The climate is hot and harsh, but Ninh Thuan still gives Ninh Thuan many very attractive specialties, especially, not only grapes are known as specialties here but more than that, Ninh Thuan gets him. God offers many specialties that make visitors “eat once and remember for a lifetime”.
To know what kinds of specialties they are, let’s learn together through the following article.
Grapes
One of the typical and characteristic fruits of this land is grapes. It is the intense sunlight and the faint wind that is a favorable condition for the grapes to grow. Here, grapes are mainly grown in Ninh Son, Ninh Phuoc, and Ninh Hai districts. Unlike the famous vineyards in France, grapes in Phan Rang are grown in the way of high trusses. There are two main types of grapes here: green grapes and purple grapes that can be eaten fresh, made wine or grape nectar to drink with meals.
Passing through the vineyards that are ripe, when they are ripe on the branches, you will not be afraid to ignore them, but are forced to stop, take pictures freely, buy a few pounds of grapes here. The Phan Rang people are cute and hospitable, but remember to ask permission from the owner before visiting. Following in the footsteps of the sisters pruning fruit in the garden, they will show you how to choose bunches of grapes that can be picked and eaten immediately.
Currently, some vineyards in Phan Rang are not only for harvesting but also as places to visit and travel for visitors who love the garden atmosphere here to enjoy and buy fruit right at the garden. This also brings another source of income for the farmers here.
Visitors can buy grapes at gardens, supermarkets or street stalls in Phan Rang City. Price grape purple around 50000-60000 VND / kg, green grapes oscillation range 70000-80000 VND / kg.
Green apple
Referring to Phan Rang, in addition to grapes, green apple is also a famous specialty. Apples are a fruit that contains a lot of juice like grapes, but is crunchier and chewier than grapes, has a shiny yellow color and has a sweet taste. Weather characteristics Ninh Thuan year round, dry, little rain and drought, so it is very suitable for the growth of apples.
Green apples are also grown mostly in Ninh Hai and Ninh Phuoc districts, nearby Phan Rang – Thap Cham city. You can buy apples at the garden, fruit stalls on the street or at supermarkets, the price ranges from 25000 – 30000 VND / kg.
Forest Velvet Fruit Milling
The name may sound strange, but Xay Velvet has long been a specialty fruit of this land. Trees Grind but usually grows on high mountains of the territory, Ninh Thuan and ethnic minorities living around the foothills harvested when they are ripe ripe fruit, build forest eat tastes sweet and fleshy than other types of Grind often, a The year is nine from July to September of solar calendar, and is sold in village markets near the mountains where ethnic minorities live and sometimes also in Phan Rang large market.
With the shape of only small candies, but the sweetness, sweetness mixed with the sour taste of the puree make you even more excited to eat. This is a fairly rare fruit similar to the Kiwi or Cherry, so it is quite expensive in the market. Grind ranges from 150,000 to 250,000 VND / kg, and to a rim up to 500,000 VND / kg / kg.
Stone skin fruit
Specially favored by nature for the harsh sun, Ninh Thuan produces many rare and special special fruits, one of which is stone skin , the most unique and exotic forest fruit in our country. It is known that when eaten, if the fruit is red ripe, it has a delicate sweet taste, a strong aroma. If the fruit is almost ripe, it will have a very sour taste, very different from lemon or tamarind and accompanied by a strong aroma, the ancients often used stone skin. after meals to deodorize your teeth.
Fruit Da Da when season is also sold on village streets such as An Xuan, An Hoa, Ho Diem, Thuy Loi … and is also sold in village markets or sometimes also appear in Phan Rang big market. At the price of 10,000 VND / kg, note that Da Da fruit has a lot of water, so it can only be used for 2-3 days from picking it down at a cool temperature.
Pus Trom
One of the pharmaceuticals good for health and skin is latex Trom . It helps to cool the body, purifies, detoxifies the liver, regulates blood sugar, helps heal wounds, laxatives, ..
With so many useful uses, trom hat becomes an extremely valuable plant in economic terms. Trom latex is taken from the sap of Trom tree and then dried into small or large members depending on the type and prices vary from about 250,000 to 400,000 VND / kg.
Flying Orangutans
In order to protect the precious medicinal herbs of the orangutan tree, in addition to the fighting efforts of the rangers, it is recommended that we only use the dried orangutan seeds that have fallen on the ground, also known as the flying orangutan seeds. Green orangutans are used and dried, as the green orangutans are usually picked after the tree is cut. Flying Orangutans seeds are a strange name to many people because few people know this is a valuable medicinal herb collected under the tree when it dries. When an orangutan is mature, it takes four years to produce seeds once, so Orangutans seeds are rare.
Orangutan seeds have many beneficial health benefits such as treating dry cough, phlegm, phlegm, asthma, hoarseness, vomiting blood, tonic liver, cooling, diuretic, dysentery, red eyes, …
Take special care not to use Orangutans for pregnant women, and do not use while using western medicine. People with digestive problems, cold stomach, and diarrhea should not use orangutan seeds.
Because of its miraculous uses, the seeds have high economic value. Including 2 types, type 1 about 490,000 VND / kg, type 2 about 350,000 VND / kg.
Garlic
Ninh Thuan is the land with the largest area of garlic cultivation in the country. With extremely severe weather and a large coastal land area, clean sand, it is very suitable for garlic plants , so garlic in Ninh Thuan is considered as having the highest commercial value in Vietnam (more than Ly garlic. Paint).
Phan Rang Garlic is very delicious and contains high medicinal properties, especially Co Lon garlic (Mo Coi garlic) which is loved by many people or bought for use or as a gift.
Lamb, goat
The very unique and famous culinary feature of Ninh Thuan is the dishes made from goat or lamb. The dishes that are loved by many tourists are roasted sheep, roasted sheep … or 7-dish goat, goat hotpot.
Rice paper with shrimp sauce
Referring to Ninh Thuan specialties, it is absolutely indispensable that the divine rice-roll pastry . Each piece of cake is a combination of the rich flavor of shrimp paste, greasy onion and egg, spicy sweet chili sauce, crunchy crust, sesame flavor.
Eaters rarely stop at one because few people can resist the special taste of this onion-fat grilled rice paper. The best baked rice paper rolls when eaten hot in the afternoon out of the sun, bustling with the wind and with friends.
Fish cake soup
Being a familiar dish from available ingredients such as rice and fish of Ninh Thuan coastal people, fish cake soup is a dish that any tourist should try when coming to this sunny and windy land. .
Soup bowl is smoky, delicious with the yellow color of the fried fish cakes, steamed fish cakes, the green of the chopped chives. The fiber of banh canh was just enough, the slices of fish cakes were rich and the sweet broth made the folk dish round the taste of the sea.
Above are all Ninh Thuan specialties, a land full of sunshine and wind, but produces many kinds of delicious and healthy fruit trees. Visitors who have the opportunity to visit Ninh Thuan should enjoy those specialties, which will definitely be a very interesting experience.