Innovative Seaweed Creations from Lý Sơn Island

Seaweed salad, seaweed dessert, and dried seaweed right on Lý Sơn Island are the dishes used to soothe the early summer heat.

Exploring Lý Sơn Island's Unusual Seaweed Variations

When visiting a coastal area, seafood often comes to mind. Put aside king crabs, devilfish, or conch shells… don't forget to seek out the 'green vegetables' from Lý Sơn sea - a common but nutritious ingredient.

This special term is reserved for seaweed salad on the emerald island. This marine creature looks like vermicelli strands on land, but clear, with colors ranging from lush green to golden yellow. Usually, smaller seaweed strands are preferred for their higher nutritional value.

Seaweed doesn't taste fishy as it's rinsed with lemon-infused water multiple times. Simply boiled until cooked, seaweed maintains a satisfying chewiness.

Various places intricately craft seaweed salad with shrimp, meat, chicken cartilage, dried beef... However, in Lý Sơn, seaweed only needs to be mixed with crushed peanuts, mint leaves, drizzled with garlic chili fish sauce, fried shallots, and a splash of lime juice on top to create an unforgettable dish for guests from all corners.

Seaweed Agar Dessert

Known as a dessert, seaweed agar can be sliced into pieces and held in hand like a cake, as seaweed agar can set on its own after cooking without any additives.

Amidst the scorching summer day, biting into a clear, golden, sweet piece of agar, all discomfort from the weather seems to vanish, replaced only by the gentle coolness flowing down the throat from the open sea.

Dried Seaweed

Travelers enthralled by the 'sea vegetables' can take this precious ingredient home by purchasing cleaned dried seaweed for over 200,000 VND per kilogram.

Typically, soaking one kilogram of dried seaweed will yield about 6 – 7 kilograms of fresh seaweed, which is light and not bulky, making this delicacy a famous souvenir of Lý Sơn Island. After soaking, dried seaweed will have a translucent white color, suitable for preparing many exotic and nutritious dishes.

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Reference: Travel Handbook by Mytour