The annual festival aims to promote southern food. (Credit: news.zing.vn)
The
festival brought together nearly 40 units and enterprises showcasing food and
beverages at 70 booths.
The
specialities were divided into three unique culinary styles: the central –
Central Highland cuisine, Saigon’s cuisine and Southern eastern and western
cuisine.
Visitors
to this year’s event could also taste and learn how to cook various kinds of
traditional Vietnamese food as well as join in numerous talks held by culinary
experts.
The
highlight of the festival will be the space introducing street food in Saigon
from the past and present. In addition to popular food reminiscent of the
childhood of local people, numerous dishes associated with the busy and
integrated life, including specialities of foreign countries, are being
promoted.
A
market of clean agricultural products, performances of Cham traditional arts,
and folk games such as sack races, blind-man's-bluff, and tug of war, will also
be held during the five-day event.
During
the festival there will be a cooking contest for participating units, a fruit
sculpture competition and a contest on designing the most beautiful and
impressive booths.
Speaking
at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee
Tran Vinh Tien emphasised that the annual event aims to promote the flavour of
Vietnamese food, particularly the flavours found in the southern region, to
both domestic and foreign visitors.
By NDO