First outdoor Vietnamese cuisine festival held in Paris
A Vietnamese cuisine festival was hosted by the Association of Vietnamese People in partnership with Foyer Vietnam at La Place Monge in Paris, France on June 19.
A Vietnamese cuisine festival is held outdoor at La Place Monge in France's Paris on June 19. (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – A Vietnamese cuisine festival was hostedby the Association of Vietnamese People in partnership with Foyer Vietnam at LaPlace Monge in Paris, France on June 19.
It was the first Vietnamese cuisine festival held outdoor inParis, shortly after local authorities eased COVID-19-induced restrictions.
Featuring some 25 Vietnamese associations and businessesin France, for example, Banh Kit, Ba noi, Bibol, Thanh Binh Jeune, Tra Art,Tram Tram, and France Plumfoot, the event attracted attention of Parisians and Vietnameseexpats living in the European country.
Thanh Binh Jeune brings to the festival Vietnamese fresh lychees. (Photo: VNA)
Visitors were provided a chance to have a taste of Vietnameseiconic dishes, such as “bun bo tron” (beef noodle salad), “nem cuon” (freshspring rolls), and “nem ran” (fried spring rolls), and enjoy temporary artperformances by Vietnamese artists.
Thanh Binh Jeune also introduced Vietnamese fresh lychees atthe event. The lychees are from the first shipment of the fruit from Vietnam to France./.
A culinary contest in Da Lat city in the Central Highlands’ Lam Dong province on April 8 set a record by making 100 dishes using vegetables and flowers grown in the city.
Ton Ngoc Hiep, who already opened 10 Vietnamese “pho” (noodle soup) restaurants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is planning to bring the brand to the UK and the US.
An online trade exchange programme between Vietnam and Thailand on food and building and interior products was held on June 2 to introduce local products to Thailand and help domestic producers gain broader access to the market.
