Only in late autumn and early winter, the skin crab of the Yen Dung district is a special dish not only for tourists but also for locals.
“The Cau River flows slowly, We will never forget it.” The hexagonal verse recalls the land of Kinh Bac – Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, with the folk songs of Quan Ho that make many people fall in love. Not only entering poetry, but the river also makes an impression on gourmets thanks to a rare specialty. Before confluence with two other rivers in Kiep Bac, Hai Duong, Cau River flows through Dong Viet, Dong Phuc communes, Nham Bien town… of Yen Dung district. Around September, October of the lunar calendar, on this river, there will be natural live leather crabs on the rocks.
The hairy legs, the more mossy part, create the distinctive identity of the leather crab. In addition, the crab’s body is also round and big like a sea crab or crab, especially inside a lot of bricks. The season of leather crabs is only short in the last two months of autumn and early winter, catching difficult, no one can raise them, so the number is not much. As a result, skin crab is a special dish not only for tourists from all over the world but also for local people.
The size of the skin crab also varies from small to large, suitable for processing into many dishes. Small ones can be pounded, cooked in a sweet and cool soup, or roasted with salt or tamarind sauce, and big crabs can be steamed with beer. Steamed skinned crab with beer retains the flavor, deliciousness, and firmness of crab meat the most. Steamed skin crab, the apricot turns deep orange, not as dark as sea crab. The meat is sweet, the legs and feet are tender, not clamped.
The most delicious is still the crab skin hotpot. With a sweeter taste than field crab, not fishy like sea crab, yellow and greasy crab bricks, skin crab hotpot is more attractive than ever on cold days, when sitting around with family and friends.
Today, the leather crab has made a brand for the cuisine of Yen Dung, many delicious dishes from crabs are included in the menus of local restaurants. If you want to process it yourself, you can also find and buy skin crabs directly at traditional markets such as Neo market, Cong Dia market.
If you have the opportunity to return to Yen Dung, tourists from all over the world can visit some famous places such as Vinh Nghiem pagoda (Tri Yen commune), Kem pagoda (Nham Son commune), Truc Lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery (Nham Bien town). ), Thanh Nhan temple (Nham Son commune), Tran Thu Do temple (Yen Lu commune)…
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