Western dishes are simple, rural as the main nature of the people here. Not too fussy and flowery, but the specialties of the Mekong Delta below are famous near and far because of their unique processing, once tasted, unforgettable.
Where is melancholy fish salad
This is a special dish of Cambodian people, very popular in western border provinces such as An Giang, Kien Giang and extremely popular with tourists from near and far. To make this dish fresh and delicious, the flowers and young leaves from the durian tree will be blanched first through boiling water to reduce the bitter taste.
The main ingredients used to mix together are called grilled fish, shredded, boiled bacon, cucumber, sliced buffalo horn
The main ingredients used to mix together are called grilled, shredded fish, boiled bacon, cucumber, sliced buffalo horn. For all ingredients mixed with flowers and leaves, sprinkled over sweet and sour fish sauce prepared to infuse spices before serving. The special feature of this dish is that the salad sauce is sweet and sour tamarind fish sauce, the harmony of the sour, spicy, salty, sweet taste makes the dish extremely attractive.
Classic flexible fish hotpot
Crazy flower is a classic dish of western people, especially in the flood season, when the flower blossoms bloom all over a corner of the sky, Westerners often pick these flowers to process many dishes. delicious food such as: classic cotton salad, classic cotton and sour soup, and especially crazy fish hotpot – one of the extremely famous specialties in the West.
Crazy fish hotpot classic – one of the extremely famous specialties in the west
Although it is a specialty, it is not always possible to eat this dish when going to the west because the two main ingredients of this dish are only seasonal. It was in the range of September to October, it was the season when the flexible fish proliferated, the fish was delicious, tender and very few bones, sweet meat. And that was also the time when the madness flourished at its most with the golden, crunchy, and creamy clusters of flowers. When combining the sweetness from the spirit fish, the sour and sour taste of the crazy cotton eaten with the chili fish sauce … creates an extremely unique country dish that only when going to the west of the river can have the opportunity to enjoy .
Pancakes pan
Pancakes are available in the central region, but banh xeo in the Mekong Delta has its own special feature, it is made on a large pan, on a wood stove and the inner filling is also extremely stylish. endowed. If the central pancakes are made on round pans with the main ingredients of meat, bean sprouts and shrimp, the western pan pancakes are more “greedy”, when the main ingredient is minced meat, bean sprouts, and tubers. Cassava and shrimp are sometimes mixed with other types of fillings such as duck meat, char siu, squid, classic cotton, cotton buds or natural herbs …
Western pancake crust is processed from rice flour, coconut milk, onions, eggs
Western pancake crust is made from rice flour, coconut milk, onions, eggs … The cake is coated with a thin layer and covered with the inside, served with a sweet and sour sauce mixed with lemon, garlic, chili sugar. … with a lot of green vegetables such as lettuce, mustard greens, boils …
Crispy fried coconut
Many people when traveling to the west for the first time and seeing this dish cry out of fear. Because coconut weevils are actually a worm, living mainly on the coconut tops, perhaps because they parasitize on coconut and areca tops, people often call this worm the coconut weevil. Due to eating the freshest parts of the coconut tree, the ivy is white and fat, when eaten is crunchy, greasy and contains a lot of vitamins, not only delicious but also good for health.
Due to eating the freshest parts of the coconut tree, weevils are white, full of fat, crispy, greasy and loaded with vitamins.
Palm weevils are processed by western people in many ways: crispy weevils, flour rolling weevils, organic coconut weevils, fish sauce pickles … and in any way they are still extremely delicious.
Hotpot with fish sauce
If you have come to the West, you have not tried the fish sauce hotpot, you have not experienced all the western flavors. Fish sauce used to cook delicious hot pot and the best combination is fish sauce or flexible fish. Hot pot broth is cooked from stewed pork bones, some places also give coconut water to increase the cool flavor of the broth. When the pork bones are simmered to release sweet water, they continue to cook the fish sauce and taste the spices to taste. Delicious fish sauce hotpot must definitely have eggplant, bitter melon and lemongrass.
Delicious fish sauce hotpot must definitely have eggplant, bitter melon and lemongrass
The dish with hot pot sauce is also very plentiful: shrimp, meat, roast pork, fish of all kinds … and vegetables seem to be eaten with any kind of “easy” hot pot. The most popular, however, is still bitter greens, water lilies, industrious and crazy cotton.
Sour soup with lilies
The Mekong Delta has a lot of water lilies, flowers that only need water to be able to live. Therefore, in the high water season, water lilies bloom again and fill the lakes and rivers. Lilies cooked with any fish dish is also very good, the most popular are still the familiar types of fish, which are Linh fish, catfish or perch. The sour soup with lilies must be the buds that have just come out, the stalks are still young, crunchy and spongy. When cooking, choose the tamarind fruits that are still green, season with a little sugar, salt … At this time, we put the fish in and finally add the lilies and a bit of onion to make the soup aroma, just that simple, but when enjoying it, it brings an indescribable taste.
Water lilies cooked with any fish dish are also great, the most popular are still the familiar types of fish such as spirit fish, catfish or perch.