Broken rice puree
Broken rice is one of the popular dishes in Long Chuan. Not attracted by the large grilled meat like many other localities, the broken rice plate here is especially impressive thanks to the chopped meat and egg stock, broken grain puree, skin, sweet pickles (many places with pickled vegetables) served with pasty fish sauce. Each plate of broken rice costs 25,000-35,000 VND.
Suggested address: 67 Ly Tu Trong; 32 Phan Dinh Phung Street; 143/2 Thoai Ngoc Hau ...
Hot pot fish sauce
This is one of the typical dishes of Long Xuyen waters. The main ingredients of the dish are cooked from spirit fish paste, choke fish with lemongrass, chili, finely chopped garlic and many ingredients such as meat, shrimp, squid, fish cake, howler ... Let the broth be sweet and rich. There are more than a dozen types of fish sauce hotpot vegetables including crazy, grated banana flowers, grated vegetables, bitter vegetables, pinch vegetables, pumpkin cotton, trusses, water lilies ... Enjoying this dish must include a cup of clear fish sauce and chili peppers served with noodles or noodles. Hot pot fish sauce costs 150,000-200,000 VND.
Suggested address: 95/4 Tran Hung Dao; 5D Le Lai, 291 Nguyen Hoang...
Wild vegetable pancakes
Pancakes are made from rice flour, turmeric, add a little beer for aromatic crunch. The filling consists of pork, shrimp, sprouts or cassava root (many places replace it with coconut jar). This dish in Long Xuyen is served with more than 20 types of forest vegetables with typical sour and acrid flavors such as lettuce, herbs, perilla, basil, fish lettuce, lentil leaves, way leaves, convex sand ... The dipping sauce is served with all sweet, sour, spicy flavors. Each pancake costs 20,000-35,000 VND. In addition to pancakes, many shops also sell shrimp cakes.
Suggested address: 4/4 Le Quy Dong; 38 Li Thai To; 796/5 Tran Hung Dao; 63/2 Thoai Ngoc Hau ...
Fish noodles
The noodle dish has a special feature of cooking from copper snakehead, fragrant, chewy, sweet meat and few bones. The fish meat is stir-fried with lemongrass and turmeric, fragrant, rich. Broth simmered from bones gives natural sweetness. Eating Long Xuyen fish noodles must definitely have a price, pinch vegetables, spinach, crazy cotton and shredded banana flowers... Accompanied by fish noodles, there is also a cup of salt, chili and lemon for an extra rich taste. A bowl of Long Xuyen fish noodles costs about 20,000-30,000 VND.
Suggested address: 22-24 Nguyen Thai Hoc; 4 Li Thuong Kiet; 60 Nguyen Thai Hoc; 502 Vo Thi Sau.
Copper crab porridge hotpot
The porridge pot scores points thanks to the harmonious combination of the sweetness of copper crab and the sweetness of many fresh vegetables. Long Xuyen people often use copper crab puree, remove the carcass and then cook it to get each piece of crab meat. The remaining water will combine golden roasted rice stewed into porridge, with the addition of straw mushrooms, onion heads ... When the porridge boils, dip more melons, raspberries, centella asiatica ... and dip with clear fish sauce with chili peppers. It's hot and delicious. The price per porridge hotpot is about 60,000-80,000 VND.
Suggested address: Sao Mai copper crab porridge hotpot shop, Binh Khanh ward or 16G1, Pham Cancer, My Phuoc ward.
According to VnE
Photo: Khanh Thien