Artichoke Hotpot Performance - Promoting green cuisine to tourists

x1 (3) — The show starts with instructions on preparation and selection of ingredients.

The activity aims to contribute to promoting the quality of Da Lat agricultural products; at the same time, introducing how to prepare dishes from artichokes, vegetables and local green foods on the occasion of Lam Dong Tourism Destination Experience Month 2025.

x2 (2) — Ingredients from vegetables, fruits and flowers of Dalat

The main ingredients of the hot pot are artichokes and H'Mong chicken - a type of chicken with black skin and bones, known for its toughness, firmness, and high nutritional value.

This is a native chicken breed of the H'Mong people, originating from the Northwest region, and is now commonly raised in the Central Highlands region.

x3 (2) — Chef Hoang Nghia Tinh guides the process of making wild artichoke hotpot

With passion and creativity, Lam Dong's professional chefs have used local ingredients to create nutritious dishes that have their own mark on cold-country cuisine .

x3 (1) — Instructions on how to choose ingredients

In 2023, the Lam Dong Provincial Professional Chefs Association set a record of 146 dishes made from artichoke plants and flowers, with the participation of more than 100 chefs from provinces and cities across the country.

Since then, artichoke has become a popular ingredient in the menus of many restaurants in and outside the province, contributing to spreading the local culinary flavor to a wide range of diners.

x4 (2) — A large audience watched the food demonstration.

The wild artichoke hotpot is made from artichoke flowers of the right age, not too young, not too old, which helps them to be soft and sweet when stewed. The chicken is also chosen to be of the right age to retain its toughness and characteristic aroma after stewing.

x4 (1) — Dandelion greens are used as hot pot ingredients, making the dish more attractive.

Artichoke hotpot is a macrobiotic dish, using few complicated spices; mainly familiar spices found in family kitchens such as salt, cordyceps mushrooms, traditional Chinese medicine such as red apples, wolfberries, lotus seeds...

In addition to combining ingredients and spices properly, choosing the vegetables to go with the dish is also very important, contributing to creating highlights for the dish: young chicken eggs, lotus root, vegetables such as: young squash and squash flowers, morning glory flowers, dandelion greens...

x5-3-(1).jpg — The dish was completed to the delight of the public.

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Dalat artichokes can be processed with many other ingredients such as beef, pork, rabbit, chicken, duck, bird, shrimp, oyster, fish, clams, squid... combined with Dalat vegetables and fruits in many cooking methods such as pan-frying, frying, grilling, stewing, cooking in wine, soup, hot pot, soup, mixing...
Chef Hoang Nghia Tinh

Depending on the strengths and regional characteristics, each dish will bring its own unique flavor and nutrition.

Wild Artichoke Hot Pot is a popular and easy-to-make choice for every family. Just a hot pot combined with fresh vegetables from Da Lat creates a nutritious dish, suitable for family gatherings.

x5 (1) — At the end of the performance, a community party took place in joy.

At the end of the show, after watching the cooking instructions and learning the uses of each ingredient, hundreds of locals and tourists enjoyed free wild artichoke hotpot.

Witnessing the preparation process and enjoying the dishes made by professional chefs has contributed to raising awareness of the nutritional and medicinal value of Dalat Artichoke to the general public.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/trinh-dien-lau-atiso-dai-ngan-quang-ba-am-thuc-xanh-den-du-khach-391488.html