Go to Cam Mountain to eat wild vegetable pancakes at the beginning of the rainy season

Banh xeo with forest vegetables from Cam mountain - Photo: DANG TUYET

Cam Mountain is one of the attractive destinations for tourists in the Bay Nui region, An Giang . At this time, wild vegetables are especially fresh after being watered by the first rains of the season.

Enjoying wild vegetable pancakes has become an interesting thing that many tourists must experience.

Wild vegetable pancakes in Cam Mountain have been prepared by local people to serve tourists for many years.

Recently, this dish has become more attractive as tourists from near and far seek to experience banh xeo just because of the typical wild vegetable shoots of the mountainous region - banh xeo with wild vegetables has since become famous.

Dozens of fresh wild vegetables are displayed right on the path, inviting visitors to enjoy banh xeo - Photo: DANG TUYET

Wild vegetables from Cam Mountain are available all year round, and are especially delicious at the beginning of the rainy season, as the shoots of wild vegetables seem to stretch out and wake up after a period of drying out due to the hot sun. When it rains, the young, lush leaves of wild vegetables grow rapidly.

There are about 30 types of Cam Mountain forest vegetables, each with its own uses and distinctive flavors, but when combined together they create a unique culinary resonance that can only be found here.

Wild vegetables in Cam Mountain are easily seen in varieties such as wild perilla, fig shoots, garcinia shoots, ginseng, sop leaves,... to strange leafy vegetables that only locals know such as silk leaves, royal poinciana, ivy leaves... each type has the strong smell and flavor of the soil and climate of the Seven Mountains region.

Customers are free to choose the vegetables they like to eat with banh xeo - Photo: DANG TUYET

Eating wild vegetable pancakes at Cam Mountain, visitors can freely choose their favorite vegetables from the shelves and display them on a plate.

However, when coming here, besides choosing a familiar banh xeo restaurant or a famous restaurant, the criteria of wild vegetables is given priority. Therefore, the restaurant owner often displays a shelf of wild vegetables at the front, close to the walkway, the most eye-catching position to invite diners to come and eat.

While waiting for the hot banh xeo to come out of the oven, diners will "admire" the fresh vegetable shelf next to it, which is constantly sprayed with mist and watered to ensure deliciousness. Depending on each diner's taste, each person can combine different types of vegetables to suit their taste.

"Mixing" many types of wild vegetables and then rolling them up and dipping them in fish sauce is a popular way to eat banh xeo - Photo: DANG TUYET

Some diners like to "mix" many types of vegetables together, then roll them up and dip them in sweet and sour fish sauce. Some people don't like to roll vegetables, they just pick a few types of vegetables they like, put them on a plate, then pour fish sauce on them and eat them like eating rice vermicelli or wet rice cake.

However, according to many people, the interesting experience of eating banh xeo is to use your hands to pick each leaf of vegetable, stack them from large to small, then roll the banh xeo up and dip it in fish sauce. Only then can you feel the whole process from touch, smell to taste.

It is the process of awakening the senses, blending with the unique flavor of the dish, making the banh xeo special.

When coming to Cam Mountain, tourists can find banh xeo with wild vegetables at some restaurants right behind Phat Lon Pagoda, around Thuy Liem Lake, because this is the central location of Cam Mountain, with many tourists visiting, and many delicious banh xeo restaurants.

Eating Banh Xeo with wild vegetables from Cam Mountain at the beginning of the rainy season, diners will surely have a very different feeling.

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