Here, guests can freely explore hundreds of dishes and drinks typical of the three regions, enjoy many unique traditional art forms, play folk games, learn to make 50 types of cakes and have the opportunity to hunt for many tours with discounts up to 20 million VND.
Coming to the Saigontourist Group 2024 Food and Drink Culture Festival, diners will be served more than 400 regional dishes and drinks by experienced chefs from more than 40 member units of the Saigontourist Group system at more than 40 culinary booths arranged in 3 regions: North, Central, and South. Among them, there are many unique and strange delicacies introduced for the first time at the festival. The Northern culinary booth cluster has "standard" delicacies such as Hanoi vermicelli with grilled pork, La Vong fish cakes, squid cakes, crab cakes, Ha Long mantis shrimp vermicelli, Mong Cai meat, grilled chicken with mac khen, Cao Bang doi seeds... Bac Kan province in the Northeast highlands has a specialty dish of grilled ditch fish in Ba Be lake, with white, firm ditch fish, grilled on bamboo splints, with a fragrant aroma, can eat both bones and meat, dipped with lemon pepper salt or spicy chili fish sauce. The ancestral land of Phu Tho has Saigon - Phu Tho palm noodles, a combination of rice noodles from the famous Hung Lo craft village with Phong Chau hill chicken, traditional grilled sausage and palm fruit only found in the midland of Phu Tho.
The cluster of Central Vietnamese culinary stalls invites diners with many delicious dishes, rich in Central Vietnamese flavors, the most prominent of which is the Royal Salt Rice, the "King's Rice" dish of the past, famous for its meticulousness in choosing ingredients as well as its unique flavor, and since the reign of King Minh Mang, it has been classified as a royal delicacy. Also a dish offered to the King, Quang Tri has the salted Cua chicken dish, associated with the story of Cua chicken that was once a product offered to King Ham Nghi. Quang Binh also has Bo Chinh ginseng jam, which was also used as a dish offered to the King in the past, made from fresh Bo Chinh ginseng, a famous product of Bo Trach district, a precious medicine in Oriental medicine.
The Southern cuisine cluster conquers diners with rustic dishes bearing the flavors of the Mekong Delta and the Southeast region; countless snack cakes and noodle dishes; delicious street food from Saigon; delicious dishes from the fishing village of the coastal region of Can Gio; cuisine from the Cho Lon region and many seafood dishes originating from the sea and islands of the South.
After the "feast" of taste buds, festival visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a space filled with the festive atmosphere imbued with the cultural identity of the three regions. In the Northern area and Cam Chuong restaurant, Bac Ninh Quan Ho singing will be performed from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., 7:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Then singing and Tinh lute will be performed by officers and employees (Tay ethnic group) of Saigon - Ba Be and Saigon - Ban Gioc resorts at the highland market and parade area from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. In the Central area and parade area, Hue singing will be performed by the public from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The art troupe of the Four-Face Pagoda in Soc Trang province sings and dances with coconut shells, monkeys, and Khmer five-tone music - a national intangible cultural heritage, taking place from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the welcome gate, Cam Chuong restaurant, and performs in front of the Southern area, where there are also performances of amateur music and traditional folk music from 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Phuc Hau circus, clowns on stilts juggling, taking place at the entrance of the welcome gate, performing throughout the festival from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Street opera performances at the coffee shop and parade area from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 15:00, 18:45 - 20:00. From 16:30 - 18:30 at Trang Do restaurant, traditional musical instruments are performed, from 19:15 - 19:45 Thai xoe dance at the highland market.
For those who like to test their skills, don't forget to visit the craft village area, the folk cake village with more than 50 types of cakes, experience learning to wrap leaves, bake, steam, fry cakes with artisans, learn to make vermicelli, weave hats, make rice paper, bake rice crackers, brew wine, make fu ling cakes, try and experience for free . In particular, for the first time at this event, there will be a contest "Top 10 must-try dishes at the Saigontourist Group Food and Culture Festival 2024". Guests traveling with families with young children will not be able to miss the folk game area, play bingo, blindfolded pig beating, race rice cooking, ring tossing, monkey bridge walking, ball fighting..., participate in interactions to receive many attractive gifts from Saigontourist Group.
