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When visiting Quy Nhon, besides exploring its famous landmarks and enjoying beach activities, what delicacies await? Join us in savoring the culinary delights of Quy Nhon during your vacation with family, friends, or colleagues to make your trip even more fulfilling, as shared in the following article.
1. Quy Nhon Fish Cake
One of the culinary highlights in Quy Nhon that leaves a lasting impression on travelers is the Quy Nhon fish cake. Locals here carefully select the freshest fish and harmoniously blend them with various spices to create a dish that perfectly captures the essence of the sea.
Here you can indulge in steamed or fried fish cake with its characteristic delicious flavor. Locals share that hand-ground fish cake yields a chewier and tastier texture. Fish cake can be used in noodle dishes, served with rice rolls, bread, in soups, or simply fried golden and enjoyed with chili sauce.
The price of fish cake ranges from 200,000đ to 210,000đ per kilogram.
2. Straw-encased pork roll
Straw-encased pork roll is a distinctive and unique dish in terms of name, appearance, and flavor in Binh Dinh. The dish is made from the ears and meat from the front part of the pig combined with ingredients such as sesame, roasted rice powder, garlic, galangal, and black pepper.
When enjoying straw-encased pork roll, you'll taste the sweetness of the meat, combined with the rich aroma of spices, and the crispy texture of the skin, cartilage, and tendons, creating a very distinctive flavor. To enhance the flavor of the dish, it is often served with fresh vegetables, grilled sesame rice paper dipped in water, and rolled with chili garlic fish sauce.
The price of straw-encased pork roll ranges from 25,000đ to 30,000đ per piece.
To purchase straw-encased pork roll, you can visit the following addresses:
3. Vietnamese sticky rice cake
This is a quite popular dish in Quy Nhon, originating from Bong Son town, Hoai Son. You can enjoy this dish all along the streets and alleys in Quy Nhon. The main ingredients of the Vietnamese sticky rice cake are rice flour, supplemented with sesame oil, minced meat, finely crushed roasted peanuts, and dipping sauce.
The price of Vietnamese sticky rice cake is also quite affordable, ranging from 10,000đ to 20,000đ per serving.
To enjoy Vietnamese sticky rice cake, you can visit Dam Market or drop by the small shops at 81 Mai Xuan Thuong or 307 Tran Hung Dao, Quy Nhon.
4. Coconut water rice paper cake
Binh Dinh is famous for its coconut-growing region, especially Tam Quan. Thus, it would be a missed opportunity not to savor coconut water rice paper cakes when in Quy Nhon.
The cake is made from wheat flour, rice flour mixed with coconut water, and added with sesame, peanuts, salt, etc., creating a distinctive flavor for the dish.
The price of each rice paper cake ranges from 5,000đ to 8,000đ depending on the size, and you can easily find this specialty in Quy Nhon. However, to buy delicious coconut water rice paper cakes, you can visit Nau Thuy Trinh's specialty store - 03D Tang Bat Ho, Quy Nhon.
5. Bau Da wine
One delicacy in Quy Nhon that you shouldn't miss is Bau Da Wine. The main ingredient is carefully selected brown rice, cooked with traditional secrets, creating a unique flavor for the wine.
However, due to its high alcohol content, you should not drink too much. This is also a gift you can buy to give to your father, brother, or male colleagues at the company or office.
The price ranges from 20,000đ to 125,000đ per liter.
To choose the right type of delicious wine, you should visit the traditional craft village in Cu Lam hamlet, Nhon Loc commune, An Nhon district, Binh Dinh province or visit specialty stores such as:
6. Thorn leaf cake
This is a specialty that carries the rustic flavor of Binh Dinh. Made from thorn leaves, sticky rice, fragrant green bean filling, and finely chopped fresh coconut, with a sprinkle of roasted sesame, this simple cake has a very distinctive and delicious taste.
The price of thorn leaf cakes is also very affordable, ranging from 30,000đ to 40,000đ for 10 pieces.
To buy delicious thorn leaf cakes, you should visit the following addresses:
7. Fermented Sea Cucumber Sauce
Sea cucumber - a nutritious sea specialty
Sea cucumber sauce is a delicacy in Quy Nhon that you shouldn't miss. Sea cucumbers are soft-bodied creatures living in the rocky coastal areas of warm waters, as well as in seaweed. Although there are many types, for making fermented sauce, people often choose black sea cucumbers.
To make sea cucumber sauce, people put sea cucumber meat into earthen jars, sprinkle some salt on top, then bury it in ash or expose it to the sun for 10 - 15 days. When ripe, the sea cucumber sauce will have a cloudy red color, smooth texture, and a distinctive aroma.
Locals here enjoy sea cucumber sauce with fresh vermicelli or use it as a dipping sauce for raw vegetables and thinly sliced pork belly rolled in rice paper.
The price of sea cucumber sauce ranges from 80,000đ to 120,000đ per jar, and to buy delicious sauce, you should visit My An commune, Phu My district, Binh Dinh province.
8. Jumping shrimp rice pancake
Jumping shrimp rice pancake with crispy crust made from delicious aged rice, soaked overnight with a little salt and ground finely. The filling inside is chosen from shrimp just caught, still jumping, so very fresh.
When eating, it will be accompanied by rice paper rolls with sour mango strips, a few slices of bitter banana, a bit of starfruit dip, along with a specially prepared dipping sauce, creating a very enticing flavor that makes you never get tired of eating.
Some delicious jumping shrimp rice pancake stalls in Quy Nhon:
9. Tam Quan Pink Cake
One of the quite famous specialties when visiting Binh Dinh is Tam Quan Pink Cake. The cake is made from glutinous rice, diameter sugar, and coconut, creating a very distinctive flavor.
To buy Tam Quan Pink Cake as a gift, you can visit Nau Thuy Trinh's specialty store - 03D Tang Bat Ho, Quy Nhon, the price for a large size is 40,000đ/cake with a diameter of about 15-20cm.
10. Quy Nhon Braised Squid
Braised squid is a delicious dish in Quy Nhon that you should also try. It has a spicy taste, chewy texture, when chewed, you can feel the aroma of squid mixed with spices such as pepper, garlic, chili, the longer you chew, the sweeter the squid tastes, adding a little lime will enhance the irresistible flavor.
To enjoy this dish, you can visit the food street on Ngo Van So. Besides, due to careful preservation, it will be very convenient when buying it as a gift.
You can visit Nau Thuy Trinh's specialty store - 03D Tang Bat Ho, Quy Nhon, prices range from 50,000đ to 60,000đ per box.
Quy Nhon has countless delicious specialties, however, the top 10 famous and most beloved specialties listed above are renowned. Hopefully, during your trip to Binh Dinh, you will have the opportunity to enjoy many delicious dishes and also buy them as gifts. If you find any other remarkable dishes, please update us!
Posted by: Huu Dat Joseph
Keywords: Top 10 delicious specialties of Quy Nhon
