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Experience the wonders of Moc Chau tourism not only through its stunning natural landscapes but also through its famous and delicious specialties such as beef hotpot, colorful sticky rice, catfish hotpot, stone snails, and freshwater fish. Let Mytour guide you through the top 10 renowned dishes of Moc Chau that you must try at least once in your lifetime.
Savor the Delicacy: Beef Hotpot
Beef hotpot stands out as the most famous specialty to indulge in during your Moc Chau tour. Small pieces of tender beef marinated in traditional spices and then simmered in hot oil. The beef is cooked until golden brown. When eating, the beef is tender, sweet, with crispy skin, and has an incredibly appealing aroma. What could be better than enjoying a hot and smoky beef hotpot on a chilly evening? A plate of beef hotpot costs only from 100,000 to 150,000 VND and this dish is quite popular in Moc Chau, you can find it anywhere.
The renowned beef hotpot of Moc Chau. (Image: Internet)
Colorful Sticky Rice
Colorful sticky rice is a popular and rustic dish of the Northwestern mountainous people. The rice is cooked from glutinous rice. The sticky rice is dry, fragrant, and mixed with various special leaves of the Northwestern region, creating vibrant colors such as black, red, yellow, purple, orange... extremely brilliant and delicious. This is a simple dish but loved by both domestic tourists and foreign visitors.
Colorful Sticky Rice. (Image: Internet)
Salmon
Salmon, raised in high mountainous regions, boasts tender and fragrant meat, devoid of excessive fat, making it a specialty in the Northwest. It is prepared in various dishes such as salads, grilled, smoked, hot pot, or congee. The most delicious salmon dish in Moc Chau region is a salad accompanied by greens, ginger, green mango, and sour leaves, creating a rich and nutritious flavor for the dish.
Moc Chau Salmon. (Image: Internet)
Cat's Ear Greens
Cat's ear greens are a special type of vegetable primarily grown in Moc Chau. They are cultivated year-round, and upon first taste, you may find them bitter, but the more you eat, the sweeter and crunchier they become. Cat's ear greens are prepared in various ways such as boiled, in soups, hotpot, or stir-fried with garlic, incredibly enticing. Moc Chau tourism, after enjoying this cat's ear greens dish, you can buy some as gifts for your loved ones.
Cat's Ear Greens - A familiar dish in Moc Chau. (Image: Internet)
Mountain Stream Fish
Mountain stream fish in Moc Chau is a tantalizing favorite among tourists. These fish are usually small, and the best way to enjoy them is marinated with spices and then grilled golden over charcoal. Although it's a simple dish, with delicate preparation, mountain stream fish always receives admiration and delights diners when visiting Moc Chau.
Moc Chau Mountain Stream Fish. (Image: Internet)
Buffalo Cooked Over Hearth
This dish is a common cuisine among ethnic groups in the Northwest mountainous regions as well as in Moc Chau. Buffalo cooked over hearth is a specialty of the Black Thai people in Moc Chau. This dish is extremely unique as the meat is cooked until it becomes tough and dry over the hearth smoke. The meat has a sweet and earthy flavor, very distinctive. The Thai people often use this dish to entertain guests, as well as accompany with drinks. The price for one kilogram of buffalo cooked over hearth ranges from 650,000 to 750,000 Vietnamese dong.
Buffalo Cooked Over Hearth. (Image: Internet)
Stone Snails
Stone snails are caught from stream crevices and can be prepared into various dishes such as bamboo shoot soup, stone snail salad with green mango, basil, or boiled. The most popular stone snail dish is boiled snails dipped in simple chili fish sauce, offering a sweet, crunchy, fragrant taste combined with the rich flavor of fish sauce. Try tasting stone snails once during your Moc Chau tour to experience the deliciousness of one of the simplest dishes in the Northwest mountainous region.
Boiled Stone Snails. (Image: Internet)
Wild Yam
Wild yam is a specialty tuber of the Dao people in Moc Chau. It is simply prepared, often stewed with bones. When cooked, the yam turns a golden color, offering a chewy and fragrant texture.
Nam Pia
Nam Pia is a specialty dish of the high mountainous region, but it's a dish that not everyone dares to try. This is because the ingredients for making Nam Pia include: frozen blood, meat, cartilage, tail, heart, stomach, liver, and a part of young intestines containing calf's feces. All these ingredients are stewed until tender with a very distinctive aroma.
Nam Pia - Famous specialty in Moc Chau. (Image: Internet)
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