Moreover, the festival is also an opportunity for customers to hunt for many good tours for the April 30 holiday and summer at the booth of Saigontourist Travel Service Company, with discounts of up to 20 million VND when buying foreign tours, 70% off domestic tours... The company gives away Thailand tours worth 8,999 million VND and discounts of up to 10 million VND when customers buy US tours for 9 - 10 days (original price from 119,999 million VND); France - Switzerland - Italy for 10 days (original price 129,999 million VND); Switzerland for 8 days (original price 129,999 million VND). Thailand tour package for only 4,999 million VND, up to 60% off, applicable for Bangkok - Pattaya 5 days or Phuket 4 days; Bali 4 days, package 4,999 million VND; Taiwan 5 days and Zhangjiajie 6 days for 9,999 million VND. 4-day Cambodia road tour, only 6,579 million VND, second guest is 2 million VND.
Saigontourist Travel also offers a 70% discount on domestic tours, Phu Quoc 3 days for only 6,979 million VND, the second guest will only cost 2 million VND; Phan Thiet tour, only 1,5 million VND (2 days) or 2,339 million VND (3 days); Bao Loc 3 days for only 2,479 million VND; Nha Trang 4 days for 2,879 million VND. Customers who open a Saigontourist Travel membership card will receive yellow apricot blossom reward points and thousands of travel gifts.
Saigontourist Group's 2024 Food and Drink Culture Festival opens to the public from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. every day, continuously from March 28 to 31 at Van Thanh Tourist Area. To participate in the Saigontourist Group's 2024 Food and Drink Culture Festival , visitors buy entrance tickets with coupons attached to use the service, with a package price of 200,000 VND/adult, children under 1.4 m tall are free. Contact the official ticket sales points of the festival: Binh Quoi Tourist Area 1: 0901 889 701; Binh Quoi Tourist Area 2: 0901 889 702; Binh Quoi Tourist Area 3: 0901 889 703; Tan Cang Tourist Area: 0901 889 704; Van Thanh Tourist Area: 0901 889 705; or hotline: 0901 889 709 - 0868 769 064.
Units participating in the Saigontourist Group 2024 Food and Culture Festival:
Northern culinary stalls: Saigon - Ban Gioc Resort, Saigon - Ba Be, Majestic - Mong Cai Hotel, Saigon - Phu Tho Hotel, Saigon - Ha Long Hotel, Caravelle Saigon Hotel, Continental Saigon Hotel, Binh Quoi Tourist Village;
Central region culinary stall cluster: Saigon - Mui Ne Resort, Saigon - Ninh Chu, Rex Saigon Hotel, Saigontourane, Saigon - Morin, Saigon - Kim Lien, Saigon - Dong Ha, Saigon - Quang Binh, Saigon - Da Lat, Saigon - Ban Me, Saigon - Phu Yen hotels, Tan Cang Tourist Area and Saigontourist Travel Service Company;
Southern culinary stalls: Van Thanh tourist area, Saigon - Con Dao resort, Saigon - Can Gio eco-tourism area, Thu Duc golf course restaurant, Tay Ninh delicacies, Ben Tre delicacies, Saigontourist School of Tourism and Hospitality, Grand Saigon hotels, New World Saigon, Majestic Saigon, Oscar Saigon, Kim Do, De Nhat, Dong Khanh, Thien Hong, Saigon hotel, Binh Quoi tourist village, Saigon - Phu Quoc resort, Saigon - Rach Gia hotel, Saigon - Vinh Long hotel, VACS (airline meals), Dam Sen Cultural Park, COFIDEC (Satra).
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