Long An and strange specialties, easily addictive
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Long An cuisine attracts diners by the unique but unique specialties, from salty food to sweet food, once to eat and remember forever.
Sour salt pork – strange mouth, attractive from the first time
This is a specialty Long An specially fermented by people with forest leaves, so it has a very unique sour taste. Soft meat, passionate aroma, served with fig leaves, young guava creates a harmonious flavor. The food often appears on special occasions, parties or gifts. Those who have ever tried it recognize this as one of the most strange dishes in Long An.
Hotpot fish sauce – rich in flavor of river water
Specialty This Long An has broth cooked from flexible fish sauce, choking fish, combined with shrimp, squid, fish and copper vegetables. Strong aroma, bold taste, served with vermicelli and raw vegetables to create unforgettable meals. This dish is not only delicious but also clearly shows the culinary style of Westerners. Coming to Long An, hotpot sauce is always the choice of favorite tourists.
Can Giuoc – fragrant, rich in the countryside
If you are looking for a strange home gift but “eating is addicted”, the Can Giuoc fish sauce is the suggestion not to be missed. Made from small fermented smallcuffs, this fish sauce has a moderate salty taste, mixed with a bit of sweetness and characteristic aroma that is hard to resist. Just once tasted, that rich taste will make you remember the hometown of Long An – especially the land of Can Giuoc where this dish was born.
Blood cockle blood – Long An’s irresistible dish
If you have the opportunity to visit Long An, do not miss the blood cockle soup – a strange and attractive specialty. The dish is impressed by the rich flavor, when combined with fresh lemon juice, spicy mustard, fresh blood cockle meat, add a little onion and aromatic coriander … all blend to create a whole freshness and stimulate the taste.
Crispy carp hotpot – The folk hotpot holds the guests
For those who gourd, crispy carp hotpot is probably not too strange. However, enjoying this dish in Long An brings a completely different experience. Fresh carp, firm meat, crispy crispy skin typical mixed with the sweetness of the broth carefully simmered, added tomatoes, pineapple, green vegetables, lemongrass … creating a delicious hot pot hard to resist. The rustic flavor is rich, right, Long An!
Snakehead fish porridge bitter vegetables – warm heart of the countryside
No need to be picky, only with fresh snakehead fish, fragrant rice and a bit of bitter bitter vegetables, the Long An people have created a rustic but attractive porridge. Hot bowl of porridge with sweetness from cooked rice, soft snakehead fish absorbing spices, blending with the faint aroma of ginger, turmeric, lemongrass and a little bitter bitter at the tongue of bitter vegetables – all blended to create a dish that makes anyone eat and remember forever.
Coconut root salad – cool home taste
Although it is no stranger, the coconut root salad in Long An has an unforgettable unique feature. The crispy, crispy coconut root is mixed with fresh shrimp, herbs, roasted peanuts and the typical Western fruits to create a dish with enough sour, sweet, spicy and cool taste. Each salad is like a delicate package in the cuisine of the river.
Siamese vermicelli – unique interference flavor
Despite its origin from Cambodia, but when coming to Long An, Siamese vermicelli is put on a new look thanks to the skillful variation of the people here. Soft vermicelli noodles combined with snakehead fish are soaked with turmeric powder, add a little bit of sour taste and typical spices that have created a dish with a rich, cool, strange and attractive flavor. Even just trying once is enough to remember forever.
Forest squid hotpot – strange delicious dishes that make diners nostalgic
Hearing the name was curious, the forest squid hotpot was a strange specialty that made anyone who tried it once hard to forget. Fresh, chewy squid blended with rich hotpot broth made from ginger, lemongrass, pineapple, onions … creating salty – sweet – sour – spicy flavor extremely caught. A dish is not only delicious but also makes the taste buds awakened in each first piece.
Grilled snakehead fish – rich in the flavor of the countryside
Bringing the rustic features of the river, grilled snakehead fish is a rustic dish but “causing missing” with the crispy yellow skin, slightly scorched outside, the inner meat is soft, sweet, greasy and bold. For a delicious taste, you should enjoy with rice paper, fresh vermicelli, raw vegetables and a cup of sour fish sauce or green chili salt – make sure to eat is addicted!
Minh Hieu (General)
