Salmon – Salad, Salmon Hotpot
With a temperate climate, salmon are successfully farmed in Sapa. Different from imported salmon, fish in Sapa has firm meat, beautiful pink color, low fat, and high nutritional value. Prominent here are salmon salad, salmon hotpot, grilled salmon...
Address:
- Hoa Phuong – Trade Union Steps Street, Group 7C, Ham Rong, Sapa, Lao Cai.
- A Phu Restaurant – 15 Fansipan, Sapa, Lao Cai.
- Hoa Dao – 48 Le Van Tam, Sapa
- Thac Bac Restaurant – km12 of Thac Bac tourist area, Sapa
Buffalo meat in the kitchen
Coming to Sapa, buffalo meat in the kitchen is a dish not to be missed. This is a dish typical of the Northwest highlands. The meat is dark brown on the outside, but torn on the inside, it is naturally red. The meat is chewy and sweet, mixed with a bit of pungency of ginger pepper and the aroma of firewood smoke from the rocky mountains very methodically. The selected pieces of meat are usually tenderloin, shoulder blades, and buffalo back. The price of a kilogram of buffalo meat in Sapa ranges from 800,000 to 1,000,000 VND.
Address: A Pao Buffalo Meat King – No. 26 Dong Loi – Sapa Town
Lam rice
Lam rice is a typical dish of ethnic minorities in the Northwest region. The rice is baked in a bamboo tube, when cooked, we only need to split the burnt bamboo shell, leaving a thin bamboo that fits the peeler's hand to eat. In Sapa, from restaurants, hotels to roadside stalls, all serve this unique dish. Delicious lam rice smells of glutinous rice, the gentle aroma of bamboo. All blend to create a delicious dish, attractive to tourists when traveling to Sapa.
Address: Cau May Street, Sapa, Lao Cai.
Baked goods
The cold weather in Sapa is the ideal place for you to enjoy barbecue. Anyone who travels to Sapa should not miss this delicious Sapa. Besides familiar dishes such as sweet potatoes, chicken eggs, chicken wings, you can easily find some dishes imbued with Northwest identity such as: beef rolls with bok choy, grilled stream fish, grilled eggs, salmon cakes, pork skewers with sticks, grilled pork belly, quail...
Address:
- Cau May Street, Sapa, Lao Cai.
- Hoa Tra Quan – 17 Cau May, Sapa, Lao Cai.
- Snack area – No. 1, Ham Rong ward
Seven-colored sticky rice
Sapa's seven-color sticky rice is a unique dish imbued with the culture of the Nung people. The precious deliciousness of this sticky rice dish is distilled from natural ingredients. The 7 colors of sticky rice include bright red, crimson, brown, kowloon green, banana green, yellow green and yellow like a colorful rainbow in the rich Sapa cuisine.
Address:
- Anh Dung – 06 Xuan Vien, Sapa
- Hoa Dao – 8 Le Van Tam, Sapa
- Sapa Cuisine – No. 535, Victoria Hotel Lane, Xuan Vien Street, Sapa Town
Sapa Black Chicken
Sapa black chicken, also known as evil chicken – another typical dish of the Mong people. The black chicken is fragrant, the skin is crispy and sweet. On average, a black chicken here weighs about 1.5kg. Grilled black chicken is usually served with salt, pepper, lemon, and mint leaves. When you eat it, you will feel that the meat of the chicken is very sweet and tender. Don't forget to try this delicious Sapa, your trip will be more perfect than ever.
Address:
- Do Quyen Restaurant – Fansipan Peak, Sapa
- Red Dao – 4B Silver Waterfall, Sapa
- Hoang Minh Restaurant – No. 23-24, Sapa Food Court
Thang Co Sapa
Thang Co is known as a "unique specialty" of Sapa. But many tourists express their love for this delicious Sapa dish. It is a specialty of the Mong people, often appearing in villages and markets. The main ingredients for the dish are meat, bones, secretions and organs (including intestines, gizzards, heart, lungs, stomach and horse secretions) combined with nearly 20 herbs (cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, lemongrass, ginger) and many other special spices. When eating, people will scoop the broth out of the hot pot, slice the horse meat and drop it in. Eating and winning must be drunk with corn wine. This will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you when coming to Sapa.
Address: Anh Quynh – 15 Thach Son, Sapa, Lao Cai.
Pork steals armpits
Armpit pork is a specialty with its own flavor of Sapa. The name "armpit pig" originated from the fact that local people carry black armpit pigs to sell at markets. This pig has fragrant meat, they are free-range and feed themselves on the slopes of the mountain. Armpit pork is very famous in Sapa and is used to prepare many special dishes. The price of pigs is about 100,000 – 200,000 VND/kg. They are sold at markets in Sapa to serve tourists.
Address:
- Dung Trau Restaurant – 85 Xuan Vien, Sapa, Lao Cai
- Hoa Dong Tien – 29 Cau May, Sapa
- A Phu Restaurant – 15 Fansipan, Sapa
According to Sapa Guider