Da Lat Flower Festival the 4th - in 2012 with the theme "Da Lat City Flower Festival" will take place in 5 days (from 12.30.2011 to 01.03.2012) to honor florists while contributing branding Dalat flowers to tourists in the country. Within the Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 will be key activities ...

Nature has granted Da Lat a graceful beauty making it an ideal tourist destination. Da Lat is most impressive as a city of flowers.  1. The peach blossom is a sentimental symbol of Da Lat. It reminds many natives of springtime in northern Viet Nam. Though slender, the peach blossom branch also ...

Pho, a typical dish of Hanoi people, has been existing for a long time. Pho is prepered not only in a sophisticated manner but also in the technique which is required to have sweet but pure bouillon, soft but not crasded noodle, soft and sweet smelling meat. Only in cold ...

The conjugal cake is normally served at Vietnamese weddings and used as a wedding invitation or taken by the man’s family to the woman’s family on engagement day. The stickiness of the cake is said to signify the stickiness of the marriage ties. Traditionally, a guy would offer these to the ...

Bánh canh Qui Nhơn Banh Canh Cua Qui Nhon is a Vietnamese restaurant that specializes in Crab Udon.   They have been open for a couple of months now.  It was extremely cold and raining that day.   The soup was better than most places that I have eaten this thicker ...

Banh gio (steamed minced pork rice dumpling) is a pyramidal shaped snack food of my childhood.  Just like banh pate so, my mom would make dozens of these for my siblings and I to eat for breakfast and as after school snacks. Banh gio is a very simple and inexpensive dish, ...

RECIPE: Steamed Pork Bun Make: 15 buns * * * * Ingredients * Dough 1 bag of steamed bun flour 1 cup of water or milk (I use whatever available in my fridge) 1/2 cup of sugar 1 tablespoon of vegetable or canola oil 1 teaspoon of lime juice or lemon juice * Filling 3/4 pound or 0.7 pound Ground Pork 3/4 -1 small Onion, chopped 6-7 tablespoons  Black Fungus, soak for ...

This is my family ‘s favourite dish. At weeken, my father usually make this dish when my family seat together. To eat, first take a large mustard leaf (cai xanh) then place some herbs on, then a piece of fish on, then roll up and dip in ready made fish sauce ...

In Vietnam, Chè are often prepared with one of a number of varieties of beans and/or glutinous rice, cooked in water and sweetened with sugar. Other ingredients may include tapioca starch, salt, and pandan leaf extract. Each variety of chè is designated by a descriptive word or phrase that follows the ...

This is the famous nougat from the Vietnamese capital Imperial (Hue) – a mixture of peanut, flour, sesame peanut, sugar. Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup roasted peanut 1/2 cup roasted sesame 2 tablespoons waterchestnut flour juice of 1/2 lemon 2/3 cup water 2 tablespoons cooking oil 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence metal tray Method: Grease metal tray with 1 tablespoon oil and ...

Usually served as a snack with raw garlic, Nem chua is eaten all year round as an appetizer or a side. It is eaten especially for the Lunar New Year by many Vietnamese families. Nem chua is a meat roll with a sweet, sour, salty and spicy taste which makes the ...

Once home, I looked through my travel notes and came across some chicken scratch I’d jotted down during a visit to Chau Doc, a border town on the fringes of Vietnam in the Mekong Delta. Rory and I were totally bowled over by the bap xao (“bahp sow”) that two ...

Nutty, rich, and just a touch sweet, these candied coconut ribbons are part of the regular assortment of sweets offered to guests during Tet. Don't be daunted by the need to crack open a coconut, as it is much easier than it sounds. In the end, you will be rewarded ...

It is the first intangible heritage of Vietnam to be recognized by UNESCO. According to UNESCO Council’s evaluation, “Vietnam’s royal court music has the meaning of ‘refined music’. It mentions Vietnam’s court music which is performed at annual festivals, celebrations and special events, such as the enthronement ceremonies, funeral ceremonies or ...

Rising from the initial success of Vietnam-France Gathering in 1992 between Hue City and Vietnam-France Codev Association, the idea of organizing a larger-scale, higher-quality festival in Thua Thien Hue province has gradually come into shape. By the end of 1998 and the early 1999, thanks to the co-operation and support extended ...