Vung Tau is a coastal city in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, in the Southeast region. Looking in the North-South direction, Vung Tau is located at a bend that is changing direction from South to West of the lower part of the letter S on the map of Vietnam and protrudes completely from the mainland. With three sides bordering the sea, Vung Tau attracts tourists because of its poetic scenery and mild climate. Not only famous for its scenery, Vung Tau also makes tourists fall in love with its diverse cuisine.
Stingray hotpot
Stingray hotpot is one of the specialties of the coastal city of Vung Tau. Many tourists think that going to Vung Tau without eating stingray hotpot is considered to have not come here.
The sweet broth of the dish has a sweet and sour taste and is often served with vermicelli or noodles depending on your preference. The characteristic of Vung Tau stingray hotpot is the stingray meat. Because it is caught on the spot, the fish meat still retains its juiciness, chewy flesh and fragrant smell of fresh seafood.
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Cake
Vung Tau banh khot, one of the specialties of this land and has been recognized by the Asian Records Organization as "Asian Culinary Value". Compared to many other sophisticated dishes, banh khot has a very unique flavor of Vung Tau beach and is preferred by many people, from locals to domestic and international tourists.
The name banh khot also has a very interesting explanation. Many people say that when pouring the cake, to tear the cake out of the mold, people often use a spoon to stir it, there is a "popping" sound when the spoon touches the wall of the mold. There is also another explanation that, in the past, poor people were not eligible to eat sorghum dishes but only ate cakes made entirely of flour and no meat. Therefore, people named "box" cake. Over time, people read and drove into "khot" cakes.
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Crab soup cake
You can feel the chewy and delicious soup cakes mixed with the rich fragrant crab meat, with a little taste of the sea in the bowl of soup cakes.
When enjoying crab soup, remember to serve it with sour, spicy, sweet and sour green chili salt along with a plate of oregano vegetables and basil called a standard meal. MIA.vn are sure that you will not stop almost rubbing because of its irresistible deliciousness.
Here, crab soup is quite popular, so you are free to choose any stop. In particular, you can refer to Anh Vy's crab soup shop which is praised by many people, it is located on Vo Thi Sau Street, Ward 2, Vung Tau City. The price is only about 30,000 VND to 60,000 VND/bowl.
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Long Hai pancakes
Long Hai pancakes are not only famous for their fresh ingredients caught from the sea, but it is also attractive because of the heirloom recipe that has been preserved to this day. The plates of pancakes with a delicious, crispy taste in a golden color are very beautifully arranged.
The accompanying dipping sauce is elaborately prepared by familiar mixtures such as: the sweet and sour taste of sauerkraut, the spicy taste of chili mixed with the rich taste of delicious fish sauce is very attractive. The feeling of putting a crispy piece of pancake in your mouth dipped with fish sauce is indescribably delicious. Long Hai pancakes are only sold for about 40,000 VND/portion, which is very suitable for your budget.
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Apricot fish salad
Apricot fish salad is made from apricot fish - a species of fish that appears quite a lot in Vung Tau waters. The ingredients for this dish are not too sophisticated, just prepare the apricot fish, and some spices: Onion, garlic, lemongrass, rice paper, raw vegetables. This dish costs a lot of rice paper and raw vegetables, so remember to prepare a little more. When eating, the apricot fish is mixed with onions, garlic, lemongrass, spices rolled with raw vegetables and then dipped with broth. Enjoy every aftertaste of the salad that melts in your mouth without stopping rubbing.
The reason why this dish is famous near and far is because the apricot fish salad here is strange, with the sweetness of fresh fish, the fleshiness of peanuts, sesame and cinnamon, the astringency of green bananas, the sourness of star fruit and the aroma of herbs. All are combined and blended together to create a famous dish of the sea that is difficult to match.
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Banh Q
As a rustic dish, banh nguyen is always in the top of Vung Tau delicacies that win a lot of love from diners. The small, pure white rice cakes are like a simple snack that the people of Vung Tau coastal city give to tourists.
The cake is processed almost like vermicelli but more sophisticated and multi-staged. The type of rice used to make cakes is delicious plain rice. This dish is often served with grilled beef skewers, grilled pork, stir-fried meat, spring rolls, pork intestines and raw vegetables, cucumbers, broccoli, and fish lettuce. The sweet and sour dipping sauce is very sophisticatedly prepared along with carrots, radishes and lotus root, which further awakens the taste of the delicious mango cake...
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Cup cake
Diners who have visited the restaurant once will find it difficult to forget the rustic cake but encapsulates the love of this land. The cup cake here is placed in a round bowl with a diameter of about 25 cm, depending on the place, the number of cups in each cup will be different. Each little cake is fragrant with rice, the sweetness of the shrimp blends in a cup of spicy fish sauce to make diners swoon when enjoying.
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In addition to enjoying the dish, visitors to Vung Tau can buy a few specialties as gifts for relatives such as: Salted egg sponge cake, fish cakes, dried squid, Xuyen Moc sour spring rolls, termite mushrooms, Con Dao bracken jam, ...
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