The land of “yellow flowers, green grass” captivates thousands of tourists with many famous specialties, including delicious and frugal squid ink noodles.
Phu Yen attracts a large number of tourists from near and far with many beautiful landscapes such as Dai Lanh Lighthouse (or Mui Dien) – the place to receive the first Sun in the easternmost part of the country; Da Dia rapids; admire the charming painting of Xuan Dai Bay; Vung Ro Bay; enjoy fresh seafood right at O Loan lagoon…
Visitors are especially fascinated with the land of “yellow flowers, green grass” because of many famous delicious specialties, including the extremely frugal squid ink noodle dish.
Phu Yen’s squid vermicelli is cooked with a mild sour taste (Photo: Tuyhoago)
If squid ink vermicelli in Van Ninh (Khanh Hoa) is more about the sweet taste of squid than sugar, the broth in Phu Yen’s squid vermicelli is cooked with a mild sour taste. Although the dish is simple and rustic, the combination of broth with white vermicelli and crispy fresh squid has created a “memorable” taste for many diners.
Squid noodles use small rice squid, sweet meat (Photo: mia)
Ingredients for processing Phu Yen squid vermicelli include: vermicelli, squid rice, tomatoes, pineapple (fragrance, pineapple), onions, scallions, bean sprouts, herbs. The dish is attractive not only because of the fresh ingredients, but also the pineapple-scented broth, beautiful tomato color, and rich flavor that create the “personality” of the bowl of squid vermicelli.
Phu Yen squid vermicelli noodles use small rice squid, sweet and chewy meat, soft enough. Fresh squid is carefully prepared, first need to remove the ink bag (this step must be very gentle, be careful not to break the ink bag), remove the ink head, cut the ink eyes and teeth, then wash and dry country.
Squid noodles must be eaten while still hot to taste good (Photo: mia)
The process of making broth is not too fussy or complicated but requires meticulousness in the cooking process. Pork bones or stewed chicken bones can be used to make the broth clear, sweet and delicious.
Tomatoes washed, add areca zone. Next, peel, cut off the eyes of the pineapple carefully and cut it into bite-sized pieces (about 1/4 finger). Red onion peeled, washed, thinly sliced, wait for the oil to heat up, then put the onions in the pan to fry until fragrant.
The processing of the broth is not too picky (Photo: mia)
Next, we put the drained squid into the pot, cooked, the squid will turn pink or light purple, extremely crispy and sweet. Add pineapple and tomatoes to the broth to create a characteristic sweet and sour taste, seasoning just enough with the sweetness of the broth. Coriander, cilantro, remove roots, wash and finely chop.
When cooked, squid vermicelli must be eaten while still hot, the squid is soft and crispy but not chewy, the smoky broth gives off a delicious aroma.
Squid noodles can be served with raw vegetables and spicy fish sauce (Photo: gonatour)
Beautiful watercolors, making an impression on you at first sight. Squid vermicelli has a frugal, delicious, and light-weight flavor that helps “wake up” the taste buds of each person. Besides, squid also has many health benefits such as preventing arthritis, supplementing vitamins, maintaining healthy skin, muscles and good for the heart.
Squid noodle soup is frugal, delicious, and light on the stomach (Photo: mia)
When eating, diners will clearly feel the sweetness of fresh squid, the broth is full of sweet and sour taste, but it is more prominent than the mild sour taste; of soft noodles. In addition, squid ink noodles can be served with fresh vegetables and spicy fish sauce.
Some places you can visit to enjoy squid vermicelli when traveling to Phu Yen such as: Phuc Long squid noodle shop, Dat Phu restaurant, and Hoang Linh restaurant…