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A cuisine festival to celebrate National Day (September 2) opened at Đà Nẵng’s park of the east Rồng (Dragon) Bridge on August 30, featuring local cuisine, cooking contests and cooking experiences.
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Spring rolls are a favourite food to alof l tourists visiting Đà Nẵng. The city will host a cuisine festival during the National Day vacation. — VNS Photo Trương Ngọc Thành |
ĐÀ NẴNG — A cuisine festival to celebrate National Day (September 2) opened at Đà Nẵng’s park of the east Rồng (Dragon) Bridge on August 30, featuring local cuisine, cooking contests and cooking experiences.
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A lantern installation will set up at the cuisine festival in Đà Nẵng from August to September 1. — VNS Photo Công Thành |
The city’s tourism promotion centre said 20 chefs will join a pancake and chicken rice cooking contest at the festival, bands and dance troupes will perform in a competition on stage from 7.30-9.30pm.
Chefs will teach free cooking skills to visitors at 10 cuisine pavilions, and 200 vouchers are on offer to taste food during the festival.
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Chicken rice features the taste of the central Việt Nam. — VNS Photo Công Thành |
A 3-D paintings and lantern installation space will open for tourists from 6pm to 9.30pm from August 30 to September 1.
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Chefs prepare local food at a restaurant in Đà Nẵng. About 20 chefs will join a cooking contest in Đà Nẵng on August 31 to September 1. — VNS Photo Trương Ngọc Thành |
The city’s tourism department also said 158,000 tourists, of which 48,000 are foreigners, have booked tours visiting the city during the National Day vacation (between August 31 to September 3).
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Mỳ Quảng, or Quảng Nam-based rice noodle is a must taste food when visiting Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam Province. — VNS Photo Công Thành |
It said 47,000 tourists will be staying at hotels and resorts in the city during the three-day vacation.
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Fresh oyster. — VNS Photo Trương Ngọc Thành |
The city has hosted four million tourists, in which 1.6 million foreigners, in the first half of this year. — VNS