Although simple, sincere and not too picky in processing, Thanh Son specialties are still great dishes that leave a lot of nostalgia in the hearts of visitors when returning to the ancestral countryside.
Doan Hung grapefruit dishes , Thanh Son sour meat or tai cake , sour fish … are famous specialties of Phu Tho. Each dish has a different flavor, but it hides the sincere heart of the locals who want to give it to visitors. From the stage of processing, the way to the decoration, the ingredients to use the dish are simple and straightforward; but it is a unique place to paint on the rich and unique culinary picture of Phu Tho .
In this trip to the ancestral homeland, join Vietnam Travelers to enjoy Thanh Son Phu Tho specialties right below!
List of specialties Thanh Son Phu Tho eat once and remember a lifetime
1. Cassava vegetables
Talking about Thanh Son Phu Tho specialty , surely vegetables and cassava is the first name that many people mentioned. Cassava vegetables here are processed from the very tops of green cassava trees grown on the green hills. When the cassava season comes, Thanh Son people re-selectively select the white cassava trees that are not too old or too young and then bring them to wash and scrub them thoroughly with salt.
After that, cassava vegetables will be processed into many unique dishes such as: warehouse with shrimp, stir-fry with pork fat … seasoning with a bit of moderate spice to make the dish taste strong and passionate. And certainly, if you enjoy the cassava dish once, you will be impressed with this specialty dish.
And to buy this vegetable cassava, you can go to Phu Tho countryside markets to buy to take.
Cassava vegetables
2. Mossy stone of Muong people
Listening to “moss rock” is also quite a strange dish, right? But this is a famous Thanh Son specialty. The Muong people rock moss is taken from the streams and then washed again and mixed with thinly sliced garlic, MSG, onion salt and a little lard. After that, people will wrap the moss in layers of papaya leaves and wrap them in bags.
And to enjoy this famous stone moss dish, people will bring the moss that has just been cooked and grilled over hot coals until the papaya leaves are blackened. At that time, the taste of the moss was mixed with garlic with other spices to create an unbelievably delicious dish.
If you want to enjoy this hot dish, go to Dong Son commune – Thanh Son or Tan Son district to buy it!
Mossy stone Muong people
3. Black rice
For those who love the dishes made from sticky rice, surely when coming to Thanh Son Phu Tho, they cannot ignore the sticky rice here. As one of the famous Thanh Son specialties and popular with many tourists, black sticky rice is processed from black sticky rice, also known as charcoal sticky rice. This rice variety is widely grown in Thanh Son or Yen Lap Phu Tho.
And black rice has to be planted for 6 months to harvest, but the nutrient content of the rice grain is extremely high. In addition to the processing of sticky sticky rice, the rice is also processed into glutinous rice wine, which is also quite delicious.
Black rice
4. Thanh Son brown salad
For the Muong people in Thanh Son – Phu Tho, they often rely mainly on nature near small streams and rivers. It is the cover of nature, mountains and forests that in simple stilt houses of Muong ethnic people always have food sources processed from mountains and forests.
In addition to the everyday dishes such as pickled vegetables, pickled vegetables, pickled vegetables, pickled vegetables, papaya’s leaves …, the Muong people here also love to use a very special fruit. Brown root with a characteristic acrid taste. And people use brown roots to create a very special specialty that is brown salad. This is a quite strange dish to tourists but is a familiar feature of Muong people in Thanh Son. And to cook more or less brown bacon, they will rely on the number of people to eat and then prepare the ingredients to fit so that they do not have excess.
Brown bamboo meat dish is made from brown tubers and wild boar. And the best brown salad dish is to choose the lean butt meat with a little bacon that just tastes good. Brown root used for processing has 2 types: yellow brown and red brown. But when making brown bacon, Muong people will choose old brown, crimson tubers that will add color to the dish and the dish will taste better. 
Brown salad
5. Sour meat
Referring to Thanh Son Phu Tho specialty , sour meat is certainly a very famous dish that most tourists know. Also one of the special dishes of Muong people, sour meat is processed from wild boar, so when you eat it, you will feel the sweet, greasy taste and firm tenderloin from the meat. And the meat to make the best sour meat is badger pig raised naturally by Muong people. All year round, they only eat wild fruits and vegetables, so the meat is very fragrant. Anyone who has enjoyed the sour meat will certainly remember its taste forever.
Sour meat
6. Bunch of wine
In addition to the 5 Thanh Son specialties mentioned above, visitors certainly cannot help but mention the gratitude jar of wine. And Thanh Son wine is also one of the famous specialties of the Muong. This wine is sipped with sour meat, sour bamboo shoots, five colors sticky sticky rice, leaves … it must be said that it is swinging.
Besides, Phu Tho also has many other famous specialties such as: braised fish braised fillet, silkworm palm silk, Lam Thao banana noodle … Each dish has its own unique flavor but full of appeal. And back to the Ancestral countryside, please do your best to enjoy these dishes.
Bunch of wine
A ặc s An Thanh Son, Phu Tho simple but every dish imbued with human love, country soul of the indigenous people. The quintessence and cultural lifestyle have crystallized on unique dishes that make visitors still be overwhelmed when they enjoy the unique taste, which is hard to fade in the heart.
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