04/10/2023
Be ecstatic with the specialties of the Western floating season.
When you come to the West from September to November every year, you can enjoy many delicious rustic and typical dishes. The dishes not only contain the essence of heaven and earth but are also filled with the generous hearts of the people. Visiting the West during flood season, visitors not only discover beautiful landscapes, experience the close-knit lifestyle of the people, but also enjoy rustic, rustic but unforgettable dishes.
1. Linh fish hotpot
A hot pot of Linh fish sauce brings together the essence of Southern cuisine, combining ingredients from specialty fish, served with many types of vegetables only found in the West, and the fish sauce hot pot has a balanced taste between salty and salty. and sweet, fragrant lemongrass, combined with the sweetness of fish meat and seafood to create a rich, ecstatic flavor.
2. Sesbania cotton pancakes
Banh xeo with sesbania flowers is a very harmonious combination of sour and spicy flavors from the dipping sauce, sweetness of shrimp and meat, crispy crust of the cake, sesbania flowers and the richness of onion fat. The cake is eaten with vegetables from the home garden such as: Polyscias fruticosa shoots, mango shoots, cashew shoots, apricot leaves... giving people a new and unforgettable flavor of banh xeo.
3. Braised fish sauce served with water lily and chives
Although braised fish sauce is a rustic dish, its rich flavor makes people fall in love with it. The aroma of fish sauce, the fatty taste of pork belly, the sweetness of fish combined with spices and raw vegetables served with water lilies, water chives, water spinach,... bring unforgettable aftertaste of the region. Southwest.
4. Field crab
The flood season is also the time when crabs proliferate in the fields. Field crabs can be processed into many delicious dishes such as vermicelli noodles, boiled crabs dipped in salt and chili, roasted crabs with salt... for a simple, familiar flavor. If crab bodies are often used to cook soup, hotpot or vermicelli noodles, then Crab claws are even more popular. The crab claws are big, sturdy and firm, and the meat can be prepared by steaming with lemongrass, boiling or roasting with salt. No matter what form it is, it still makes people "please" because of its natural sweetness and fat.
5. Hamsters
There are many types of mice that can also be processed into hundreds of different dishes: mice cooked in sour soup, braised mice, grilled mice with chao, mice stir-fried with way leaves, custard apple leaves, lemongrass and chili... even more strange is the grilled field mouse dish. runny nose.
6. Snakehead fish
The characteristic of the rustic grilled snakehead fish dish is that the fish does not need to be prepared, meaning it is not scaled, not scraped, not gutted, and not marinated with spices. Snakehead fish has just been caught from the river, washed, skewered with a long stick from mouth to tail, then buried in a pile of dry straw and then lit on fire or stick the stick into the ground, cover with straw and light the fire until the ashes burn. . When the fish is cooked, scrape off the scorched scales to reveal white and fragrant fish meat, eaten with tamarind sauce and often rolled with rice paper and various herbs.
7. “Long-legged dancer”
'Long-legged dancer', also known as dried frog, is known as a famous specialty in the West that is loved by many people. Western dried frog is fondly called by beautiful names such as "dancing girl". long legs", "rich woman"... perhaps because this dish brings an unforgettable flavor, like a beautiful girl that makes it difficult for people to ignore when looking at it. Dried fish can be processed into many other delicious dishes such as dried fish grilled on charcoal stove, deep fried, dried fish fried in garlic butter or more elaborately "long-legged dancer" fried with fish sauce.
8. Three knots
Ba Khia is an extremely familiar dish of Westerners when they return to this cape, but if you haven't tried a bowl of hot rice served with Ba Khia mixed with a little lemon, garlic, chili, Pineapple, sugar... that's a huge omission
Source: DuLichViet