Dried persimmons – specialty in Central Highlands

  • Photo: Hanging persimmons for drying. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Hanging persimmons for drying. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
  • Photo: Harvesting persimmons. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Harvesting persimmons. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
  • Photo: Persimmon gardens at Xuan Truong commune, outskirts Da Lat. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Persimmon gardens at Xuan Truong commune, outskirts Da Lat. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
  • Photo: Ripe persimmons are ready for harvesting. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Ripe persimmons are ready for harvesting. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
  • Photo: Persimmons are dried by natural wind and sun for 20-25 days. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Persimmons are dried by natural wind and sun for 20-25 days. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
  • Photo: Hanging persimmons for drying. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
    Photo: Hanging persimmons for drying. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn
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. VNA Photo: Đặng Tuấn

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