Vegetarian feasts in Ho Chi Minh City
(VOV) -Many of Ho Chi Minh City’s most popular restaurants and hotels are offering lavish vegetarian buffets and a la carte selections throughout the first lunar month of 2014.
Vinh Nghiem Vegetarian Restaurant, on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in District 3, is a vegetarian buffet pioneer. It prepares more than 400 different vegetarian dishes featuring natural produce and minimising oil in the interests of diner health.
Co Noi Vegetarian Restaurant on Hai Ba Trung Street in District 1 offers hungry residents lunch and dinner buffets priced at the very reasonable VND159,000 per person and VND169,000 per person respectively.
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La Tia To restaurant in Phu Nhuan District serves its 200 vegetarian northern regional specialties on the 1st and 15th days of the lunar month.
The city’s budget restaurants, tailored to the city’s students, labourers, and office staff, also expand their vegetarian options, available for only VND20,000 per set.
Ho Chi Minh City’s agricultural wholesale market management board says fruit and vegetable prices tend to drop after the Lunar New Year festivities, a trend very much appreciated by the city’s vegetarians.
A recent market survey showed a diverse variety of vegetarian food—both fresh and frozen—is widely available. Famous brands such as Au Lac Company, Cau Tre, Vissan, and SG Food can be purchased at supermarkets, shops, and traditional markets across the city.