Dak Glong ( Dak Nong ) is home to many ethnic groups. Therefore, just by traveling along Highway 28, visitors will experience many unique cultural features and typical dishes.
The dishes that many tourists find unique are those prepared by the local people here. The dishes are often spicy and bitter. Therefore, if tourists do not like the taste, they should prepare some alternative foods.
Bamboo rice
First, we have to mention bamboo rice! Like many other ethnic communities in Vietnam, bamboo rice often appears in meals to entertain guests. The rice is cooked in bamboo trunks on a red fire, making it both sticky and fragrant.
Bamboo rice is simply prepared, originating from the indigenous people's custom of going to the forest and farming. Today, this rustic, simple rice is still popular among people because it is quick to cook.
Bamboo rice is best eaten with sesame salt. In some places, people often make their own salt to eat with it. It is a mixture of hot chili grilled in hot coals, coriander leaves and shallots... Especially, when appearing at festivals or important occasions, bamboo rice is often eaten with grilled chicken.
Grilled chicken
The chickens chosen to prepare the dish are chickens weighing about 1.5-2kg raised by local people. After cleaning, the chickens are simply processed by marinating with pepper, honey and salt. Then, the chickens are fixed with bamboo stems and grilled over hot coals until the skin turns golden brown and the meat has the aroma of spices.
Grilled chicken is considered a precious dish to entertain guests, when the family has important events and used in festivals. When enjoying, the chicken is torn into pieces and dipped in salt, green chili and basil leaves. Grilled chicken is enjoyed with rice wine, very interesting!
Wine
This is a typical, traditional drink of the ethnic groups in the Central Highlands. For the M'nong and Ma people, wine is brewed with a special yeast, the main ingredient of which is tree bark taken from the forest. Wine is delicious when brewed in ceramic jars for 6 months to 2 years.
In the past, Ruou Can was used in ceremonies, community activities or important occasions of each family (such as weddings, funerals, health celebrations, etc.). Currently, in Dak Glong, many households have made Ruou Can and supplied it to the market. With the traditional way of making wine, the flavor of Ruou Can still retains its own characteristics of the mountains and forests.
Bitter melon and bamboo shoot soup
This is a popular dish of the M'nong, Ma, K'Ho ethnic groups... In their meals, bitter eggplant and bamboo shoots are especially cooked with nib leaves (also known as bep leaves). All ingredients are taken from the forest, simply processed in large bamboo tubes. The dish will be more attractive if cooked with stream fish or cow or buffalo skin.
When enjoying, diners will feel the aroma of betel leaves, the spicy taste of chili, the rich, fatty taste of bamboo shoots. Especially, when eating the first bite, diners will feel the bitter taste of bamboo shoots that seems difficult to eat, but the sweetness will quickly spread, making you want to eat another bite, and then become addicted without knowing it.
To suit the taste of tourists, local restaurants have added or removed some spices, but still do not change the characteristic flavor of this dish.
Ta Dung Lake Pike
When tourists visit Ta Dung Lake - "Ha Long Bay on the Central Highlands" definitely enjoy Ta Dung lake's scorpion fish. This is a small freshwater fish, caught and processed by households living on the lake. The scorpion fish is dried or arranged into large pieces and then grilled over hot coals or hot oil.
The Vietnam Record Organization has listed Ta Dung lake's kim fish in the TOP 100 Vietnamese specialties. This is a dish that tourists cannot miss when coming to Dak Glong.
To enjoy this dish, visitors can take a boat directly to the fishing village or visit some restaurants on Highway 28 such as Hai Phuong Restaurant (Quang Khe Commune), K'Jang Restaurant (Dak Som Commune)...
Content, photo: Le Phuoc
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