People are free to choose and eat all kinds of cakes from 3 regions to celebrate October 20.

The first Ho Chi Minh City Traditional Cake Festival with the theme "Flavors of 3 regions" was held from October 15 to 20 at the intersection of Le Loi and Nguyen Hue streets (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).

The program is meant to honor the diversity and richness of traditional cakes of the three regions of North - Central - South along with the artisans who have devoted their whole heart, love and preserve the family tradition in each cake. In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City Traditional Cake Festival is also an occasion to celebrate the 94th Anniversary of the Founding of the Vietnam Women's Union on October 20.

Mrs. Linh introduces the rice cake dish to diners.

The Vietnam Traditional Cake Festival is an event connecting culinary culture, traditional cake makers from three regions of the country converging in Ho Chi Minh City. By introducing traditional cakes to diners, the artisans hope that everyone will have a diverse discovery and be satisfied with the taste when they come to enjoy them.

The program has about 100 booths with many special cakes such as banh bot loc, banh xeo, banh tom, banh tet... interspersed with other cakes such as banh la lieu, banh chuoi...

Fresh ingredients are prepared directly by artisans at the booth

Ms. Tran Le Thi Hue Linh (49 years old) brought to the food stall a "crispy on the outside, spongy on the inside" cake to introduce to diners. This is a famous specialty cake originating from Go Cong ( Tien Giang ). Ms. Linh in Can Tho City has enjoyed this famous cake many times.

"There are bean sprouts in the cake filling, but with the hot weather of the South, it is difficult to preserve them, so in the process of learning and creating, I used sweet potatoes instead of bean sprouts. I hope everyone will enjoy and remember my cake. I still decided to keep the old name of the cake and be more creative with the ingredients and the way of making it to suit the taste of diners in many places," said Ms. Linh.

The cake dish is chosen by many diners.

Ms. Tran Thi Hong Loan (52 years old) from Hue has introduced traditional cakes of the ancient capital in many programs and festivals. On this occasion, she also personally made special cakes for people in Ho Chi Minh City to know and enjoy. Her stall has shrimp-filled tapioca dumplings, it cakes, jumping shrimp cakes, green banana noodles served with crab and shrimp patties, etc.

"I hope to spread Hue's dishes to many diners and furthermore, the culture and cuisine of the regions will be accessible and enjoyed by foreign tourists," the woman shared.

Ms. Loan personally prepares famous cakes in Hue

Diverse and colorful cakes

Mrs. Hiep (59 years old), who has lived in the US since 1989, came to Ho Chi Minh City to visit her relatives and family. She came to the traditional cake festival to rediscover the taste of Southern cakes after many years away.

"I like to eat cakes with coconut water, so I choose to buy cakes like sponge cake, banana cake, etc. On previous occasions when I went to Vietnam, there were no traditional cake festivals like this, so I only went to Ben Thanh market to eat sweet soup. These cakes are also sold abroad, but they are not delicious and do not have the taste I want. When I go to the stalls and see that all the cakes are delicious, I will visit and choose other types of cakes," Ms. Hiep said.

Ms. Le Thi Hong Dung (69 years old) makes shrimp spring rolls by hand instead of buying them from stores so that more diners can know about them.

The spring roll crust with shrimp filling is handmade by artisans.

Many types of Western cakes are present at the folk cake festival.

Ms. Tran Ngoc Su Mi (20 years old, in District 7) went with her mother to the traditional cake festival and said: "I read the newspaper and learned about this festival. There are many types of cakes that I have never heard of, so I was very curious to try them. On the first day, the stalls were very busy, with a variety of cakes."

Su Mi (left) and her mother went to choose traditional cakes.

Su Mi and her mother stopped at a traditional Hue cake stall.

Diners choose to buy cakes from stalls

The traditional folk cake festival will last 6 days from October 15 to 20.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ngay-hoi-banh-dan-gian-tphcm-nguoi-dan-thoa-thich-chon-an-du-loai-banh-3-mien-mung-ngay-2010-185241015143722306.htm