Western tourists excited about Vietnamese cultural and culinary festival

The opening night of March 28th attracted a large number of people to participate. From early evening, the parking lot at Van Thanh tourist area (Binh Thanh district, Ho Chi Minh City) was full, security guards had to urgently arrange a new parking area, guide visitors to where to park, the entrance to visit, eat and drink...

The Vietnamese festival atmosphere is so wonderful!

"Everything is so wonderful" - Zora (Hungarian tourist) exclaimed when asked about the festival atmosphere. Traveling to Vietnam with her friends, she was surprised to enjoy many delicious specialties right in Ho Chi Minh City.

Like Zora, Rechard was delighted to experience the festival atmosphere for the first time, which had both delicious food and cultural colors. "This is my second time in Vietnam, but it is the first time I have been immersed in this atmosphere," he said.

Zora (left) and her friends review souvenir photos taken at the festival

Mr. Rechard was excited to experience the festival atmosphere for the first time with many delicious dishes and many cultural colors.

Not only enjoying the cuisine , many international tourists also participate in Vietnamese folk games such as bamboo dancing, blindfolded pig beating, ring tossing, monkey bridge, ball fighting... full of excitement and enjoyment.

Cuisine and culture of three regions converge in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City

The cuisine of the Central Highlands is attractive with dishes such as bitter eggplant soup with perch, sun-dried beef, bamboo rice, dried deer, and wild boar grilled in bamboo tubes.

The sunny and windy Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan regions bring to the festival delicious local dishes, including Phan Thiet fish cake noodle soup, stingray with egg sauce, herring spring rolls, crispy fried mackerel, crab and sweet potato pancakes, Ninh Chu squid rolls, Phan Rang spring rolls, grilled lamb, pancakes, and Phan Rang rice cakes.

Southern cuisine is also very rich, starting with many dishes made from Tay Ninh beef.

The delicious dishes of Ben Tre coconut land include black chicken stewed with chili and coconut, sparrow roasted in coconut juice, mussel and coconut spring rolls, mussel porridge with coconut milk, grilled ribs with coconut flavor, and grilled spring rolls from Mo Cay Nam.

Not only investing in food, the cultural space of the three regions is also carefully taken care of by the organizers to increase the feeling and persuasiveness of the delicious dishes.

Chef demonstrates cutting tuna meat from Nau region right at the booth, making people excited

Hot and crispy Ninh Thuan banh can and banh xeo receive a lot of support

Shrimp curry - a unique dish at the Central cuisine stall

Colorful cuisine of three regions attracts diners

Stilt walking performance right at the festival space

Drum dance

Making clay figurines to bring back childhood memories is enjoyed by children.

Not only investing in food, the three regions' cultural space is also taken care of by the organizers. In the photo: little Ha Nhi is surprised when her mother takes her to visit the Northern cultural area.

People enjoy experiencing the unique running rice cooking competition.

The Saigontourist Group 2024 Food and Culture Festival will take place over four days, from March 28 to 31, 2024, at Van Thanh tourist area (HCMC), open to the public from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day.

Held from 2022, attracting more than 80,000 visitors

Saigontourist Group 2024 Food and Culture Festival is open to the public from 4pm to 10pm every day, continuously from March 28 to 31 at Van Thanh tourist area (HCMC).

The festival, held in 2022 and 2023, attracted more than 80,000 visitors and was honored to be voted by the World Culinary Awards as "Asia's Most Outstanding Food Festival 2022", "Asia's Most Outstanding Food Festival 2023", and especially for the first time, a representative of the Vietnamese food festival received the award "World's Most Outstanding Food Festival 2023" awarded in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in October 2023.

Saigontourist Group 2024 Food and Culture Festival is introduced to the public by experienced chefs from more than 40 member units of the Saigontourist Group system with more than 400 regional dishes and drinks at more than 40 food booths arranged in three regions: North, Central, and South.

Among them, there are many unique delicacies introduced for the first time at the festival.

In addition, the event also has the participation of culinary brands from Ben Tre and Tay Ninh provinces, Saigontourist Group's partners such as Vietnam Airlines, Saigon Trading Group (Satra)...

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/khach-tay-hao-hung-voi-le-hoi-van-hoa-am-thuc-viet-20240328224647404.htm