The contest is a new feature of this year's festival. The voting results are based on 40 delicious dishes, representative of the total of more than 400 dishes of the participating units in the festival. The contest judges are experienced culinary experts, long-time kitchen instructors and representatives of the organizing committee of the Culinary Culture Festival, Saigontourist Group 2024 Delicacies.
The jury members took turns going to each competition location to admire the decorative arts, then tasted the dishes while listening to the contestants' presentations about the dishes that had been meticulously prepared and presented by each unit. Creativity in expression as well as dedication and love for the food of our homeland. The journey of discovering and experiencing 40 dishes representing the units can be seen as an exciting culinary tour for the judges through the styles, flavors, and ingredients of food preparation. imbued with the identities of all three regions: North, Central, and South.
The jury unanimously agreed on the results "Top 10 must-try dishes at the Culinary Culture Festival, Saigontourist Group 2024 Delicious Dishes". The names of the dishes of the contest winners (randomly arranged, not ranked) are as follows: Grilled Ban Pig with Mac Mat Leaves (Saigon - Ba Be and Saigon - Ban Gioc Resorts), Fish Eye tuna stewed with traditional Chinese medicine (Saigon - Phu Yen hotel), Hoi An high floor (Saigontourane hotel), grilled eel sausage from Nghe An (Saigon - Kim Lien hotel), Royal salted rice (Saigon - Morin hotel ), Da Lat artichoke chicken pho (Saigon - Da Lat hotel), herbal pork vermicelli (Rex Saigon hotel), Majestic perch vermicelli (Majestic Saigon hotel), herring salad (resort Saigon - Phu Quoc) and ostrich tendon stewed with red ginseng (Van Thanh tourist area).
Mr. Chiem Thanh Long - culinary expert, head of the contest jury - shared: "Through the contest, we realized that the participating units have thoroughly researched regional cuisine to express their the culinary culture of their locality. Organizing a contest to vote on the top 10 must-try dishes is also a good idea of this year's festival organizers, thereby serving as a suggestion for diners to easily find and choose dishes from among more. 400 dishes at the festival. Among the voting criteria, we highly appreciate the criteria that the dish must be delicious, attractive, beautifully decorated and especially must have local and regional flavors."
10 units whose dishes are in the "Top 10 must-try dishes at the Saigontourist Group 2024 Culinary Culture Festival" were awarded Recognition Boards by the organizing committee, which were hung in front of the unit's booths. This is also an "identification sign" so that festival diners can recognize, taste and experience the voted dishes, in addition to their favorite dishes and drinks.
Festival of Culinary Culture, Delicacies Saigontourist Group 2024 Organized by Saigontourist Group, open to the public from 16:22 p.m. to 28:31 p.m. every day, continuously from March 3 to 2024, XNUMX at Van Thanh Tourist Area, City - HCM. Come to the festival, Experienced chefs from more than 40 4-5 star hotels and resorts of Saigontourist Group and a number of partners introduce to the public more than 400 typical regional dishes at more than 40 food stalls arranged into 3 regions: North, Central, and South. Among them, there are many unique and strange delicacies introduced for the first time at the festival.
Guests come to the festival not only to "eat", but also have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a space filled with a festive atmosphere imbued with the folk culture of the three regions. Resonating with the culinary space is the "real scene" area of traditional craft villages, folk games area and performances of traditional art forms in the style of walking. In particular, in the craft village area, the folk cake village with more than 50 types of cakes, guests can freely experience learning to wrap leaves, bake, steam, and fry cakes with artisans, learn to make noodles, knit hats, roll rice paper, and bake. puff pastry, making wine, making spirit cakes. These interactive activities are organized for diners to experience, try for free and enjoy the festive atmosphere, only at Saigontourist Group 2024 Culinary and Delicious Culture Festival.
Participation at Culinary culture festival, Delicious food Saigontourist Group 2024, customers buy entrance tickets with attached coupons to use the service, purchased directly at the entrance gate of Van Thanh Tourist Area, with a package ticket price of 200.000 VND/adult, children under 1,4 m tall can accompany them. free of charge.
For detailed information, customers contact: Van Thanh tourist park: 0901 889 705; or contact no hotline: 0901 889 709 - 0868 769 064.
