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Mui Ne, located in Phan Thiet, is a famous tourist destination attracting visitors every year. Tourists come here to feast their eyes and immerse themselves in the blue sea, golden sunshine, tall coconut trees, and sprawling golden sand dunes. However, the culinary world here is incredibly diverse. If you haven't tasted these dishes yet, you can't say you've been to Phan Thiet.
Vietnamese Pancakes
The best place to enjoy Vietnamese pancakes in Phan Thiet is at 168 Thủ Khoa Huân, TP Phan Thiết. The restaurant opens from 4 PM to 10 PM. Most tourists come here to try and rate it as delicious.
Although this quaint eatery sets up shop on the sidewalk with plastic chairs and tables, it boasts a bustling crowd drawn to its unique dipping sauce, meticulously crafted and visually appealing with eggs and tiny shrimps.
Banh can, made from glutinous rice flour, puffs up beautifully when cooked. The owner pours the batter into small molds without greasing them, then grills the cakes alongside finely chopped scallions.
If you ever find yourself in Phan Thiet for a vacation, make sure to try the tantalizing and exotic banh can, a delicious local specialty priced affordably from 15-30k VND, guaranteeing a satisfying and filling meal.
Translucent dumplings filled with shrimp and meat (banh bot loc tom thit)
This dish has been a long-standing favorite among distant travelers, cherished for its chewy, sweet, rich, and spicy characteristics, filled with a memorable shrimp and meat filling and a deeply aromatic flavor. The cake is meticulously crafted using refined wheat flour.
Banh quai vac is a popular street food easily found in sidewalk eateries.
Seafood salad
Phan Thiet is renowned for its sunny and windy climate, along with its enticing, nourishing array of fresh seafood. Visitors here must not miss out on indulging in these seafood salads!
Spiked snail salad consists of thinly sliced spiky snail meat, fresh vegetables, pork, roasted peanuts, fried shallots, all tossed in a deliciously sweet and tangy fish sauce dressing.
Fish salad is prepared using freshwater fish such as catfish, snakehead fish, or mudfish, served with fresh vegetables, herbs, and a special Phan Thiet dipping sauce.
Banh canh:
When in Phan Thiet, savor the nutritious and simple banh canh soup, served with bread and a delectable boiled egg dipping sauce.
Particularly in Phan Thiet, banh canh stands out with its loose noodles, unlike elsewhere where it's dense and sticky. The distinguishing factor is the fragrant broth infused with various types of fish like mackerel, snakehead fish, tuna, and grouper, all blending together to create a mouthwatering specialty of Phan Thiet.
Fermented shrimp paste with rice paper
Another specialty for travelers to relish here is fermented shrimp paste with rice paper. This dish is not overly complex, consisting of thin rice paper rolls filled with shredded rice paper, chopped laksa leaves, sour mango, shredded star fruit, pickled quail eggs, and cucumbers. The dipping sauce is the distinctive Phan Thiet fermented shrimp paste, mixed with lime and chili to balance its saltiness.
The combination of crunchy rice paper and the sourness of mango, freshness of herbs, and the rich flavor of shrimp paste elevate the dish, making it much more delicious.
Phan Thiet anchovy spring rolls:
Introducing a new dish for you to savor: Phan Thiet anchovy spring rolls tightly wrapped in rice paper and fried to perfection. This dish includes finely chopped red meat fillets, anchovies, and cassava, all marinated with a blend of spices. It's then fried until crispy and served with fresh vegetables, mangoes, cucumbers, and star fruits. Trying this once will surely leave you with an unforgettable experience.
Delicacy prepared from lizards
If you haven't tried lizard meat when visiting Phan Thiet, then you haven't truly experienced it. However, this dish is not for the faint of heart, as it involves consuming this reptilian species.
Dong, which grows on sandy hills, feeds on tender shoots and drinks dew at night, resulting in delicious, sweet, and firm meat. Enduring extreme heat well, dong is known as the king of the sand dunes.
Dong meat is highly nutritious and is considered a tonic: dong stir-fry, grilled dong, steamed dong, dong salad, dong spring rolls, dong porridge...
The delicious dishes introduced by Vntrip.vn above will allow travelers to indulge in the incredibly diverse world of regional cuisines. Especially, Phan Thiet's specialties have captivated many visitors, tempting them to return to this land of sun and wind.
