Visitors to Nghe An can try specialties such as eel vermicelli, mussel dumplings, veal rolls, rice worms, banh muot, and Western cuisine… with typical flavors.
Nghe An possesses many types of terrain such as high mountains, midlands, plains and coastal areas. In particular, this place has a biosphere reserve recognized by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve. Besides thousands of historical relics and beaches, cuisine is one of the important sources in the cultural flow of Nghe An.
Nghe An cuisine is rich and sophisticated. Appearing all over the streets, alleys, and alleys are unique dishes, associated with this land.
eel vermicelli
Eel vermicelli has a rich, fatty broth from eel meat, soft and chewy vermicelli noodles, giving diners the pleasure of enjoying. Each meal costs only about 30,000 – 50,000 VND, depending on location and portion. After eating eel vermicelli, visitors should dessert with hot green tea to enjoy the dish’s fuller flavor.
Some famous nightlife streets in Vinh city that sell eel vermicelli include Dao Tan, Nguyen Tien Tai, walking streets Nguyen Tai, Nguyen Van Cu, Ho Tung Mau and shops on Le Duan, Nguyen Du, Phan Chu Trinh, Tran Hung Dao, Phong Dinh Cang…
Rice cake with mussels
This is a familiar dish at meetings of Nghe An people. Mussels are treated from the Lam River, separated from their fatty shells, stir-fried with onions and fat. Eaters often use pieces of Do Luong rice cake to scoop mussels and then enjoy, feeling the sweet, fragrant, spicy, fleshy and fatty flavors.
Spices eaten with rice paper are crushed peanuts, raw vegetables and chili for those who want a little more spiciness. A dish loved by many people on hot summer days. For Nghe An people, in addition to its culinary significance, mussel dumplings are also a homeland product that contains the sound of knocking on the side of the boat, the shadow of the fishing boat appearing every morning and is the childhood memory of many people.
Veal sausage
Gio is made from whole veal marinated with fish sauce, pepper, and eggs. Then, roll it up and wrap it in leaves, steam it in a cast iron pot, and boil it for about half a day. With this cooking method, veal trotters retain the taste of veal and the aroma of spices. Gio is often placed on trays for holidays, Tet, weddings, and death anniversaries. It can be stored for a long time.
Hung Nguyen worm
Dishes made from earthworms such as earthworm patties, earthworms stir-fried with bamboo shoots, earthworm soup, earthworm soup cooked with bamboo shoots are commented by diners as delicious and nutritious… Earthworms often appear in May and October of the lunar calendar of the year. .
Cua Lo’s flashing squid
As a delicious dish when traveling to Cua Lo beach, flashing squid (jumping squid) are squids that have just been caught by fishermen, still fresh and processed and enjoyed on the spot.
There are many ways to prepare squid, such as grilling it on a river lamp canopy. Grilled fresh squid is fragrant, crispy and sweet, suitable for dipping with chili sauce or salt and pepper mixed with lemon. Boiled squid is also a popular way to eat it, but it’s not as strange as eating it raw. Visitors can dip the squid into a pot of boiling water for a moment and then take it out and enjoy.
Smooth cake
Banh muot is made from rice flour soaked in water for a long time, then taken out, pureed, and incubated for many hours. Cakes are usually made early in the morning to be delivered to guests in time. They cannot be taken away and are only used during the day. Diners to enjoy the cake just need to dip it in fish sauce mixed with lemon and chili, and can eat it with grilled meat or pork sausage.
Nghe An western cuisine
In the west of Nghe An are mountainous districts with many specialties, rich in mountain and forest flavors such as galangal beef, grilled chicken, grilled pork, grilled cool fish, lentil fish, bitter bamboo shoots, bamboo-tube rice, five-color sticky rice, soup at, grow…
Lotus Kim Lien
Lotus is processed into many unique dishes by the people of Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district such as lotus seed cake, dried lotus seeds, lotus jam, lotus wine, white lotus tea, lotus root tea, lotus leaf tea, lotus tea, etc. lotus heart tea, lotus marinated tea…
Regarding drinks, coming to Nghe An, visitors can experience drinks prepared from cafes located on major roads such as Cao Thang, Quang Trung, Dinh Cong Trang, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Phan Dang Luu. , Nguyen Thai Hoc, Phan Chu Trinh, Le Hong Phong, Nguyen Van Cu, Le Mao, Hong Bang, Phan Dang Luu… Coming here, you can enjoy milk coffee, black sugar coffee and perfumes. Fruit, milk tea of all flavors…
In particular, diners should not miss the green tea from Nghe An. Green tea harvested from Anh Son, Thanh Chuong, Tan Ky, Quy Hop, and Nghia Dan districts… is famous for its fragrance. In addition, yellow sweet potatoes from Nghe An and oranges from Doai commune are also specialties that make Nghe An tourism brand.
($1~24,000 VND)
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