O Thum An Giang Lake makes many tourists bewildered and infatuated with the romantic beauty and tranquility of the peaceful country. Let’s explore this super cool ‘cool’ check-in place in the West together.
An Giang is a land famous for its pristine and majestic mountains, poetic lake worthy of famous western tourist destinations such as Bay Nui, Soai So Lake, Ta Pa, O Ta Soc, O Thum Lake. in Tri Ton, O Tuc Sa, Thuy Liem and Thanh Long in Tinh Bien. In which O Thum lake with charming landscape and fresh, quiet air promises to be an ideal destination for those who love nature.
Ho Thum An Giang was formed like?
Before becoming the brand new An Giang check-in coordinate, making many visitors from near and far stand still, hoping to visit soon, O Thum Lake was a lake to prevent water for the purpose of agricultural production. The lake was formed about a decade ago with a small area.
O Thum Lake was formed about ten years ago. Photo: thamhiemmekong
However, this lake is in a quite beautiful position because it is leaning against a mountain slope with a flat, one-color blue water surface creating a very poetic and romantic scene. That is also the reason why this place quickly became An Giang tourist destination attracting a large number of tourists, especially young people to visit, explore and take pictures.
In addition to the experience of being immersed in fresh nature, lake excursions and beautiful scenery, another attraction of O Thum Lake is the famous O Thum burning chicken dish originating from Cambodia with a unique and difficult taste. forget.
Road to O Thum An Giang lake
O Thum Lake is located in O Lam commune, Tri Ton district, An Giang. This beautiful tourist destination An Giang is located to the west of Co To mountain and east of Tuc Dup hill tourist area . If you start from the center of Tri Ton town, in Tri Ton An Giang district, you can choose to go through Nguyen Trai road, then follow the asphalt road around the foot of the mountain towards O Lam commune.
Super quality check-in point in An Giang.
For more convenience, you can visit Tuc Dup Hill Tourist Area – once associated with the heroic victory of An Giang militia and people in the war against the US Then continue to go through the green, rice-colored roads about 500m long to reach the intersection area. Now, turn left and go about 2km more to reach the O Thum Lake tourist area .
Attractive tourist experiences at O Thum Lake
According to the experiences of An Giang tourism and O Thum An Giang lake excursions of many tourists as well as the sharing of local people, the ideal time to walk here is in the rainy season. At this moment, the lake surface is immense, the water overflows the rock embankment, the cool and fresh air creates a very beautiful romantic scene that captivates many people.
Perhaps that is why when coming here in the rainy season and witnessing the scene of the water overflowing, enjoying the cool climate, many people compare the area of O Thum lake as a miniature Dalat of the West as well as top list “Absolutely impressive”.
O Thum Lake is most beautiful in the rainy season. Photo Do Tinh
If you want to take a walk, just go along the edge of the lake and do not forget to see the lush green jaggery – an iconic tree and grows a lot in An Giang province. Although not as famous as the heart-shaped palm tree in Tri Ton, it also creates a green and romantic scene. If you look from a far distance, you can admire the rows of jaggery that seem to be floating on the lake surface very unique and impressive. According to local people, the name “jaggery” originated from the Khmer language as “th’not”, later read it deviate from the present.
Close your eyes to see summer at Om Thum Lake. Photo: Lang Thang An Giang
In addition, in O Thum An Giang lake bed there is also a rather high mound, separated from the water surface. Many tourists also consider this as a miniature oasis creating a beautiful landscape in the middle of the lake. Foreseeing that, the local people have added a wooden bridge to connect the two banks for convenient travel, while creating a highlight and increasing the charm of the beautiful lake.
The wooden bridge connects the 2 banks to the lake. Photo: vntrip
After sightseeing, excursions, taking check-in photos with O Thum Lake, remember to participate in the boating experience around the lake and remember to enjoy the fresh air, cool breezes passing in the middle of the dreamland. This table. All will make your soul more relaxed and peaceful.
The beauty of the O Thum Lake area is enhanced by a wooden bridge. Photo: thamhiemmekong
The opportunity to enjoy the famous O Thum leaf-burning chicken dish
After enjoying the scenery, taking pictures and walking along the lake shore as well as boating, visitors do not forget to enjoy the famous chicken dish to wish O Thum the famous An Giang land.
The main ingredients of this An Giang delicacy are our chicken and wisteria leaves with familiar spices such as salt, lemongrass, chili, and garlic. The special feature that creates the delicious taste of the chicken dish is in the leaves and the unique cooking secret of each shop.
O Thum-burning chicken is affordable, but delicious. Photo: thamhiemmekong
The first is the wisteria – a special spice that is indispensable in the dish associated with the name of O Thum An Giang lake because this is the raw material that creates a distinctive flavor that cannot be mistaken.
For many people in Bay Nui, An Giang, especially in Tri Ton and Tinh Bien districts, the wisteria is considered a specialty, a unique delicacy. The leaves taste like lemon leaves but the aroma is strong, keeping the smell for a long time without being bitter.
Wish leaf is an indispensable spice in the burning chicken dish. Photo: thamhiemmekong
The second special thing is the secret of marinating the chicken so that the dish burning the leaves will have attractive yellow skin, making up the seductive scent but still not burned. Moreover, when eating, diners will fully feel the aroma of the ingredients, as if absorbed evenly into the chicken, although the marinating time is not too long.
The finished dish must both keep the natural sweetness of the chicken and fully blend the characteristic aroma of fresh lemongrass and lemongrass. What is more attractive than when you can manually pick each piece of chicken into a cup of salt and chili mixed with lemon or fish sauce to add a few chopped leaves of congratulations, of course, you cannot lack roasted garlic to eat, you will have to indulge with a distinct flavor that is hard to find in other dishes.
In the beginning, there were only one or two stalls selling this dish. But the more later, the demand of diners is higher and higher. Therefore, local people have opened more shops to serve tourists An Giang , visiting O Thum Lake.
The chicken burns the famous O Thum leaves. Photo: thamhiemmekong
O Thum burning chicken dish is a famous specialty of the land of the Seven Mountains region and palm trees, which is popular with many diners. This dish also has an elaborate way of processing with a unique marinade process, not easy to make, but not so that it is screamed at high prices. Many people were surprised to find the dish priced quite affordable.
Currently, if you want to enjoy O Thum flaming chicken without pre-booking, then come to this beautiful lake area, order food and wait patiently. Because it takes the chef at least 40 minutes to perform all stages of processing and marinating. If you want to quickly try the delicious food, remember to call in advance and schedule a time to go to the restaurant to be prepared, make sure to have chicken ready when arriving.
In addition to the delicious dish called the chicken burning wisteria leaves, along the way to O Thum An Giang lake , the people in the area also sell a lot of fresh jaggery. Remember to buy it for refreshments and bring it as a gift to your family or friends.
The poetic scenery of O Thum Lake, as well as the captivating taste of the chicken to burn leaves, will surely make it difficult for many visitors to leave and remember to turn around in the future, so if you have the opportunity Then please fully enjoy the interesting and new things in this beautiful land.
Photo: Internet