Hats off to the talent of the chefs

During the 3 days (from March 21 to 23, 2025), the heat of Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 never cooled down, attracting 52,000 domestic and international visitors.

Living just a few steps away from Sake Village - Ocean Grill Village - the event venue, Cao Tri's family arrives here early every day. "My whole family is a food tour fanatic. Although we have explored many culinary regions, we have never had the opportunity to have world-famous chefs cook and serve us like this," Tri shared.

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Sake Village welcomes 52,000 visitors to experience Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025

Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 will feature many talented chefs from Korea, China, Japan, Mongolia, Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, and Mexico. Notably, for the first time in Vietnam, 5 famous chefs from the Barbecue Association and Worldchefs will directly enter the kitchen to prepare signature dishes for diners.

“It is true that through skillful “golden” hands, simple ingredients are not only processed into dishes but also become works of art. Without even putting them in your mouth, just looking at them makes you want to try them,” said Ms. Thu Ngoc, a tourist.

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Chef Don David - Vice President of the World Barbecue Association directly serves diners in the kitchen

With 150 signature dishes gathered at 64 grill booths, Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 brings the most diverse menu of delicacies ever. These are original European dishes such as Italian pizza, French beef, German sausage; Asian dishes with strong flavors from China, Korea, Japan... Especially, at Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025, for the first time, visitors can enjoy the "national soul, national quintessence" of Central Asia, which is the Shishlik lamb dish from Azerbaijan - the land of fire still considered the cradle of world BBQ.

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150 grilled flavors from 50 world-famous brands gather at Sake Village in the first festival season

Not only Vietnamese residents and tourists, Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 also welcomes many guests from dozens of countries... These international diners have been conquered by the quintessence of Northwest cuisine such as grilled armpit pig with mac mat leaves, grilled chicken with mac khen, grilled bamboo rice or whole roasted veal.

“The Lagoon and Fresh BBQ brands also have very different flavors that I have never enjoyed anywhere else,” commented an international tourist at Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025.

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Internationally-flavored delicacies conquer domestic and foreign diners

The highlight of the Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 is the presence of 120 premium beers. Distributor and manufacturer C-Brewmaster brings 50 beers from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and 53 domestic craft beers. BK Beer - a Vietnamese brand - introduces 6 "custom" beers; 1689 Beckent Bauer introduces 11 imported craft beers...

“Craft beer and grilled food are the perfect pair. I have ordered dozens of types that suit my taste to use gradually,” said Hoang Tung, an Ocean City resident.

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The famous Octoberfest scene in Germany is recreated at Sake Village with 120 premium beers

Sake Village - New culinary capital in the North

Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025 is truly a feast for all senses, as attendees can also participate in dramatic minigames, such as beer drinking competitions, beer and barbecue mukbang competitions, taking place from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

In particular, the most impressive thing for visitors is the opportunity to play the role of chefs in the BBQ competition for semi-professional and street chefs with the theme "Fire & Passion". The winner will receive a prize of up to 10 million VND and a certificate from international judges and chefs.

At the weekend, residents and visitors can enjoy a complete vacation experience at Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025. Throughout the day, the atmosphere of Sake Village is stirred by a vibrant DJ show and street parades, cooking hip-hop dance performances, acrobatics, balloon-twisting clowns, magic, taking photos with robots...

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Spectacular performances stir up Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival 2025

Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival is a typical image of the vibrant life and diverse experiences of the festival paradise of Ocean City in general and Sake Village in particular. With more than 100 booths, serving thousands of grilled dishes from around the world combined with a unique cultural space, Sake Village offers an unprecedentedly diverse menu for diners. Experiencing vibrant cuisine 365 days a year with "blockbuster" events such as Ocean BBQ & Brew Festival are considered the driving forces to turn Sake Village into a new culinary capital in the North.

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Residents and visitors enjoy a vibrant festival atmosphere all four seasons in Ocean City.

Actively distilling the quintessence of 5 continents into blockbuster festivals, Ocean City has created many new competitive products, attracting more than 12 million visitors last year. With the impressive new piece of Sake Village, Ocean City will continue to affirm its position as the best urban area in the world, and at the same time be a "magnet" to help the tourism industry of Hanoi and Hung Yen break through in 2025 and the coming period.

The Dinh