Sa Sung
In Hanoi, you only know about dried sa sung to cook soup or make a spice for a pot of pho soup, but coming to Quan Lan without watching or enjoying this dish is extremely wasteful. The sa sung caught is shaped like an adult earthworm but is larger, pinkish-red, and wriggling.
The most delicious is fresh stir-fried sa sung with garlic, morning glory or sweet and sour stir-fry that is crispy but soft, fragrant but sweet. Roasted dried sa sung dipped in chili sauce, added herb chips, fish lettuce and beer bring a culinary delight. Or sa sung stewed with herbal medicine is also considered a "miracle drug" for men.
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Eggplant
The most special dish in Quan Lan must be mentioned the thorn bridge, also known as eggplant. The adult spiny bridge is as large as a crockpotent orange, spherical in shape with thick and long spikes growing on the outside. To process, people have to use 2 hard sticks to wrap the stem of the thorny bridge to the sides and then take the meat inside. Then soak the meat in fresh water for about half an hour, rinse it and drain it before starting to process it into grilled dishes, cooking porridge, making rolls or eating raw. Cau gai is a nutritious dish, so many tourists take advantage of this dish when traveling to Quan Lan.
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Holothurian
Sea leeches and sea cucumbers are other names for sea cucumbers. It has a salty taste, nourishes the yin, nourishes the kidneys, nourishes the blood, helps the essence, fights fatigue, prevents tumors... Therefore, sea cucumber is considered a precious and high-class ingredient. People process sea cucumber into porridge, soup, stewed soup or braised are all delicious.
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Tickle
With brown shells, green eyes and two claws larger than the size of the body, tickles are widely distributed in warm seas, but are especially valuable in the coastal area of Quang Ninh. Not as delicious as sea crab, cheaper but sweeter than crab, so most tourists to Quan Lan order cu ky in their meals.
The tickle meat is concentrated in its two large claws. Sellers smash the hard shell on the outside, separate the meat to cook vermicelli, stir-fry vermicelli, make mussels or leave the tamarind sauce whole, steamed and grilled to create dishes that are both nutritious, delicious, and rich in sea flavor.
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Comedy
The shape is quite similar to the two-piece shell species, but the shell is thinner, with a protruding protrusion, so it is also called the elephant snout or the indentation in the local language. Quan Lan island commune is raised entirely in the natural environment, so the meat is firm, sweet, rich in nutrients and mineral salts.
The main dish made from this seafood is grilled monk with onion fat. The maker must soak the remains in hot water for a few minutes before separating the shell and preliminarily processing it. Then sprinkle on top of the dried onion and garlic stems, drizzle with oil, add onions, fish sauce, pepper and then put on the grill. The grilling time is only about 1 or 2 minutes for the pork to cook thanks to the heat of the shell without being tough or scorched. Eaters use chopsticks to pick out the pieces of monk, dip them with lemon salt and pepper to enjoy the rich but sweet and crunchy taste of the sea, which is very unique.
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According to VnE