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Traditional Cakes and Dishes Featured at An Giang's Festival

Hundreds of unique traditional folk cakes and signature dishes from southern provinces and cities, as well as many other localities nationwide, are available at the Southern Traditional Cake Festival held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. 
The festival attracts a lot of visitors. Photo: VNA

The event has some 300 stalls featuring cakes and dishes as well as a fair for OCOP (one commune one product) specialties and typical agricultural products. Cuisine artisans and chefs offer live demonstrations of various cakes and instruct visitors on how to make them. It creates a distinctive cultural and culinary space, attracting a large number of locals and tourists.

Visitors can taste bun ken Ha Tien (vermicelli with fish floss, fresh herbs and vegetables in thick broth). Photo: VNA 
Banh tet ngu sac is a vibrant, five-colored traditional Vietnamese cylindrical sticky rice cake, featuring natural hues like green, purple, red, yellow, and white from natural ingredients and wrapped in banana leaves. Photo: VNA
Different kinds of signature sweet and savoury cakes are featured at the festival. Photo: VNA 

 


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