Dried persimmons – specialty in Central Highlands
Dried persimmons are a specialty of Da Lat, a little town in
the Central Highlands of Lam Dong, about 290km from Ho Chi Minh City. Drying
persimmons - a hundred-year traditional industry of Da Lat - now is revived
thanks to a Japanese technique introduced in recent years. With Japan’s
Hoshigaki technique, which only uses wind and sun rather than coal and firewood
for drying, the fruits have a delicate surface with sugar-like particles and a
sweet flavor. Photo: VNA
