Top 5 famous dishes in Ha Nam
Ha Nam is famous for its poetic and lyrical landscapes and delicious dishes that leave a deep impression in the hearts of each diner. The food of Ha Nam is grandly rustic, both familiar and meaningful, and bursting with the flavor of rural Vietnam. If you have a chance to visit, you must try the top 5 dishes introduced by Tien Loc Palace below!
1. Bun ca ro dong ( anabas rice noodles)
What could be more wonderful than enjoying a tasty dish with the authentic flavor of the Ha Nam lowlands! The robust flavor of the northern plains in a bowl of noodles with a sweet broth made from the bones of simmered perch is combined with a small, chewy, multi-strand cake in the bowl of noodles,and greasy, firm perch and sweet vegetables are added to balance the flavor. Making harmony, deliciousness, and irresistibility to noodles.
Noodle sellers will often arrange fish in the center of a rice noodle bowl, surrounded by chopped vegetables that have been cooked and then filled with broth. Full of delicious taste in a bowl of noodle, the broth is not fishy and fragrant from fresh ginger. The serving is quite large, and it costs about 30,000 VND. It will surely satisfy foodies when visiting this spiritual land.
2. Vu Dai braised fish
Contains everything that makes Vietnamese food distinctive. Vu Dai braised fish is a famous specialty that everyone who visits Ha Nam wants to try.
To prepare a famous standard pot of braised fish, the artisans must be careful when selecting the ingredients. Choose a firm black carp and a separate earthen pot with 10 different ingredients and cook with longan firewood for 14 hours to make a delicious dish with a distinctively Vietnamese flavor.
When the fish pot gets to the visitor, it needs to have firm meat, soft bones, and spices that blend into each fiber of the fish. It should also taste strongly sweet, and not salty when eaten.
Vu Dai braised fish remains intact and is loved by tourists when discovering Ha Nam's rich cuisine.
3. Banh Chung from Dam village
The banh chung at Lang Dam, which is well-known for its fragrant plasticity and century-old tradition of wrapping cakes, provides customers with a high-quality, and delectable product without making them feel full. Worthy of being one of the representatives of Ha Nam culinary culture.
The source of water and the pot used to boil the cake are the special features that make Lang Dam banh chung. Skilled artisans choose to cook banh chung with rainwater and corrugated iron pots. Therefore, Lang Dam banh chung can be kept for 8–10 days without going bad. Banh chung are made with carefully chosen ingredients so they are extremely unique and unmistakable.
Lang Dam banh chung always has a lovely and traditional culture, which is the pride of Ha Nam people when introduced to visitors.
4. Binh Luc cay paste
With a distinctive pungent, spicy flavor, Binh Luc cay paste is consistently ranked among the top dishes that visitors to Ha Nam must not miss.
The ingredients that make up this cay paste are freshly caught local fish that has been washed and pounded, combined with various spices, dried in the sun and buried in the ground to produce an unmistakably distinctive flavor.
When the product is finished, it has a stunning shade of puce, the aroma of the galangal, the salty flavor of salt, and the hot, spicy flavor of ginger. Excellent for preparing other dishes or using as a dipping sauce. Visitors can purchase directly in the Binh Luc district for 50,000 VND for a 500 ml bottle.
5. Goat meat
Mountain goat meat is one of the delectable dishes of Phu Ly, Ha Nam, that is renowned for its health benefits. Due to its distinctive and alluring flavor, this dish is popular with both locals and tourists.
Mountain goat meat in Ha Nam is of high quality, low in fat, chewy, and delicious thanks to careful selection from goats grazing in the most ideal natural settings. If you ever have the chance to travel to Ha Nam, you should taste the specialties prepared in 20 different ways, such as grilled goat, stir-fried goat, and lemon-lime goat.
Visitors to Ha Nam not only have the chance to explore well-known tourist attractions, but also to savor delectable dishes infused with local cultural identities. You will undoubtedly have a lot of exciting and memorable experiences.
More specifically, your travel will go even better if you make a rest stop in a perfect and convenient location. Tien Loc Palace is unquestionably your top option with a prime location in the center of Phu Ly city, giving you the most complete travel.