5 famous delicious Hai Phong specialties, visitors can eat and buy as gifts

Crab rice noodles

When mentioning Hai Phong specialties, we cannot fail to mention the famous crab noodle soup, which is loved by both locals and tourists from all over the world. In particular, the noodle soup made from sea crab instead of field crab is more popular because of its sweet and rich broth.

The main ingredients of the crab noodle dish are red rice noodles and crab as the name suggests. In addition, a full serving also includes many "toppings" such as mantis shrimp meat, grilled betel leaves, shrimp, fish cakes, etc., served with raw vegetables and soft fried dough sticks. In particular, the broth is made from crab, has a sweet taste, fragrant aroma, easily attracting even the most demanding diners.

Coming to Hai Phong, depending on your preferences and taste, you can choose to eat crab noodles or field crab noodles. Each serving of crab noodles costs from 50,000 VND, enough for diners to be full and fully experience the taste of the sea (Photo: TV).

Coming to Hai Phong, visitors can enjoy crab rice noodles at some popular addresses such as crab rice noodles at 195 Cau Dat, Co Yen crab rice noodles, 16 Phan Chu Trinh crab rice noodles, 46 Lach Tray crab rice noodles...

Spicy fish noodle soup

As one of the dishes introduced on the culinary map of Hai Phong, spicy fish noodle soup attracts diners at any time of the day. When the food-tour trend exploded, many tourists from Hanoi, Quang Ninh,... did not hesitate to travel here to enjoy the famous spicy fish noodle soup.

A full bowl of spicy fish noodle soup is served with nearly ten ingredients such as fried fish, fish stomach, various fish cakes, fish maw, fish intestines,... and impresses with its sweet and clear broth.

A regular serving of spicy fish noodle soup costs 35,000 VND, while a special serving with all the toppings costs 50,000 VND (Photo: TV).

In Hai Phong, visitors can find and enjoy authentic spicy fish noodle soup at some addresses such as Thang To spicy fish noodle soup, Mien Duyen Hai spicy fish noodle soup, spicy fish noodle soup 66 Le Loi, fish noodle soup 153 Le Lai,...

Spicy Bread

One of the "delicious, nutritious, cheap" specialties that diners tell each other they must try or buy as a gift when coming to Hai Phong is spicy bread. The tiny bread is only the size of two fingertips, about 20cm long with a crispy crust and a soft, fatty pate filling that anyone who eats it once will remember forever.

In particular, Hai Phong spicy bread also attracts customers with its special chili sauce with a very unique name and flavor - chi chuong.

Bread sticks are a delicious, rustic snack that costs only 2,500 - 3,000 VND each, and are often bought in large quantities by tourists as gifts (Photo: TV).

Some familiar addresses specializing in selling spicy bread that are sought after by many tourists in Hai Phong are spicy bread at 39 Dinh Tien Hoang, spicy bread at Khanh Nap, spicy bread at Ong Cuong, spicy bread at Ba Gia, etc.

Crab spring rolls

Unlike other traditional spring rolls, Hai Phong crab spring rolls are “huge” in size and are wrapped in a unique square shape. That is why this dish is also called square crab spring rolls, square spring rolls or square seafood spring rolls.

The characteristic of Hai Phong crab spring rolls is their square shape like banh chung, symbolizing heaven and earth (Photo: Quynh Quat, Vua Cua).

Crab spring rolls have a crispy crust and a filling, a blend of typical ingredients such as chicken eggs, minced lean meat, shrimp, crab, mantis shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms and a few other vegetables and fruits.

Crab spring rolls are best enjoyed hot, with sweet and sour garlic chili sauce and herbs. The dish has a rich, sweet taste, and is very appealing when eaten with rice noodles. The price of each crab spring roll ranges from 60,000 to 80,000 VND.

Delicious porridge

Although not made from seafood, but only consisting of rustic ingredients such as rice, pureed spinach, green beans, etc., khoai porridge is still one of the popular dishes that tourists to Hai Phong must definitely enjoy.

This porridge is usually only sold in the afternoon and the most popular destination for diners is the street vendor at 63 Cho Con. Each serving of porridge costs only 15,000 VND, including the attractive green porridge made from pureed spinach, served with finely crushed mung beans and fried onions.

The porridge is smooth, rich in the flavor of stewed bones, mixed with the rich, fatty taste of green beans and the fragrant smell of golden fried onions, attracting diners from the elderly to children.

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