International tourists learn to make lunar New Year cake

At the festival local cooks taught participants how to make a Chung cake, an indispensable item during the lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in Vietnam, and told them the legend of the cake.

The square glutinous rice cake is stuffed full of glutinous rice, fat meat, and green beans. All of the ingredients are wrapped using phrynium leaves and then tied up by bamboo strings.

Wearing a traditional Vietnamese costume, Ringsaker from Norway shared that he has taken part in the festival several times. He noted that he really likes the meaning of the local delicacy, as well as traditional Vietnamese culture during Tet.

Meanwhile, Kicki and Jorgen, a couple from Sweden, noted that they had heard a lot about Vietnamese Tet, although this was the first time they could wrap the cake.

“It is not an easy task but very interesting,” they excitedly said.

A number of interesting programmes, including a food festival, calligraphy writing, and folk games, also took place during the event.

A representative from The Cliff Resort & Residences’ Management Board said that the cake making event will help international tourists gain a better understanding of the traditional cuisine and culture of the Vietnamese people.

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