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