The festival "Promoting Vietnamese culinary culture" opened last night, October 20, at the Independence Palace to honor the unique culinary culture of regions across the country. The program was jointly organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Association, the Saigon Professional Chefs Association, and the Center for Research, Preservation and Development of Vietnamese Cuisine.
The festival has about 100 booths introducing regional dishes to serve the public. Here, visitors can experience and enjoy regional specialties prepared by professional chefs and culinary artists from Ho Chi Minh City and other localities. The event will end tomorrow, October 22.
Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, said that after being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, revenue from the food and beverage service industry has grown rapidly and made a remarkable breakthrough.
The highlight of the event is that hundreds of chefs will compete and decorate the Vietnamese culinary map with 126 typical dishes from 63 provinces and cities across the country, said the organizers. For the first time, a culinary map will be displayed at the festival, complete with unique and special products from the cuisines of all regions across the country.
This is the first time a culinary map is displayed with all the unique and special products of regional cuisines across the country.
Ho Chi Minh City tourism leaders commented that one of the highlights of Vietnam's culinary tourism products in 2023 is the event that for the first time 55 restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City were recognized by Michelin Guide in the list. This is a big step forward for the city's culinary tourism, contributing to increasing the communication effect to attract domestic and foreign tourists to come and experience rich and attractive cuisine.
Mr. Nguyen Trung Khanh, Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, said that recently, Vietnamese cuisine has created a buzz and received major awards from the world, voted by CNN in the list of the 50 best dishes in the world in 2019. To promote Vietnamese cuisine internationally, Vietnam's tourism promotion activities are always associated with promoting culture and cuisine in all regions of the country.
The dishes in the festival have an average price higher than the market, such as: chicken feet 95,000 VND/box, noodle soup 60,000 VND/bowl, strawberry tea 35,000 VND/cup...
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