Hanoi (VNA) – Possessing time-honoured and diverse
culinary quintessence, Hanoi is advised to pay greater attention to enhancing
the value of local culinary culture, turning it into a tourism product to
attract more visitors.
Hanoi’s typical dishes include nem (spring rolls), pho
(noodle), Vong village young rice, cha ca (grilled fish), bun oc (snail noodle),
banh tom Ho Tay (West Lake shrimp cake), banh cuon Thanh Tri (Thanh Tri steamed
rice rolls), xoi Phu Thuong (Phu Thuong steamed sticky rice), banh day Quan Ganh (Quan Ganh
round glutinous rice cake).
Many dishes have been honoured by foreign tourism websites and included in the
travel guide for visitors to Hanoi. Particularly, the famous travel site
Tripadvisor named Hanoi as one of the top 25 culinary destinations in the world
in 2022. In 2023, three restaurants in Hanoi were awarded with Michelin
stars, and 45 others honoured at the Michelin Guide Ceremony
event held in June in Hanoi.
According to the Hanoi tourism orientations until 2030, the city will diversify
its culinary products, focusing on developing night food tours and culinary
craft villages, along with a system of restaurants to serve visitors.
The city will build a Food Tour map for visitors, making it easier for them to
explore the local cuisine themselves, while strengthening food safety control.
A series of activities will be held to promote Hanoi culinary culture values to
domestic and foreign tourists, along with an annual event to popularise the Hanoi
cuisine and an annual Hanoi culinary festival.
Currently, the Vietnam Culinary and Cultural Association
(VCCA) is building a project to develop Vietnam’s culinary cuisine into a
national trademark, with the collection of 1,000 typical dishes of Vietnam and
the transformation of a culinary database into an online Vietnam food map and
an online Vietnamese cuisine museum. Thanks to this project, Hanoi’s cuisine is
expected to become more popular to domestic and foreign food lovers.
VCCA Chairman Nguyen Quoc Ky said that the proper development of the culinary
culture will help boost tourism growth, luring more visitors to Vietnam and
thus enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese tourism in the world arena.
Experts held that in order to optimise Hanoi’s potential of
culinary culture, it is crucial to make systematic investment and encourage the
engagement of management agencies, travel firms as well as local residents in
the work./.