Mangosteen chicken salad
Referring to Binh Duong specialties, it is impossible not to mention the famous mangosteen chicken salad. Although not a new dish, recently, mangosteen chicken salad has suddenly caused a "fever" on many online forums and quickly created a culinary trend, attracting customers to "catch the trend".
To make a delicious mangosteen chicken salad, Binh Duong people must choose fruits with hard skin, slightly green, still young or light yellow but old enough. Chicken must also choose chicken or bamboo chicken, firm meat, yellow skin, natural sweetness.
When making the salad, people take out the mangosteen to drain and mix it with their hands with shredded chicken, grated carrots, onions and laksa leaves, seasoning with spices such as salt, sugar, fried onions, and roasted peanuts.
Biscuit cake
Made from familiar ingredients such as rice flour, green beans, pork belly ... but banh beo has its own attractive flavor, becoming a snack that is loved by locals and tourists alike.
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Pancakes served with pickles, herbs and sweet and sour sauce make diners not feel bored, eat once and remember forever (Photo: @bigmoutheatmore, Helen Thuy).
If you have the opportunity to travel to Binh Duong, you can find and enjoy banh beo at some addresses such as: My Lien banh beo - No. 1 DT745, An Thanh, Thuan An; Di Tam - 737 Binh Duong Boulevard, Hiep Thanh, Thu Dau Mot,…
This dish is quite cheap, only from 15.000 - 30.000 VND / serving, enough for diners to fill their stomach without being too expensive.
Shrimp noodles
One of Binh Duong specialties that diners are sure to enjoy when traveling here is shrimp vermicelli. This dish is delicious and most famous is in Chau Truc village (Phu My district).
When enjoying, diners will feel the aromatic plasticity of rice vermicelli, the spicy taste of chili pepper, the strong aroma of onions, and a little bit of the attractive flesh of the broth and shrimp (Photo: Dan Linh).
In particular, Binh Duong's shrimp vermicelli does not use ready-made vermicelli, but is processed on the spot. When guests come in, the owner begins to press the ready-made rice flour and steam it in a pot of boiling water, so the noodles have a soft, clear color.
Particularly, raw shrimp are preliminarily cleaned, peeled and pounded, then dipped in a pot of boiling water. People put vermicelli in a bowl, add broth and shrimp meat, and then season with spices to taste for guests to enjoy.
Lai Thieu fruit
In Binh Duong, especially Lai Thieu, which is famous for many famous delicious fruits such as mangosteen, bon bon, durian, jackfruit, etc.
Currently, many gardeners in the area are open to welcome visitors, such as: Be Hai Garden - No. 93 and Ba Tam Garden - No. 83 in Hung Tho Quarter, Hung Dinh Commune, Thuan An Town, Binh Duong.
Cashew
As one of the famous specialties in Binh Duong, cashew nuts have become a favorite food of diners all over Vietnam, willing to spend a lot of money to buy despite the high price.
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Binh Duong cashews are packaged and vacuumed to be transported to many provinces and cities across the country (Photo: Phuong Hong).
Because the climate and soil of Binh Duong are very suitable for cashew trees, the cashews here have a delicious, fleshy taste. In particular, dishes made from cashew nuts such as roasted cashew nuts, roasted salted cashew nuts are popular, often bought by tourists as gifts for friends and relatives.
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