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When you visit Tuyên Quang, it's not just the stunning landscapes like the Dream Waterfall and Na Hang Lake that captivate you, but also the delectable cuisine. Check out these top 9 renowned Tuyên Quang delicacies:
1. Ham Yen Honey Mandarin
You might already know about Ham Yen Honey Mandarin, a famous brand of citrus fruits in Vietnam, hailed as one of the most delicious fruits in Tuyên Quang for generations. Cultivated by locals in Ham Yen district, Tuyên Quang province.
Ham Yen Honey Mandarin - Tuyên Quang's Special Gift
The mandarins here boast uniformly golden, juicy segments, never dry, visually appealing, intensely sweet, and incredibly refreshing. Traders and tourists often purchase them in large quantities for resale or as gifts for loved ones and friends.
If you're looking to buy Ham Yen honey mandarins, you can check out the address for purchasing Tuyên Quang specialties, Ham Yen honey mandarins at National Highway 2, Tan Uyen Town, Ham Yen, Tuyên Quang.
2. Lô River Sand Goby Salad
Mentioning the Lo River often brings to mind the song: “The Epic of the Lo River,” a river that has entered the legends of our ancestors in the fight against invaders in the old days. Perhaps that's why the specialty dish of Tuyên Quang, Sand Goby Salad, here is different from the usual fish salads. The sand goby bones are ground into fine powder, roasted golden brown, then mixed evenly with roasted peanuts to create a savory fish floss. After filtering out the fish meat, it is soaked in sour ear fruits (a type of fruit similar to winter melon but with sour seeds inside, crunchy and sweet) to remove the fishy taste.
Specialty Lo River Sand Goby Salad
When eating, it's served with various fresh vegetables, banana flowers, and a dipping sauce with the sour, spicy, salty, and sweet taste of lime, chili, and wild herbs. The refreshing taste of the fish meat, the crispy texture of banana flowers will make it a memorable dish. These are the reasons why Lo River Sand Goby Salad has become a specialty.
If you have the chance to visit Tuyên Quang, you should try this Sand Goby Salad dish at Lanh Phi Seafood Restaurant at 104 Pham Van Dong, An Tuong Commune, Tuyên Quang City, Tuyên Quang Province.
3. Black Pork
If you're wondering what to eat in Tuyên Quang, don't miss out on this special dish, black pork. Tuyên Quang's specialty black pork is a well-known dish that everyone has heard of. The pigs here are raised naturally, without the use of growth hormones, so they are very firm and clean. Especially when cooked, there is no excess water, and the skin is very crispy.
Black pork is one of the delicious dishes in Tuyên Quang that many tourists love
The purchased pork can be prepared into various dishes, such as stir-frying with lemongrass and chili, which is the most common way of cooking. The spiciness of the chili, the aroma of the lemongrass combined with the firm, fragrant pieces of meat, just a taste will leave a lasting memory. If you have the opportunity to visit here, don't forget to enjoy this black pork dish!
You can purchase Tuyên Quang's specialty black pork at Tam Co Market, Nguyen Trai, Tan Quang Ward, Tuyên Quang Province.
4. Dried Bamboo Shoots
Dried bamboo shoots are a famous specialty in Tuyên Quang that everyone who visits here wants to buy as a gift. The bamboo shoots here have a natural, tender, sweet flavor, not bitter at all. Just harvested bamboo shoots can be processed immediately. People often handcraft them, boil them, then sun-dry them naturally for 3 to 4 days until they are hard and dry, without any chemicals, ensuring safety for health.
Tuyên Quang's dried bamboo shoots are handcrafted, thus ensuring health safety.
Good quality dried bamboo shoots will have a hint of sunshine aroma, without any sour smell unlike lower-quality varieties. When you buy dried bamboo shoots, you can prepare them into various dishes such as dried bamboo shoot duck noodle soup, braised pork with dried bamboo shoots, or simmered pork knuckles with bamboo shoots...
The address to purchase Tuyên Quang's specialty dried bamboo shoots is: Dry goods store at Block 17, Na Hang Town, Tuyên Quang Province.
5. Chiêm Hóa Thorny Cake
When thinking about Tuyên Quang specialties as gifts, people often mention the thorny cake from Chiêm Hóa district, Tuyên Quang province. Chiêm Hóa is known for its beautiful landscapes such as Ban Ba waterfall in Trung Ha commune, Tham Hoc Cave, Tham Vai Cave... apart from its poetic and charming landscapes, Chiêm Hóa is also famous for various specialty dishes.
