Something’s cooking: Chefs join the opening ceremony of the second Hội An International Food Festival at An Hội Sculpture Park in Hội An yesterday. The festival will close on March 26. Photo courtesy of Hội An International Food Festival.
The
visiting chefs will demonstrate their countries’ culinary specialties made with
herbs and ingredients from Hội An in the week-long festival that will remain
open until Sunday.
On
Tuesday, the chefs toured the Hội An Market to get herbs and other ingredients
to make their dishes, and then joined a cozy cocktail party at Vy’s Market
Restaurant and Cooking School.
They
will join local chefs in introducing traditional dishes from 5-10pm in the park
on the Hoài River banks from March 23 - 26.
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Diễm Vy, chairwoman of the festival, will also cook some of Việt Nam’s
specialties.
It’s
the second time that the festival has been held in the UNESCO-recognised world
heritage site of Hội An.
The
event’s organising committee will present awards to the chefs during the
closing ceremony at the An Hội Sculpture Park on Sunday.
Hội
An city has been honoured by the World Association of Chefs as Việt Nam’s
Capital of Culinary Arts and Cuisine.
Hội
An Vice Chairman Nguyễn Văn Sơn said the festival has become a rendezvous for
chefs from around world, giving locals and tourists the opportunity to taste
food from different countries while enjoying cultural performances and the
lighting of lanterns.
The
International Food Festival is the first-of-its-kind in Việt Nam that
celebrates global food made with the finest locally sourced ingredients.
By VNS