Top 12 must-try delicacies at Phan Thiet market

Traveling to Phan Thiet, many tourists have visited the market, but most only go sightseeing and shopping, unaware that Phan Thiet market offers a wide variety of delicious and unique dishes that can truly captivate you!

Top 12 must-try delicacies at Phan Thiet market

1. Duck Curry

Duck meat cooked with aromatic coconut milk curry, tender and flavorful, with potatoes and blood jelly served with bread.

2. Sweet Soup

At Phan Thiet market, there's a plethora of desserts, ranging from floating cake, sweet soup, jelly, bean sweet soup, sweet potato soup, corn sweet soup... It's a paradise for dessert enthusiasts. Moreover, they offer a specialty called 'sâm nam' made from sâm nam leaves. 'Sâm nam' is a type of jelly, green in color, slightly bitter in taste, eaten with pomegranate seeds, agar, coconut water, and best enjoyed in the summer for its cooling properties.

3. Ink eggs

Steamed ink eggs, fried ink egg rolls, steamed ink egg rolls are must-try dishes when visiting Phan Thiet. Ink eggs are served with Phan Thiet-style sweet and crunchy pickles, cilantro, and a dipping sauce made with salt, pepper, and lime.

4. Fermented fish sauce

Small bowls of fermented fish sauce made with eggs, meat, and steamed cat mushrooms, served hot, perfect to eat with hot rice.

5. Assorted cakes

Various types of cakes such as sponge cake, baked sponge cake, cassava cake, pig skin cake, and stone cake are abundantly sold at Phan Thiet market. These are specialty cakes, popular treats for indulgence.

6. Snails

Steamed lemongrass snails are enticingly sold in cans, attracting diners from near and far.

7. Rice wine

Rice wine (or female wine) is fermented from glutinous rice. It is prepared by cooking glutinous rice, then allowing it to cool and fermenting it with rice wine yeast for 3-4 days. The finished product is rice wine with a spicy, sweet taste, a strong aroma of wine, and a slightly wet texture due to the rice releasing water.

8. Duck noodle soup

Duck noodle soup, a distinctive dish made from duck meat, is a specialty at Phan Thiet market. The noodles are soft, soaked in a sweet broth infused with flavors from locally sourced ingredients.

9. Pork hock vermicelli

Pork hock vermicelli carries a sweet taste from white radish and pork bones. The sweetness is clear and distinctive, without added artificial flavoring, pleasing diners.

10. Vietnamese sizzling pancake

Phan Thiet sizzling pancake is poured into circular molds, with various fillings such as shrimp, meat, squid, and onions. It's served with tomato fish sauce, poured over the pancake, then topped with fresh herbs, making it a delicious dish.

11. Snakehead fish thick noodle soup

The bowl of thick noodle soup with snakehead fish, steamed fish cake, fried fish cake, topped with fried shallots and fresh cilantro. Though simple, the dish still leaves a good impression on diners.

12. Cassava cake

This rustic cake made from cassava and sweet potatoes is a specialty that many remember when they have visited Phan Thiet. Cassava cakes come in two types, yellow from cassava and purple from purple sweet potatoes.

During your Phan Thiet trip, you cannot miss Phan Thiet market where there are 1001 enticing dishes, carrying the distinctive flavors of the coastal region. Quickly contact Mytour to get the best Phan Thiet tours deals on the market!

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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour