This annual event showed dishes at 150 booths of 45 restaurants, hotels and food & beverage firms from 17 countries and territories.
Participants presented special features of their cuisine as well as perform in traditional costumes.
A wide range of activities was held, including cooking demonstrations and dish serving at display booths, tastings of coffee, tea and wine….
Chefs from 20 five-star hotels and two high-end restaurants in Hochiminh City will introduce their special dishes at a Five-Star Chef festival with the theme “Joyful Season”.
The city’s Department of Tourism in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association organized the festival to promote culinary culture and tourism as well as cultural exchange among countries.
These pictures will show you some of the activities in this festival.
Representatives from Saigon Professional Chef Guilds and Hochiminh City Department of Tourism were tasting a Japanese dish in a culinary of competition of the festival.
Many people went to Lê Văn Tám Park to taste the great dishes of 2016 Taste of the World Culinary Festival.
The theme of this particular booth was "A while in the west".
Chicken roasted was one of the favorite dishes.
Some foreign visitors loved to taste some Vietnamese food at this booth.
This was how you could make "bánh khọt", a Vietnamese traditional style pan cakes.
Here were some Thai food at the festival.
This lady was selling some Vietnamese sticky rice products.
This man was showing how to make a fried rice dish in Hong Kong style.
This Chef was demonstrating how to make a Vietnamese salad dish.
These chefs were showing how to make nan bread in Malaysian style.
This chef was showing how you could enjoy Switzerland sausages.
Saigontourist booth with great Vietnamese food.
This place should be good for those who wanted to taste and purchase coffee.
Many people around the world were sitting and enjoying their beer and food at the festival.
Kevin Nguyen
Tags: 2016 Taste of the World Culinary Festival, Hochiminh City event, Hochiminh city Tourism Association, Hochiminh City Department of Tourism
