Phu Quoc tourism in recent years is an attractive destination for both domestic and international tourists. Coming to this beautiful island, in addition to sightseeing, do not forget to enjoy the specialties only in Kien Giang.
Favored by nature with a mild climate all year round. Phu Quoc is an ideal destination for anyone who wants to “take each other to hide”. Not only impressing visitors by the ecstatic island paradise, but visitors coming to Phu Quoc also enjoy countless attractive dishes that you can hardly find anywhere. Here are the dishes you must try when you set foot in Phu Quoc.
Vermicelli stirring
Hearing the name alone also found it strange and stimulated the curiosity of other tourists. Want to enjoy this dish, you have to be really patient and have to do everything yourself because the only restaurant selling noodles is always overloaded.
A special feature of this dish is the vermicelli made on the spot, flowing straight from the press to the boiling pot
The special feature of this dish is the noodle made on the spot, flowing straight from the press to the boiling pot. Topping served with this dish consists of fish cakes, shrimp rolls that are crushed, seasoned with very rich spices and wrapped around a bowl, then take vermicelli broth to make the topping. When eating, customers must prepare their own dipping sauces from available ingredients such as salt, pepper, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chili … and stir well and slowly enjoy. There is a strange thing is that even if you have to do it all by yourself, visitors here are still extremely satisfied, the bowl of steamed steamed vermicelli mixed with homemade broth with fresh rolls, try it once and remember.
Herring salad
Herring salad has long been a familiar specialty of Phu Quoc. Salad is a blend of fresh fish dish with ingredients such as onion, grated coconut, purple onion and special spices, all mixed well and when eaten with raw vegetables and mixed garlic and chili sauce. extremely stimulating taste. Delicious herring salad is a raw material that must be fresh, raw, when eating, diners can feel the salty taste of the fish.
Salad is a blend of fresh fish dish with ingredients such as onion, grated coconut, purple onion and special spices.
Seafood mushroom soup
Having arrived in Phu Quoc, you should definitely not miss this specialty, because this is a unique mushroom and is the only specialty in Phu Quoc pearl island. Melaleuca mushrooms have a slightly purple color, which is very rare in the market because the development cycle of this mushroom is only about 1 month. This is a very nutritious dish favored by both islanders and tourists. To increase the flavor of this dish, the islanders have harmoniously combined mushrooms with fresh seafood such as shrimp, squid .. creating delicious seafood mushroom dish.
Melaleuca mushroom soup when eaten has a sweet taste, strong taste of pepper
Melaleuca mushroom soup when eaten has a sweet taste, strong taste of pepper, when eaten is also used with anchovy fish sauce. In addition to the seafood melaleuca mushroom soup, you can also try stir-fried and abalone with Melaleuca mushroom which is also great.
Crab blood soup of Phu Quoc
Crab blood soup is an extremely famous specialty of Phu Quoc that anyone who comes to this pearl island should try once. Crab chosen as blood pudding must be fresh sea crab with firm meat and lots of bricks. To prepare this dish, the cook will cut the crab leg, let the white secretion melt, and patiently wait until it oozes. To get a small crab blood pudding plate, the ingredients also need a few large crabs. Therefore, the price of crab soup is also quite “chat”, but when eating it is very worth the money of the rice bowl. When you first enjoy crab soup, you will feel it has a strange and special taste. Soft, firm crab meat mixed with blood pudding is extracted from the sweet and fat crab bricks, which are hard to resist.
Soft, firm crab meat mixed with blood pudding is extracted from the crabs of sweet and fat, irresistible delicious
Phu Quoc honey pudding
It will be a big shortcoming if you have not tried the secret Tet cake when you arrive at Phu Quoc Island. Banh Tet is not too unfamiliar to Westerners, but it is very secret that you will not be able to find it anywhere except Phu Quoc Island.
When eating the cake will be emerald green secreted from the honey leaves, the aroma is very characteristic of pineapple leaves
The cake is considered to be a Phu Quoc specialty wrapped with nectar leaves, a leaf smaller than a banana leaf, shaped like a palm leaf. It also requires certain skills to create truly perfect moves. To create a Banh Tet, the maker must carefully wrap it, tie it with the leaf veins firmly, because if the package is loose, the cake will be dough and not delicious or maybe even embarrassed. The ingredients to make this cake are similar to the northern banh chung, the main ingredients include glutinous rice, pork belly, green beans, dried onions, pepper and seasoning seasoning. The cake when cooked will be boiled in a pot of pandan leaf juice, cooked for about 4 hours and when cooked, the cake will be emerald green secreted from the nectar leaves, a characteristic fragrance of pineapple leaves.