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When Bac Lieu is mentioned, one immediately thinks of its hometown of the famous playboy, a figure renowned for his lavish lifestyle. Visitors to Bac Lieu also have the opportunity to enjoy don ca tai tu music, listen to the melody of 'Da co hoai lang,' and explore the charming natural landscapes of rivers and lakes. If you're unsure about choosing the best specialty foods of Bac Lieu as gifts, let's explore them together in this article.
Below are some suggestions for the top specialty foods of Bac Lieu, the most delicious gifts. Let's take a look.
Bac Lieu Three-Spice Meat
Bac Lieu Three-Spice Crab
Bac Lieu Turnip Cake
Turnip cake is a specialty food, a unique feature in Bac Lieu's culinary culture. The crust of Bac Lieu turnip cake is made from wheat flour and finely ground white turnip, rolled extremely thin. The filling consists of white turnip, taro, dried shrimp, and meat, with a complex and meticulous cooking process. The cake has a beautiful white outer layer with green filling, creating an appealing and appetizing appearance. The sweet and savory taste of the meat blends harmoniously with the sweetness of the turnip, creating a unique flavor of Bac Lieu turnip cake.
Ngan Dua Tamarind Cake
Ngan Dua Tamarind Cake
Water mimosa
Water mimosa is a specialty not only in Bac Lieu but also in the Mekong Delta region. Water mimosa is a type of wild grass, but because it is a delicious dish, water mimosa is increasingly cultivated. Water mimosa is prepared into many specialty dishes such as stir-fried water mimosa with shrimp, pickled water mimosa, stir-fried water mimosa with meat, water mimosa soup, etc. Each dish has its own unique and characteristic flavors. You can buy pickled water mimosa as a gift for your relatives and friends to enjoy.
Spicy Beef Noodles Bac Lieu Style
Spicy beef noodles is one of the specialties of Bac Lieu. If you have the opportunity to visit Bac Lieu, don't miss this specialty dish. Spicy beef noodles have a rich flavor, a harmonious combination of spicy, sour, sweet, fatty, and savory tastes, a special flavor that you will find hard to forget once you've tasted it. The ingredients for this dish are quite simple, not too complicated, just choose good quality beef, add onions, tomatoes, a little ginger, garlic, and spices. The broth is dark yellow, the beef is delicious, and the spicy taste is extremely attractive.
Snakehead fish braised with pickled mustard greens
Snakehead fish is a type of fish that breeds in brackish water, most commonly found in Ca Mau and Bac Lieu. Snakehead fish are small but have few bones and sweet flesh, so chefs have prepared many delicious and attractive dishes such as braised snakehead fish with fish sauce, cooked in porridge, cooked in sour soup, braised, fried, grilled with salt and chili ... especially braised snakehead fish with pickled mustard greens, a specialty dish of Bac Lieu. Braised snakehead fish with pickled mustard greens eaten with a hot bowl of white rice is incomparable.
Bac Lieu Fermented Fish Hotpot
Bac Lieu Fermented Fish Hotpot features snakehead fish, carp, or snakehead fish to provide distinct flavors. The spices for the hotpot include lemongrass and fried garlic. Besides fish, the hotpot also includes other delicious ingredients such as pork belly, striped snakehead fish, croaker fish, catfish, mudfish, snakehead fish, shrimp, squid, etc. Enjoyed with fresh vegetables, it creates a harmonious blend of countryside flavors from Bac Lieu. The local vegetables are diverse, including crab claws, coconut leaves, mac leaves, bitter vegetables, water spinach, wild betel leaves, taro stems, swamp morning glory, bean sprouts, banana flowers, elephant ear leaves, coriander, basil, gourd, snake gourd, eggplant, and various types of tomatoes such as bitter melon, dragon fruit, and eggplant. If you have the chance, don't miss out on tasting Bac Lieu Fermented Fish Hotpot, a specialty dish of Bac Lieu.
Anchovy Fish Sauce
Bac Lieu is an area favored by nature for its abundance of fish and shrimp, making it famous for its particularly delicious fish sauces. Anchovy fish sauce is a Bac Lieu specialty that you shouldn't miss if you have the opportunity to taste it.
To make an attractive jar of fish sauce, when catching anchovies, soak them in cold water for about two hours, remove the large branches attached to the head, gut them, rinse thoroughly, sun-dry until slightly dry, then marinate with salt. Especially, delicious anchovy fish sauce is made by mixing fish with a glass of rice wine, sugar, roasted peanuts, roasted salt, all put into a tightly closed jar, and left to ferment for 7 to 10 days before use. The quality of the fish sauce depends on the salt and rice wine.
A plate of fermented anchovy fish is usually served with ginger, chili, and on the side are plates of vegetables, bitter bananas, and star fruits, making it absolutely delicious.
Vinh Hung Sour Fermented Fish Sauce
Vinh Hung sour fermented fish sauce is famous as a specialty dish of Bac Lieu thanks to its delicious and authentic taste. Vinh Hung sour fish sauce without bones is a rustic dish, prepared by fermenting fresh river fish. To make sour fish sauce, people must choose fresh river fish just caught from the river, usually roach or snakehead fish. It's best not to choose large fish, but rather small fish with soft bones, so that they can be chewed without removing the bones when eating.
To make sour fish sauce, meticulousness and skill are required to produce the most authentic sauce. When the sauce is cooked, the jar emits an extremely attractive aroma, the sauce still retains its original fish shape but all the bones have become soft. Sour fish sauce is eaten with thinly sliced pork belly, wrapped with cucumber, herbs, bitter bananas, star fruits, basil, mint leaves, etc. The salty-sweet taste of sour fish sauce, the rich sweetness of pork, and the fresh, tangy taste of the accompanying vegetables have made sour fish sauce even more flavorful and indescribable.
Silverback Longans of Bac Lieu
Silverback longans are a specialty of Bac Lieu, with shiny, thin skin, glossy appearance, and a sweet, refreshing taste. In Bac Lieu, silverback longans produce large and high-quality fruits. If you have the opportunity to visit Bac Lieu, visiting a longan orchard allows you to enjoy the fragrant and sweet longans while experiencing the tranquil and peaceful atmosphere of the countryside here.
Above, Mytour has shared with you the specialties of Bac Lieu, the most delicious specialties to bring back when visiting Bac Lieu. Hopefully, if you have the chance to visit Bac Lieu, you will not miss out on these specialties.
