Gia Lai is the second largest province in Vietnam by area, the origin of the name is derived from the Jarai word, the name of the Jarai people. Gia Lai cuisine is especially famous for its mountain specialties.
Follow the Vietnamese traveler to enjoy a culinary tour of Gia Lai with eternal delicacies here !
1. Chicken and bamboo rice
Referring to the specialties of the mountain people, it is impossible not to mention Gia Lai cuisine, ethnic chicken and bamboo rice with the cultural characteristics of the people, characterized by mountains and forests in the Central Highlands. Chickens in Gia Lai are not ordinary chickens, but chickens that ‘climb the mountain, scavenge for prey and sleep in the trees’, a type of chicken that has become a trademark of the people of the Central Highlands. The chicken here is toned, and the skin is thin and delicious. When the chicken is finished, the chicken will be clamped by a bamboo tube with a pink bar for 20-30 minutes.
Chicken dipping sauce has its own characteristics in the Central Highlands, a mixture of salt, seeds, chili, and leaves creates a unique flavor, adding attractive, served with chicken and soft green rice served with peanut salt (crushed roasted peanuts , salt and less sugar). At the same time, the sticky rice is placed in a bamboo tube grilled with the chicken over embers
Enjoying corner: Restaurant Plit, Alley 39 Dao Duy Tu, Tan Son. Grilled chicken Plei Tieng, or Quan Ksor Hnao, Bazan shop.
Delicious rice specialties can not be missed when coming to the mountain town of Pleiku – Gia Lai
Roasted chicken on the stove side pink
2. Crab Noodle Soup
‘Smell so bad, eat easily’. Bun Mam Cua is taken the body and crushed to filter for water. Fresh crab juice is brewed overnight for fermentation. After processing crab juice, there will be quite a characteristic dark brown season in which bamboo shoots are served with action pork skin mounds and lemons. You should squeeze 1 fragrant lemon will eat more for you to eat the first time
‘Smells terrible, easy to love’ Bun Mam Cua
3. Pho 2 bowls
Going to the mountain town to enjoy Gia Lai cuisine with 2 bowls of pho is like never visiting Dalat to buy strawberries. What strange name is it? Is there anything that is so attractive? Actually, it is a dry noodle dish when coming to Gia Lai, the name is changed into two bowls pho because it is split into two bowls. A bowl of dry pho is available with a little bit of fat, ground meat. The other bowl is broth with beef, shredded chicken. Enjoying two bowls, you will see the chewy of the pho noodle, with the dark soy sauce, the sweetness of the broth
You can visit Pho Ngoc Son 15 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Pho Nu on Nguyen Du street …
4. Banh Xeo
Gia Lai cuisine here is unique, for distant guests, banh xeo is often eaten in the afternoon or dinner. However, Gia Lai people choose pancakes for breakfast. The cake will not contain pork, only eggs and ground beef, but makes people want to eat forever. The aroma of beef or other ingredients emanating from the smoke will make it hard to resist. The ingredients inside are just cooked. Healthy eater must enjoy 5-6 cakes to full.
You can visit 5 Tran Binh Trong, Ward Dien Hong, City. Pleiku, Gia La – Mrs. Tam’s banh xeo restaurant is open from 6am to 12pm every day
A unique banh xeo with only beef
Breakfast filled beef egg pancake breakfast
5. Grilling Gia Lai cuisine
One of the delicious snacks that many young people fall in love with every afternoon after school, the dish associated with the childhood memories of many red land people. The dish is baked on skewers. The word ‘lui’ is a local word, replacing the word ‘skewers’. The minced pork filling in the ram is quite small, when eating even some pieces, it cannot feel the meat taste. But the delicious thing here is the crispy chewy taste, the more chewier the chewing of the hot ram. Eating and drinking for dinner is very suitable, especially in the cold weather of Gia Lai mountain town. Grilled lemongrass is combined with strange tamarind sauce. Crispy crispy, characteristic aroma of ground meat, dry noodles are wrapped in.
Enjoying corner: Grilled sausage shop at 122 Cao Ba Quat, Yen Do Ward, City. Pleiku
Tamarind sauce is strange
Childhood memories baked back
Hopefully with the top 5 delicious dishes that will fill your “hungry stomach” in your trip to the mountain town of Pleiku – Gia Lai!