Vietnam’s 1st banh mi festival: Event of impressions
Vietnam’s First Banh mi (bread) Festival, aimed at celebrating the values of banh mi in Vietnamese cuisine, has left a great impression on visitors during the four-day event that ended today [April 2]. With 120 pavilions set up by bakeries, restaurants, and leading food suppliers, the festival held in the southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City drew a large crowd. The festival showcases a variety of bread loads made in different shapes and flavors regardless of traditional and inventive ingredients with the goal of promoting the virtues of banh mi to foreigners. Visitors can experience firsthand the steps involved in making bread and sample bread made with a variety of ingredients and flavors. Some typical kinds at the festival are Banh mi thit nuong based Hanoi (bread filled with baked meat), Banh mi xiu mai based Dalat (bread filled with ground pork meatballs), Banh mi pha lau from Ho Chi Minh City (bread with braised pork meat and offal), Banh mi ep from Thua Thien-Hue