For many travellers, Vietnam seems to be always a huge treasure waiting for people to discover, and one of the most interesting treasures of Vietnam is the unique cuisine attractive to any traveller. Contributing to creating the rich of Vietnamese cuisine is the cuisine of each locality, each region. Each locality in Vietnam imprint in the heart of visitors with a different culinary culture with its enchanting dishes that can not be confused. Join a Vietnam food tour across the country to discover the food of the Vietnamese regions. Let’s go!
Thit Trau Gac Bep – Son La
Thit Trau Gac Bep (Dried buffalo meat) is a valuable specialty of the Black Thai ethnic people in the mountainous area of Son La. If you have come to Son La without enjoying the dried buffalo meat, this will be a very unfortunate thing for you. Each buffalo meat is pink-brown with the attractive smell of buffalo meat. The spicy odour smell of smoke and the umami taste of the meat will be an unforgettable memory for you when being in the mountainous land of the country.
Thit chua – Phu Tho
Thit chua (Ferrmented Sour meat) is a simple dish of Muong ethnic people in Thanh Son, Phu Tho. This dish is made from two main ingredients: pork and roasted rice flour. However, what creates the unique flavour hard to deny to the sour meat is the unique spices and unique processing. The appeal of Phu Tho sour meat comes from the very light sour taste of pork which is naturally fermented and eaten with vegetables such as apricot vegetables, figs leaves, Ming aralia vegetables, basil, mint, coriander, etc. The best sour meat is only when dipped with chilli sauce instead of the diluted fish sauce as many other dishes.
Bun thang – Hanoi
Bun thang (Vermicelli with many ingredients) – Hanoi traditional food is considered to be the most delicate food, the most delicious dish in the cuisine of the city and it has satisfied the most fastidious diners. Bun thang seems to be the most obvious proof of the cleverness and thrift of the Hanoi woman. Bun thang is made from raw materials such as dried shrimp, chicken, chicken bone, lean pork paste, salted egg, etc. which are traditional foods of Tet. However, bun thang does not make tourists on Hanoi food tasting tours bored when eating – That is the special feature of bun thang. It will be lacking when you enjoy bun thang without shrimp sauce because it is a very charming feature of this dish.
Banh dau xanh – Hai Duong
It is unknown when banh dau xanh (the green bean cake) Hai Duong has become a speciality that any visitors when visiting this land also would like to buy as gifts. The attraction of green bean cake comes from the savoury smell, the light sweetness of each piece of green bean cake and also in the way elegant of enjoying this cake. It would be great to have a green bean cake beside a hot cup of tea. Let each sweetness of green bean cake slowly dissolve at the tip of the tongue and then take a sip of hot tea, the sweetness of the cake mixed with the bitter taste of tea, all will create an unforgettable experience.
Nem chua – Thanh Hoa
Nem chua (fermented pork meat) Thanh Hoa – a speciality cannot be ignored for visitors who visited Thanh Hoa. After peeling the wrapper which is the green banana leaves you will see the nem chua with a light pink colour alternating the white pigskin thread and a few slices of chilli, all appear in so attractive manner. It would be great to enjoy the umami of meat, a crunchy taste of pork skin, a hot spicy smell of chilli mixed with the aroma of garlic, the strong taste of the Ming aralia leaf mixed with each other.
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