Bake cakes with the help of artisan pastry chefs

At the annual Festival of Traditional Cakes in Can Tho, you will have several choices among 200 kinds of desserts, including the most original of rural civilization such as sticky rice cakes in the shape of cinnamon apples (bánh mãng cầu), rice dough cut into strips ( bánh canh bột xắt), steamed duck ravioli (bánh ít trần nhân vịt xiêm)… The party only lasts during the Commemoration of the Hung Kings, founders of Vietnam. However, you can taste rural dishes at any time and learn to bake cakes with the pastry-makers.

You can, with the help of the artisans, make your own Vietnamese pancakes (bánh xèo), mini savory pancakes with shrimps (bánh khọt), rice dough cut into strips (bánh canh bột xắt), sticky rice cakes in cylindrical shape (bánh tét), sticky rice cakes in pyramid shape (bánh ít) and so on. In Can Tho, you can enjoy these cake-making experiences at some tourist sites such as Cồn Sơn islet (zone 1, Bùi Hữu Nghĩa district, Bình Thủy district), Út Hiên Homestay (zone 4, Ba Láng district, Cái Răng district), 9 Hồng Orchard (Mỹ Nhơn hamlet, Mỹ Khánh commune, Phong Điền district), Út Dzách orchard (Nhơn Bình hamlet, Nhơn Ái commune, Phong Điền district), Vũ Bình orchard (Mương Điền district, Nhơn Nghĩa commune, Phong Điền district), etc.

Become a peasant

Many visitors choose to experience some rural activities such as harvesting fish by emptying the water in ditches, line fishing, becoming a peasant in one day, etc. In this peaceful atmosphere and with the simple way of life of the locals, you will feel at home as if you are having fun with your friends and relatives. Your fruits of labor will be transformed on the spot into delicious rural dishes namely grilled fish, grilled snails with pepper, sweet and sour fish soup, caramel fish, etc. The southern-style mud bath is also appreciated by visitors. Here are the good addresses for experience tourism: Bảo gia trang viên (Phú Quới area, Thường Thạnh district, Cái Răng district), Vàm Xáng orchard (Lộ Vòng Cung, Phong Điền town), Lung Cột Cầu resort (Nhơn Thành hamlet, Nhơn Nghĩa commune, Phong Điền district), cồn Sơn islet, Út Hiên Homestay, Xẻo Nhum ecological orchard (Hồng Loan residential area, Hưng Thạnh district, Cái Răng district) and the like.

Catching fish in Bảo gia trang viên.

Taste local specialties

Visitors are always fascinated by local specialties. In Can Tho city, there is Đề Thám street (Huê Viên), “the street of gastronomy”, which can satisfy customers, including vegetarians with a hundred dishes; Đinh Tiên Hoàng Street with seafood restaurants; alley 1 Lý Tự Trọng nicknamed “alley of Duck with Fermented Tofu Hot Pot” with the well-known restaurants Thành Giao, Cô Minh, Cẩm Tú, …; Phan Đình Phùng - Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai streets with famous old eateries such as Bà Tư rice with grilled pork ribs, Huỳnh Châu rice vermicelli with beef, 123 rice vermicelli with bamboo shoot and duck meat, Hậu Ký noodle soup, Viễn Lạc…

For other original dishes from the West, you can go to ẩm thực ven sông restaurant (CMT8 street), Nhi (Ô Môn) - two establishments that won the “golden spoon” award; or some other restaurants in the streets Trần Văn Hoài, Võ Văn Kiệt. You can also satisfy your taste with appetizers at Lê Lợi Street (Hàng Dương Street), Trần Văn Khéo Street, 3-light lamppost area (Đèn ba ngọn) at Ninh Kiều Quay, Trần Phú Night Market, etc. By walking along the Ninh Kieu quay to the pedestrian bridge, you can discover the itinerant gastronomy and buy souvenirs…

If you want to taste the “strange and original” dishes, come to the Chè hẻm sweet soup restaurant (132/27B, 3/2 street), Nguyên Đặng sweet soup shop (alley 8, Mậu Thân street), Obi House paper pot (Mạc Thiên Tích street), Pancake Sam Sam (34, Mậu Thân street), etc.