When it comes to the delicacies of the Seven Mountains region, it is impossible not to mention the unique dishes and famous specialty fruits that are loved by many food lovers, even if they have only enjoyed them once. Among them, perhaps the most special is the palm tree, a unique tree that only exists in the Seven Mountains region, along with delicious dishes made from palm water and fruit, such as: Palm sugar, jam, tea, wine, palm jelly... And the palm cake is known by many people for its characteristic golden yellow color, fluffy and spongy like flowers thanks to delicious rice, skillful fermentation and the rich aroma of the palm fruit.
The Seven Mountains region is also famous for its wild vegetable pancakes, which have long been a familiar dish for tourists when coming here. Wild vegetable pancakes have the same ingredients and preparation methods as other places, but are special in the plate of more than 20 types of wild vegetables served with the pancakes. These are clean vegetables that grow naturally on high hills and mountains, such as: fig leaves, sand loi, silk leaves, plane leaves, ginseng, gypsum, garcinia, kim that, and lagerstroemia... Wrapping all kinds of green vegetables around the pancakes, dipping them in a bowl of sweet and sour fish sauce, putting them in your mouth and taking a bite, you can hear the crispy crackling sound of the pancake crust in your mouth and feel the sweetness of the filling, the fatty aroma of coconut milk, the astringent taste of the vegetable leaves, the sour, spicy, and salty taste of the dipping sauce with all the colors, aromas, and flavors blending together... indescribably delicious. Ms. Le Truong Huynh Nhu, a tourist from the city. Ho Chi Minh shared: “When I first enjoyed banh xeo in the Bay Nui region, I was extremely impressed and really liked the banh xeo served with many kinds of wild vegetables here. Every year when I return to An Giang to celebrate Ba Chua Xu of Sam Mountain, I have to eat banh xeo in the Bay Nui region to my heart’s content.”
As a place where many Khmer ethnic minorities live, the cuisine in the Bay Nui region always has an exchange and combination to create uniqueness in each dish. A typical example is the papaya dish, a famous and typical snack of the Khmer ethnic minorities in the Bay Nui region. Simple ingredients include: papaya, shredded water spinach, long beans, herbs, lemon, tomatoes, mixed with peanuts, pork floss, chili, purple onion... mixed together to create an attractive dish with many aromas, colors and flavors. Or the O Thum grilled chicken dish is also one of the delicious dishes that attracts tourists when coming to Bay Nui. Chicken raised on the hills is marinated with lemongrass, chili, betel leaves, garlic... add a layer of lemongrass, betel leaves at the bottom of the pot, then burn until the skin turns an attractive yellow color. Tear each piece of chicken with the characteristic aroma of the leaves and lemongrass, which has absorbed the spices but still retains its natural sweetness, dip it in a bowl of salt, chili, lime or fish sauce, and eat it with banana flower salad. All the flavors melt in your mouth and linger on the tip of your tongue. Or visitors can also enjoy the golden grilled frog, stuffed with minced meat and lemongrass, marinated with spices, then grilled over red-hot charcoal with bamboo tongs. After only 2-3 turns, the frog meat begins to firm up, the fat from the frog meat oozes out, flows into the charcoal and crackles, the aroma spreads, attracting diners from near and far.
There is also the unique ka-tum cake of the Khmer ethnic minority. In Khmer, ka-tum means "pomegranate", because this type of cake looks like a pomegranate. Ka-tum cake symbolizes fullness and prosperity, so it only appears during traditional festivals and New Year of the Khmer ethnic minority, such as: Chol Chnam Thmay, Sen Dolta... This is a very difficult cake to make, requiring meticulousness and sophistication in the way of wrapping, so very few people know how to make it. After cooking, inside the cake is sticky rice mixed with the fatty taste of coconut, the rich taste of white beans, the characteristic aroma of young palm leaves, giving the cake a special flavor that cannot be confused with other types of cakes. Most notably, the Chuc tree, one of the native specialties of the Bay Nui region, must be mentioned. With the characteristic aroma of the fruit and leaves, the Chuc tree is known by many people and used as a spice to prepare many delicious and attractive dishes, such as: Beef porridge with Chuc leaves, steamed chicken with Chuc leaves, dried chicken with Chuc leaves, grilled beef with Chuc leaves, steamed snakehead fish with Chuc leaves...
In addition to the above dishes, Bay Nui still has many fruits and delicious specialties, such as: mountain crabs, mountain snails, stream fish, cicadas, scorpions, wild grapes, mountain tangerines, mountain star apples, mountain bamboo shoots, mountain cows... Only when tourists come here to experience, explore and enjoy can they fully feel all the flavors of each dish, the typical specialties of the Bay Nui region that cannot be found anywhere else. "I really like to go to Bay Nui region to visit, take pictures of the beautiful mountain scenery, and enjoy many extremely attractive fruits and delicious dishes that cannot be found anywhere else" - Ms. Nguyen Tran Ngoc Tran, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City shared.
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