists to come and participate in exciting games.

Bringing to the Bread Festival the traditional Vietnamese bread priced at 22,000 VND/loaf with fatty pate and homemade fatty sausage, Mr. Vo Nghiep expressed: "Through this festival, which is a very big festival of the city, we are just a small part of the bread industry, we are very honored and happy to participate in a bread festival of this magnitude. I hope that Vietnamese bread as well as Vietnamese cuisine in general will develop further, reaching out to foreign friends."

VIDEO: Crowds buying bread in Ho Chi Minh City

"When I came here, I tried bread from GrandMalu's, Sugar Town, ABC... I really like these brands because the bread there is very delicious and fresh. GrandMulu's has a very special vegetable, seaweed, with tuna bread that I find very tasty" - Ms. Luu Phuong (white shirt) expressed.

More than 100 bread stalls participated in the Festival, with prices ranging from 20,000 VND - 50,000 VND/loaf.

"I really like the diversity of banh mi, each place has different ingredients, like in Vietnam, there is a lot of pate and vegetables while in America, they like to add BBQ meat. This is the third time I have participated and every year the event attracts more tourists." Nick Shell, a tourist from America (in white shirt) expressed.

The highlight of this year's festival is the bread buffet (taking place on March 22) with bread from many countries and Vietnamese dishes.

In addition, the festival has an area displaying documents about past and present bread, introducing the history of formation and development of Vietnamese bread through the ages.

The festival also set a record of 200 bread dishes made from seafood ingredients, displayed on a boat.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/video-chen-nhau-mua-banh-mi-tai-tp-hcm-196250321235202615.htm