Dalat Artichoke receives Asian record for Vietnamese cuisine and specialties

Early last April, Dalat Artichoke was officially recognized by the Asian Record Organization as achieving the Asian Record value for a group of famous Vietnamese dishes and specialties according to the criteria for establishing "Asian Culinary Value".

In Vietnam, artichokes are grown mainly in areas such as Tam Dao (Vinh Phuc), Sa Pa ( Lao Cai ), but the most abundant and famous are still artichokes in Da Lat.

This is a temperate plant, brought to Da Lat by the French to plant in the late 19th century. This land has favorable soil and climate, creating optimal conditions for the growth and development of artichokes. Thanks to that, the artichokes here are of excellent quality with the highest cynarine content in Vietnam.

This plant also brings high economic value when all parts can be used from flowers, leaves, stems, roots, etc. From fresh ingredients to finished products, Artichoke has the effect of cooling the liver, clearing bile, diuretic, helping to lower cholesterol in the blood. In particular, cynarine essence from Artichoke also has the effect of quickly eliminating alcohol.

Da Lat artichokes are assessed by experts to contain higher vitamin and nutritional content than other regions, bringing many health benefits (Photo: Ngoc An).

LIVE Dalat, artichokes are divided into two types: pointed and round. Pointed artichokes have long petals pointing outward, dark purple, thin petals and little flesh. This type has a bitter taste, suitable for making tea or drying.

The large, round artichoke has petals that fold inward to form large, round buds. When the flower is young, the petals are green, and when it reaches the base, the leaves gradually turn purple. This type of flower is often used for cooking because it has thick flesh, a slightly bitter taste, and is very refreshing and nutritious for the body.

In addition to cooking, Dalat artichoke is also an ingredient used to make artichoke extract, tea bags, dried artichoke,... (Photo: Artichoke Bistro restaurant).

Because of the above values, in early March 2023, the Vietnam Records Organization (VietKings) completed the nomination documents to send to the Asia Records Organization to recognize Dalat Artichoke as achieving record value for famous dishes/groups of dishes and specialties of Vietnam.

Just one month later, the Asia Record Organization officially recognized Dalat Artichoke as achieving Asian Record value according to the criteria set by the Asia Record Organization.

In addition to Dalat Artichoke, the Asian Record Organization also decided to recognize 8 other Asian Records for famous Vietnamese dishes/dish groups and specialties nominated by the Vietnam Record Organization (VietKings).

Including: Can Tho traditional cakes (Can Tho City); Fried sticky rice (Dong Nai); Dinh Bang Phu The cake (Bac Ninh); Dragon fruit (Binh Thuan); Phan Thiet Golden Fish sauce (Binh Thuan); Luc Ngan lychee (Bac Giang); Long Xuyen broken rice ( An Giang ); Pineapple dishes (Hau Giang).

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