HCM City (VNA) – More than 100 typical dishes of southern localities have been introduced at the “Taste of the south” culinary festival that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11.
Visitors to the four-day event have a chance to enjoy a diversity of specialties of the region such as “bun mam mien Tay (Western noodles with fish sauce), “hu tiu Sa Dec” (Sa Dec noodle), “banh xeo rau rung” (Vietnamese fried pancake with forest vegetables), and “che ba Ba” (ba Ba sweet soup).
They can also experience traditional products of the land crisscrossed by numerous rivers, join cultural activities, and enjoy art performances at the festival which has drawn a large number of hotels and restaurants.
Hoang Van Ba, General Director of the Phu Tho Tourist Service JSC and head of the festival’s organising board, said that the board aims to make the festival annual, creating a typical culinary space, and connecting players in the culinary and tourism sectors from Ho Chi Minh City and southern localities./.
