Buzz
Phan Thiet is famous for its white and green sandy beaches, luxurious resorts, and unique seafood specialties. With these advantages, the tourism industry thrives, welcoming thousands of tourists every season.
1. Squid Cake
Phan Thiet boasts an abundance of seafood, particularly caught squid. Aside from preparing squid dishes like stir-fries, soups with fresh squid, or drying them under the sun to make dried squid, it's also famous for handcrafted squid cakes. The squid is caught offshore and then meticulously processed, seasoned, kneaded with flour, and finally deep-fried to create a delicious and enticing squid cake for diners.
2. Milk Com Cake
Milk Com Cake differs from traditional Com cakes as they are not wrapped in lotus leaves but rather pressed into square blocks. This specialty dish from Phan Thiet is often offered to ancestors on ancestral altars as a culinary essence of the homeland essential for ancestral worship. To purchase Milk Com Cake, you can explore the various markets in Phan Thiet or visit the production workshops.
3. Phan Thiet Fish Cake
Phan Thiet is blessed with beautiful coastal areas and abundant seafood. One of the delicious and nutritious specialties is Phan Thiet fish cake made from various types of sea fish such as mackerel, tuna, snapper, and mudfish, with a rich and flavorful taste.
4. Rice Cakes
One of the common snack cakes found in markets in Phan Thiet is rice cakes. Rice cakes come in attractive colors and have a delicious aroma of sweet potatoes and wheat flour. This is one of the affordable gift options, priced at only 15,000 - 25,000 VND per pack of 10 pieces.
5. Dried Ó Sao Fish
Dried Ó Sao Fish is made from Ó Sao stingray, undergoing processing, slicing, seasoning, and drying under the sun for 3-4 days. Dried Ó Sao Fish can be prepared in various ways such as frying, grilling, or making sour soup. Ó Sao fish meat is nutritious, flavorful, and a special gift you should consider giving to your loved ones when you have the opportunity to return.
After returning from a coastal trip, we might use sea products as gifts for our loved ones. These gifts not only carry the flavors of Phan Thiet but also embody the unique culinary essence that only Phan Thiet possesses.