The thorny cake in Chiêm Hóa is very special, made from glutinous rice, green beans, pandan leaves, fresh coconut, pumpkin jam, banana oil, lotus seeds, and lard. The cake is made from pandan leaves, glutinous rice, green beans, fresh coconut, pumpkin jam, lotus seeds, banana oil, sugarcane honey, and lard.
Thorny Cake - Chiêm Hóa Specialty Tuyên Quang
The earthy taste of green beans, fresh coconut blending with the sweetness of sugarcane honey, with a hint of lard, combined with the aroma of banana oil,... has created the authentic Chiêm Hóa thorny cake.
You can find thorny cake at Cầu Chiêm Hóa area, Vinh Loc Town, Chiêm Hóa district, Tuyên Quang province.
6. Chiêm Hóa Field Fish Sauce
Also a specialty dish of Chiêm Hóa, Tuyên Quang, Chiêm Hóa Field Fish Sauce is known as a traditional dish and an effective hangover cure. Making field fish sauce here requires a lot of effort and meticulousness. It takes 3 months to raise fish in the fields and 10 months to ferment before obtaining this special fish sauce. Good field fish sauce will have a fragrant aroma, not fishy or foul, with a purple-red color that is very eye-catching.
Chiêm Hóa Field Fish Sauce
Dipping it with boiled meat and boiled vegetables, along with steamed rice, you will clearly feel the richness and aroma of the fish. You can visit Biển Rừng restaurant at 340 Pham Van Dong, Hung Thanh Ward, Tuyên Quang City to buy this fish sauce.
7. Ant Egg Glutinous Rice Cake
Tuyên Quang cuisine is incredibly diverse, with some intriguing names like ant egg glutinous rice cake. Thanks to the creativity of the Tày ethnic people, we have this very special dish.
A specialty Tuyên Quang cake with a very special filling
The cake outer layer is made from soft and sticky glutinous rice flour, while the filling inside contains fragrant fried shallots combined with clusters of white and creamy ant eggs. It's hard to believe that ant eggs can be turned into a dish, yet this rustic dish has won the hearts of many.
If you want to taste this unique dish, you can visit Phu Luu Town Market, Ham Yen District, Tuyên Quang.
8. Na Hang Corn Wine
Tuyên Quang cuisine is incredibly diverse and varied. Among them, we must mention the corn wine of the Tày ethnic people in Na Hang district (Na Hang is a legendary land, meaning 'the end of the land' in the Tày language, located 110km north of Tuyên Quang town)
The wine here has a distinctive aroma of corn, blending with a sweet taste, harmless to health. Due to its low alcohol content, it's hard for drinkers to get drunk.
Na Hang Corn Wine is very easy to drink, even women can enjoy it
When brewing Na Hang corn wine, one must be extremely careful, meticulous, and patient. To make fragrant and delicious wine, first, you must have high-quality yeast, which is quite special and is a blend of over 20 rare medicinal herbs known for their excellent health benefits such as galangal, wormwood, wild chili, bamboo leaves, ngô nắm, licorice, sand ginger, pài đổng (wild cotton tree), and sweet flag…
You can visit Na Hang Market, at Block 17, Na Hang Town, Tuyên Quang Province to buy Na Hang corn wine.
9. Soi Lam Glutinous Corn
Soi Lam, also known as Soi Tinh Huc, is the prime growing land for glutinous corn. Soi Lam land lies amidst the Lô River, flowing through Nong Tien and Hung Thanh wards of Tuyên Quang. Rarely does any place have a specialty like glutinous corn in Soi Lam, Tuyên Quang. The glutinous corn here is small, with thin husks, uniformly dense golden kernels, and a chewy texture, unlike any other glutinous corn varieties.
Soi Lam Glutinous Corn
The glutinous corn variety here is the local one, and the seeds are preserved by the locals themselves. During this season, seeds will be saved for the next season, so the taste remains the same. In the past, the glutinous corn here was even presented as gifts to kings and lords.
People can visit the market at Block 22, Hung Thanh Ward, Tuyên Quang City to buy Soi Lam glutinous corn.
Here are the most famous specialties in Tuyen. Have you tried any delicious dishes from Tuyên Quang yet? Our article may have missed some delicious specialties of Tuyên Quang cuisine that we couldn't include all, thanks for helping us by commenting below the article.
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Minh Phuong & PasGo Team.
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