23-year-old Doan Thanh Dien, who works for Tam Lua Restaurant in Da Lat city, registered to join the competition in Malaysia, intending to make typical Vietnamese dishes with ingredients available in Da Lat.
However, his team faced trouble when a member, who is responsible for taking necessary ingredients to the competition, lost his passport and could not travel to Malaysia.
Dien had to switch to other dishes using ingredients that are available at local markets, which he said was quite a challenge for his team.
They then met with another problem when all the tableware they brought along were broken during the process of transport and they had no money to buy new ones, so they had to borrow.
After all the challenges, Dien and his team were so happy that all four dishes that he cooked won medals, with two gold and two silver.
Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, deputy director of Lam Dong province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that cuisine is a highlight of Da Lat – Lam Dong tourism.
She hoped that in addition to developing his restaurant chain, Dien would continue to use agricultural products of Da Lat and Lam Dong to promote the quintessence of local cuisine.
Malaysia Culinary World Cup 2023 attracted more than 1,000 contestants from 20 countries around the world. The jury consists of nearly 130 famous chefs and culinary experts from many countries like the UK, Italy, Turkey, Australia, China, India, Egypt, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. There were three teams from Vietnam.
Cultural week brings a glimpse of Hungarian culture to Can Tho
NDO – A wide range of activities will be held under the framework of the Hungarian Cultural Week in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from November 14 to 17.
Legendary Lang Biang
In June 2015, at the 27th Session of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Program (ICC-MAB) held in Paris, the Lang Biang Natural Reserve in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Lam Dong Province has been recognised as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Lang Biang Reserve has retained its values of bio-diversity on a global scale, with the natural scenery mixed in harmony with local cultural features. It has contributed to forming and developing Da Lat to become a city of tourism and an international research centre on tropical forest.
Da Lat flower festival promises attractive activities
NDO/VNA – The eighth Da Lat Flower Festival, themed “Da Lat and Flowers”, will take place in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from December 20-24.
Da Lat Flower Festival kicks off with colourful parade
NDO – Da Lat Flower Festival, a biennial event in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, kicked off on December 23 with a colourful floral parade.
Vietnam boasts street food in Moscow
NDO –The Vietnamese Street Food Festival, the eight of its kind, opened at the Hanoi-Moscow Trade Centre complex (Incentra) in Moscow, Russia, on March 8, with the aim of promoting the Vietnamese culinary culture to Russian people and international friends.
