The West is the land with the richest culinary scene in Vietnam. When visitors come to the West, outside to visit and learn about the typical culture of the people, enjoying this Mekong Delta cuisine also brings many unforgettable experiences.
Grilled snakehead fish
Western delicacies certainly cannot be absent with grilled snakehead fish, a rural dish that gardeners often bring to guests. Delicious snakehead fish must choose snakehead fish naturally released. When grilled, people do not scrape the fish scales, but keep it and then bake it in an embers oven until the fish burn black and smell good, then keep it in fresh banana leaves. When eating, people will peel off the burnt fish scales, the flesh of the fish inside is cooked evenly and radiates a sweet aroma. When eaten, fish will be rolled with rice paper, raw vegetables, fresh noodles and a cup of sweet and sour sauce or seasoning sauce.
Delicious snakehead fish must choose wild snakehead fish
Clay grilled chicken
Western cuisine has many dishes that have only been heard of enough to stimulate the curiosity of customers, clay-grilled chicken is one of them. Western delicaciesThis is processed quite sophisticatedly, grilled chicken is usually free-range chicken, caught and cleaned, then removed all organs, marinated with spices, in which two indispensable ingredients are lemon leaves and lemongrass. hash. When the chicken has been seasoned with spices, people will bring the chicken wrapped in layers of fresh banana leaves and then cover it with a layer of clay. Finally, bury the chicken in the charcoal oven. When the clay hardens to yellow, it is also when the chicken is ripe, now bring the chicken out and break the clay and enjoy the meat inside. The sweet, fragrant chicken is mixed with the aroma of banana leaves, lemon, lemongrass and faintly a very special earth smell, one tasting will ensure you will forever lingering this special chicken flavor.
Chicken is fragrant, sweet, mixed with the aroma of banana leaves, lemon, lemongrass and a very special earthy scent
Anabas classic crazy soup
This “local wind” dish is not unfamiliar to the Westerners because every floating season, on the rice tray of the horticulturists, the classic perch and sour soup is almost indispensable. The cooking of these dishes is also very simple, the ingredients only need to be cooked anabas, add a little sour tamarind, season to taste and finally put in it. The sour taste of tamarind, sweetness of copper fish and the special taste of crazy make you forget it forever.
This “local wind home” dish is not unfamiliar to people in the West
Western grilled spring rolls
Speaking of grilled spring rolls is a mention of the central region, but few people know that the West also has delicious grilled spring rolls. Unlike the central grilled spring rolls, the western grilled spring rolls taste stronger and sweeter. Nem is made from pureed pork marinated with onion, garlic, chili and spices to taste, then grilled on embers and served with green bananas, wild vegetables …
Unlike the central grilled spring rolls, the western grilled spring rolls taste stronger and sweeter
Pancakes pan
Pancakes must be a Western delicacy that impresses not only domestic but also international visitors when they have the opportunity to visit the West. Western pan pancakes are large in size, poured in a pan and filled with a variety, from bean sprouts to duck meat, char siu … … The cake is served with raw vegetables such as: salad , mustard greens, fish lettuce, herbs of all kinds, … and sweet and sour fish sauce. The cake has a crispy crust, filled with many different flavors, creating a unique feature of Southern cuisine.
The cake is served with raw vegetables such as lettuce, mustard greens, fish lettuce, herbs of all kinds.
Bac Lieu fish sauce hotpot
Bac Lieu fish sauce hotpot is very famous in the West, the highlight of this hot pot is the hotpot broth cooked with fish sauce, in which the fish and chopped fish are the two most popular fish sauce used to cook this dish. In addition, the sauce hotpot is also particularly attractive to tourists because of the abundance of accompanying vegetables such as: classic cotton, water lily, water spinach, bitter vegetables, …
Mam hotpot is a Western delicacy that shows the sophistication of the culinary culture of the people of the South West
It can be said that the hot pot sauce is a Western delicacy that shows the sophistication of the culinary culture of the people of the South West, making it a special specialty of the river. Besides Bac Lieu, you can also enjoy this dish in other places in the West such as: Can Tho, An Giang, Soc Trang …
Coconut leaf cake
Coconut leaf cake or many people also known as coconut cake is made from sticky glutinous rice combined with the aroma of coconut milk, grated coconut and beans and wrapped in coconut leaves, then tightly wrapped and boiled. Coconut cake usually has many types such as: green bean, fatty meat, banana or sweet coconut. This rustic dish appears in most of the western provinces and is a familiar snack associated with the childhood of many people. When eating coconut leaf cake, it will have the aromatic sticky taste of the sticky rice, the pulp of the beans, the fat of the coconut and the special flavor of the kernel.
Coconut cake filling usually has many types such as: green bean, fatty meat, banana or sweet coconut
Braised beef
Braised beef is a popular street food in the West, this is actually a type of spring roll with a mixture of cassava roots, shrimp, lettuce, sausage, eggs and herbs wrapped in a thin layer of rice paper. When eating, people will dab with pureed soy sauce and taste spices to taste. The layer of mixed vegetables and stir-fried cassava roots, inside there is also a red shrimp meat, when served with a thick black sauce mixed with a little spicy satay, a little bit of pulp and peanuts, there is nothing more delicious. Today’s beef is not only popular in the southwestern provinces, but also very famous in other localities, but typically Saigon.
When eating, people will dab with pureed soy sauce and taste spices to taste