Not as popular as the type of salad, rolls but pork rolls are more and more famous to Da Nang people. For gourmets, pork rolls are a mix of taste, color, and aroma.
Simple but delicate
With first glance at this dish, do not rush into immediately commenting about its simplicity. Pork rolls do not require sophisticated processing, but the key is choosing the delicacy of ingredients to achieve a delicious taste.
This folk dish does not require sophisticated cooking methods, it is a simple cold dish, so you can learn to make it in any Vietnam cooking class; however, to get an unforgettable taste, it is rigorous in the material selection.
The rice paper must be frosted, smell of rice and not crack when rolled.
It’s just a plain dish but pork rolls can leave unforgettable memories for diners. The main key to the dish is the pork meat. The pork meat is chosen from the best part of the pig. To choose such delicious meat, it is good to choose pigs weighing 50 – 70 kg and take about 5 kg of meat. This pork is steamed to keep the delicious and sweet taste of the meat.
The vegetables are one of the most important ingredients of this dish, as there are over a dozen kinds of fresh herbs, mainly garden vegetables, fresh flavor and easy to find in any season of the year.
Vegetables are not hard to find, but the difficulty is to choose fresh vegetables to retain the flavor when eaten with rolls. With each roll, customers can feel the freshness of salads, the aromatic of cinnamon, herbs, the light taste of sliced banana with the strange taste of shiso.
The unique key to this dish
Enjoy the Danang specialty, you should not rush, have to arrange and roll the pieces just enough, to mix the flavor of the ingredients. Spread the rice paper, put a slice of pho, a piece of pork, cucumber slices, green banana, bean sprouts and fresh vegetables: lettuce, shiso, basil, lettuce … and slowly roll and dip in the spicy sauce.
Nowadays, this dish has become one of the popular food in Hanoi food tour. If the pork or vegetables do not have much difference with the pork rolls in the neighboring provinces, what makes the mark of the main dish is that sauce. Mam nem is the unique sauce of pork rolls, if replaced by other sauce, this dish will lose the taste and characteristics of this dish. Mam nem must be made by chefs to create the impression for visitors. If the pork and vegetables are sweet and fresh, then the fish sauce will bring the flavor of the sea fish, the pungent taste of chili and ginger.
The freshness of vegetables and the taste of meat with the spicy and sour taste of sauce have made people remember Da Nang forever after enjoying the famous pork rolls. If you have the opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Da Nang, do not miss the opportunity to follow Vietnam food tours to enjoy this food in the Da Nang specialty restaurants (Tran restaurant system, Mau restaurant, etc.) or the sidewalk, Con market and so on.
Hold the rice paper, gently put the pork pieces on the rolled vegetables, dip into the sauce. Then when bite into the roll, the toughness of the rice paper, the softness of the noodles, the sweetness of meat, the freshness of vegetables and the piquancy of sauce will help you realize that in any era, food is still the unique culture of the region. If you enjoy this dish through this description, you are sure that you still do not feel the taste of it. So mark this dish in the travel plan for your trip!