This summer, let’s go to the ancient village of Duong Lam, Son Tay, Hanoi. Beside the chance to admire the picturesque scenery and chat with the friendly people, there is the unique and quite picky speciality – thit quay don (meat roasted by the big stick), the famous delicacy of the ancient village of Duong Lam.
Located 46km from Hanoi to the west along Highway No. 32, the national relic of Duong Lam village in Duong Lam commune, Son Tay town (Ha Noi now) is dubbed the land of two kings (Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung).
The name of Duong Lam comes from the Tang dynasty in China (618 – 905) when our country was occupied. Formerly, Duong Lam tourism village was known as Phung Hung Commune, Tung Thien district, former Son Tay Province. Later, it was renamed as Duong Lam commune, Son Tay town, Ha Tay province (Hanoi today).
Today, in the tourist village of Lam Street still retain most of the architecture houses, alley villages, pictures “banyan tree, water landing, family yard” pagodas, shrines, wells, rice fields, hills. In addition, people booking Hanoi street food who come here will enjoy the specialties of traditional customs, and dishes bold the features of villagers in the north.
Regarding food, Lam Duong Tourist Village has many famous dishes not only with their deliciousness, nutritious variety but also by its unique features and sophisticated process. Among them, thit quay don (roasted meat with the big stick) is one of the dishes that we must mention.
The speciality of Duong Lam tourist village is not only famous for its distinctive flavor but also by its sophisticated and unique processing methods. It takes up to 6 hours or more to create a piece of roasted meat weighing just 1 kg. However, this taste of this speciality fascinates all customers on food walking tour in the first time enjoying it. If you travel to DuongLam in a limited time, it is better for you to reserve to enjoy!
If you travel to Duong Lam for a long time, take some time to participate in the processing of this delicious dish, to have a very interesting experience.
The first ingredient off thit quay don – Hanoi traditional food – is surely pork. To choose the meat which can meet the requests in the process (the pork meat must be fresh, with thick skin, layers of meat and fat interweaving) people in Duong Lam village often buy meat directly at the slaughterhouse.
To make the meat delicious, carefully and cleverly marinating section is also very important. These are familiar spices such as sweet basil, pepper, fresh onion, salt, fish sauce, honey, etc. And the tip which makes the meat attractive is the guava leaves. The young guave leaves are chopped to marinate the meat, fresh leaves are used to cover the meat before being roasted.
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After the section of marinating, people will roll the meat on a big bamboo stick lined banana leaves inside.
The finished meat is removed from the bamboo stick, cut into pieces of about 1.2 cm, pipped into soy sauce or lime salt sauce. Because of the crispy crust outside and the soft umami inside, with the scent of guava leaves, you will not feel bored when enjoy it much.
So do not hesitate any more, choose Duong Lam as the destination for this summer trip to savor the famous roasted meat well-known.