1. Shumai bread
The delicious "legendary" Vietnamese bread sandwiched with "toppings" inside has been extremely famous on international culinary forum pages. The most characteristic of Vietnamese banh mi is that there are many different versions with bold regional characteristics, creating cultural diversity. Most especially, the bread served with a famous delicacy served in a cup is shumai, which has made the bread in Da Lat have its own unique features.
In fact, shumai originated in China, which is molded meatballs with pureed pork fat and then rounded and served with bread. However, unlike shumai bread in Saigon, Da Lat shumai bread has its own flavor, with a typical spicy taste of the Central Highlands, making many tourists excited when traveling here.
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2. Wet cake with chicken intestines
Wet cake with chicken intestines is a dish that has appeared for a long time and is considered a rustic and idyllic breakfast dish of this land. Along with the rapid development of tourism, in recent years, this dish has become a favorite specialty of all tourists when coming to the city of thousands of flowers.
Actually, many other places also have this wet cake, but why chicken heart wet cake in Da Lat is so special, partly because of the skillful hands of the "artisans" who make the cake and the typical taste of the wet cake here.
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3. Chicken hotpot with é leaves
Chicken hotpot with é leaves is inherently a very unique specialty of the land of yellow flowers and green grass in Phu Yen. However, I don't know when this hot pot has become a delicious dish in Da Lat, so much so that people tell each other that if you travel here, you must once enjoy the smoky, delicious and attractive hot pot.
What makes this dish special also comes from the dipping salt cup. Salt is mixed with chili pepper and spicy skull pepper, which is very suitable to enjoy in Da Lat. Therefore, on weekends, especially on cold rainy afternoons, hot pot and grill shops, especially chicken hotpot, are crowded, bustling and crowded with customers to enjoy.
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4. Grilled rice paper
As a rustic dish, not too sophisticated, Da Lat grilled rice paper still leaves an indelible impression in the hearts of tourists because of its unique flavor. Every evening in the chilly weather of dreamy Da Lat, holding a delicious, hot grilled rice paper in your hand and enjoying every piece of crispy cake, there is nothing more wonderful.
Da Lat grilled rice paper has an affordable price of only 15,000 – 25,000 VND, you can enjoy a delicious dish full of toppings. Every evening when hovering around the corners of the city, you will easily see the image of bakeries crowded with tourists sitting and enjoying this dish.
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5. Snails stuffed with meat
Traveling to Da Lat under the cold weather of this land, gathering with friends at a snail shop to sip is really good. Snails stuffed with meat are a specialty made from large postal snails with a chewy, crunchy taste. The snails are cleaned, processed briefly through hot water, then marinated with spices, combined with steaming with lemongrass, ginger, and pepper. The snails are stuffed with steamed meat, the aroma is clear and not fishy.
The snails are dipped with hot and spicy ginger fish sauce. The dipping sauce is specially prepared to dip separately with snails stuffed with meat. Besides, you can eat it with coriander, bananas... to be less sick.
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6. Buttercream
Coming to Da Lat without enjoying buttercream is a shortcoming. As one of the famous specialties of the land of a thousand flowers, Da Lat butter ice cream has a very special taste that cannot be found anywhere else. In the cold weather, enjoying a glass of delicious, fatty butter ice cream is nothing like it.
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7. Strawberry shake
Coming to Da Lat, it is impossible to ignore the legendary strawberry shake, this specialty dish is no longer strange to tourists every time they come to Da Lat. Strawberry shake is sold a lot at Da Lat market and other tourist attractions in the city.
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With chilly weather, sour and spicy taste mixed with the sweet taste of strawberries and a little saltiness of salt create a pleasant feeling of pleasure. Many tourists have admired this dish, even when leaving Da Lat, they still want to bring a few glasses just to enjoy it.
8. Assemble
Not only is it a popular street food in Da Lat, it also has a characteristic flavor reminiscent of the idyllic life of the land of thousands of flowers. Arrangement is a rustic dish that street vendors order according to the arrangement of ingredients and spices on a plate. This is a must-try snack even once when visiting this mountain town.
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Da Lat slices are processed from young papaya grated into long, small fibers. After grated papaya, soak it in salt water to make it crispy, then take it out to drain and then process. Thereby, when you enjoy it, you will feel the crispiness of papaya, the sourness of tamarind in the broth, the chewy taste of meat, the pungency of chili peppers, and the aroma of vegetables and peanuts.
9. Roasted banana tea
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Traveling to Da Lat, don't forget to visit the sweet and fatty coconut milk grilled banana tea here. The greasy taste of coconut milk, combined with the sweet taste of bananas, and the aroma of peanuts make a specialty that delights sweet lovers. Bananas wrapped in leaves and grilled on embers, combined with the hot, sweet and greasy tea sauce of coconut milk will help you forget the cold of Da Lat and bring an indelible impression of this land.
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