Pastry

Chocolate becoming Japan's favourite flavour

Move over azuki and sweet sticky rice. While Japanese pastry chefs may have started using cocoa a few centuries after the West, this once foreign flavour has captivated Japan's confectionery world

Contest for beauties to be held in the land of tea

A Beauty Contest in the Land of Tea will be held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen in the framework of the first International Tea Festival taking place on November 5-15.

Food for thought

We eat to live, not live to eat, said French playwright Moliere, but given cultural and historical value associated with food, it could be argued we also eat to learn.

The sweetest week of chocolate at Sofitel Plaza Saigon

Good news for all chocolate and pastry lovers! A mouthwatering promotional week hosted by the Sofitel Plaza Saigon featuring the great tastes of chocolate drinks and cakes prepared by Chef Bruno Pastorelli – Best Craftsman of France in Pastry in1989 and Chef Reiko Kida from Tokyo is on until September 10.

From Life Style

Paris spotlights traditional festivals

A place of culture: A customer sights photos in an exhibition that explores traditional Vietnamese culture and festivals. The exhibition has been held in the Vietnamese Culture Center in Paris. Photo PARIS — An exhibit of 80 photos of traditional Vietnamese traditional is happening at theVietnamese Culture Center in Paris, organised through the Vietnamese community in France to celebrate the 122nd birthday from the late Leader Ho Chi Minh.The

Art auction to aid cleft palate surgery for kids

With higher cause: Wild Dream, an oil on canvas painting by Ha Hung Dung, is going to be offered in a charitable organisation auction held by Operation Smile Viet Nam in HCM City now. HCM CITY — Functions by several popular artists goes underneath the hammer in an annual charitable organisation dinner in HCM City on Saturday to boost funds for carrying out cleft palate procedures for Vietnamese children, this time around in Nghe An Province.To