Delicious food in Quang Binh

Delicious dishes that you should try when coming to Quang Binh. Quang Binh is known by many tourists for its beautiful landscapes and beaches that captivate people’s hearts; in particular, this place also has many rustic specialties that anyone who has ever enjoyed them will never forget. Here are some delicious dishes for you to try when traveling to Quang Binh.

Nature has bestowed Quang Binh with “delicious and strange things” with all kinds of seafood in fresh water, brackish water and salt water. In addition, squid, shrimp, fish… under the skillful hands of Quang Binh people have been processed into typical dishes of this land. Perhaps that is why, even though tourists have tasted all the delicacies in other regions, they still think that the dishes here have their own rich flavors.

Arriving in Dong Hoi city, from around 5pm, visitors can stop by the rows of restaurants located on the Nhat Le sea embankment to enjoy many dishes made from attractive seafood, Quang Binh specialties.

With just a small charcoal stove and a simple cooking method through many stages, visitors can quickly enjoy all kinds of seafood such as: fish, shrimp, clams, mussels, snails… in two main processing methods: grilled and steamed, depending on the request of the diners. This is considered a unique culinary style of the coastal people “eating the waves and talking about the wind”, because even though the seafood is cooked, it still retains its fresh taste, when eaten it is fatty and very sweet.

Among them, the blood cockles and clams when steamed are almost full of water and sweet; the grilled grouper, snapper, and pomfret are fresh and fatty, and the squid is sweet and crispy… More importantly, the culinary delights here are also closely linked to the peaceful space and scenery of Nhat Le beach. In the space of the immense sea and sky, the charming rivers and the strong wind, visitors can enjoy rustic dishes while watching the sunset slowly fall.

In particular, visitors are also introduced to one of the fresh, nutritious and unique seafood dishes, which is sea urchin. It can be said that this dish has become the pride of the people of Quang Binh and we believe that when enjoying sea urchin, even the locals themselves will be proud of these strange and surprisingly delicious specialties.

Although prepared in many different forms, the most famous dish in Dong Hoi City is den blood mixed with white wine and den ram.

Once you sip the taste of den blood wine, you will feel the warm and slightly bitter taste mixed together to create a feeling that is very unforgettable. In addition to den blood wine, den ram is also a very delicious dish. The characteristic taste of den ram here is difficult to describe in words. With a simple way of making, the den is cleaned, chopped very finely, then spices are mixed well, then rolled in betel leaves into small ram and fried evenly in a pan. At that time, visitors will feel a very attractive aroma. A plate of hot and delicious den ram will make visitors from all over want to stay forever.

Quang Binh cuisine is also rich and diverse with many cakes, such as: banh beo, banh loc, banh xeo, banh duc, banh khoai, etc.

Bánh xèo gạo lứt Quảng Hòa là một món ăn có tiếng và được nhiều du khách tìm mua để thưởng thức. Bánh được làm từ gạo đỏ, qua nhiều công đoạn chế biến thủ công thành thứ nước bột gạo, rồi dùng khuôn tráng bánh và cho thành sản phẩm. Bánh xèo ăn ngon nhất là lúc vừa tráng xong, tráng tới đâu ăn tới đó. Món bánh xèo được ăn kèm với giá muối chua, rau sống, bánh đa và nước chấm.

Coming to Quang Binh, especially if tourists have set foot in Dong Hoi city, it is difficult to resist the opportunity to enjoy each hot, freshly cooked cake called banh bot loc. This dish is sold at many shops located on Ly Thanh Dong street.

The river shrimp tapioca cake is made from two main ingredients: tapioca flour and shrimp. In addition, there are some other ingredients, such as: pickled bamboo shoots, wood ear mushrooms, lean pork… After going through many stages of grinding, filtering and kneading, the baker will have a pure white, fragrant and flexible dough. Squeeze the tapioca flour into bite-sized pieces, then put in each piece of dough a well-braised river shrimp along with some other ingredients and wrap the cake tightly with banana leaves. The final step is to steam the cake until it turns transparent, then remove it from the pot.

There are many more rustic dishes and specialties of Quang Binh, but like many other regions, in addition to the dishes eaten on the spot, Quang Binh also has culinary products serving tourists as gifts for relatives, friends and family. In particular, most of the culinary products serving tourists are associated with famous craft villages that were formed and developed along with the daily life of the community throughout history, such as: Tan An rice paper (Quang Thanh, Quang Trach), Bao Ninh dried seafood, Hai Thanh shrimp paste (Dong Hoi city), Duc Trach fish sauce (Bo Trach), Hai Ninh dried sweet potatoes, Vo Xa wine (Quang Ninh), etc.

It is worth mentioning that the products of craft villages not only have value in use and serve tourism activities but also crystallize traditional cultural values ​​that are being preserved and cherished by the people of Quang Binh.

According to Quang Binh Newspaper