Visitors come to Quang Ninh or Ha Long Bay often only know about caves and ship overnight on the bay. Ha Long and Quang Ninh in general has many unique culinary specialties, bring the taste of sea. And you know, there are some best Ha Long local food you shouldn’t miss:
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1.Best Ha Long Bay Local Food – Steamed Glutinous Rice with Squid Sausage / Xôi chả mực
“Xoi” or steamed glutinous rice along with squid sausage that only Ha Long has will bring you unforgettable taste. Local people who sell squid sausage in Ha Long Bay said that to make delicious squid sausages; they must use fresh squid, newly caught in the Ha Long’s sea area. People must bray the squid by hands to make the sausage more crispy and chewy. Not only that, the temperature when fried the squid sausage must be balance, not too high may cause it burn then fried squid until golden then take out and drain oil. Guests enjoy this dish with pure fish sauce sprinkled with a little black pepper to feel its entire flavor.
Each ration has a very cheap price range from 15.000 to 20.000 VND. Guests can also buy squid sausage separately with price 250.000 VND per kilogram.
2. Stuffed pancakes with Squid Sausage / Bánh cuốn chả mực
Best Ha Long Bay Local Food – Stuffed pancakes or Bánh cuốn made from wide sheet of steamed fermented rice batter filled with a mixture of cooked seasoned ground pork, minced wood ear mushroom, and minced shallots. People enjoy the stuffed pancakes with a little coriander, hot squid sausage and all dipped in the fish sauce with little black pepper. The wonderful combination of this special dish will make you never forget this flavor.
You can come to small restaurant located next to Bach Dang Theatre, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province or taste this unique flavor at Mrs. Ngan Restaurant at Cay Thap Street, Ha Long City.
3. Quang Yen Limulus / Sam Quảng Yên
From the raw material is limulus, local people can process into different dishes such as limulus’s blood pudding, stir-fried sweet and sour limulus’s leg, fresh vegetable and limulus rolls, fried limulus’s eggs, steamed limulus… Dishes made from limulus’s meat are very delicious which visitors should not miss when come to visit Quang Ninh Province. You know, if you join our best Halong bay tour from Hanoi, you can probably try this dish!
Guests can enjoy this traditional dishes at Quang Yen Ward, Quang Ninh Province or visiting Limulus’s restaurant located at April 25th Street, Bach Dang Ward, Ha Long City.
4. Quang Yen’s Fermented Pork Rolls / Nem chua Quảng Yên
The ingredients of fermented pork rolls are quite simple: julienne pork skin, fried rice powder. Simply that, but through secret processing, mix and sauce maker, this famous dish become exotic and fascinating with four tastes: sweet, sour, salty and spicy. Fermented pork rolls are also the pride of Quang Yen’s people therefore do not forget to taste this special local cuisine when you have a chance to visit Ha Long.
5. Hoanh Bo Soaked Rice Wine
Wine is made from glutinous rice, local specialties. Rice after cooking are kept to ferment then soaked with yeast leaves taken from Hoanh Bo forest until they turn into wine. The wine was stored in a jar, local people often drink it one every meal. Hoanh Bo Soaked Rice Wine has slightly sweet sour; it stimulates digestion and can be a beverage on hot summer days. You can try this in Halong bay 2 days 1 night to Tuan Chau.
NOTES:
- If you travel in group then you can try tasting seafood on the raft, here are some address for you: Hong Dam Restaurant in Hon Gai, Quang Hien Restaurant in Cam Pha or Hai Quan Restaurant in Quang Yen.
- You should find some restaurant that have clearly listed price or you should ask price before eating.
- If you want to buy Squid Sausage for gift, you can come to Mrs.Thoan, you can ask any local people because she is very famous here.
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