These are the typical flavors: (1) Long An shrimp sausage, Ca Mau ecological dried shrimp, pickled shallots, So Do century eggs; (2) Spring rolls with pork and sour shrimp, dipped in Go Cong shrimp paste; (3) Ground pennywort salad, Ca Mau ecological shrimp; (4) Saigon beef vermicelli; (5) Ben Tre prawns braised in taro, served with rice (rice - organic shrimp) Soc Trang; (6) Go Cong duck braised in coconut water, served with bread; (7) Go Cong bowl soup; and (8) Steamed bananas, coconut milk.
Southern Vietnamese meals are prepared from ingredients from the land and sky of the South.
For example, when mentioning the South, we easily think of fields of storks flying straight. To create this largest rice granary, the network of rivers and canals, both natural and artificial, almost plays a decisive role with the water and alluvium inside. In the Southern meal, there are 02 representatives of river products: Ca Mau ecological shrimp and Ben Tre giant freshwater shrimp. From the end of the mainland connecting to the vast Southern land, Ca Mau ecological shrimp brings diners an unforgettable firm, sweet meat texture. These are shrimps that are raised naturally, eat plankton according to the water level and are only harvested once a year during the flood season. They are delicious when dried or eaten fresh.
Some dishes are prepared by culinary artists and elevated to become high-class dishes in luxury restaurants.
Or from the shrimp rice fields of Soc Trang to the orchards of An Giang. Following the ebb and flow of the water each season, precious alluvium is deposited in the rich delta, the orchards are full of fruit. Discovering the cuisine of the South, gourmets can hardly ignore the flavors of the fruits here: plump and fragrant rice grains, fatty coconut milk, sour and sour fruit, bitter durian, spicy ginger or eye-popping chili peppers... Among them, rice has put the name of Vietnam on the world rice map with the best rice in the world for many years. In particular, diners will enjoy the specialty shrimp rice of Soc Trang. This is a type of rice grown in rotation in shrimp fields, limiting the use of chemicals and has a special flavor that is sticky, fragrant, delicious and goes well with any dish in the 8-flavor delicious tray of the South. In addition, the dessert also uses An Giang wax bananas that are naturally ripened before processing, retaining the excellent flavor of the orchards of the South.
In particular, the land of Go Cong (Tien Giang) is present in "Southern Delicious Tray" with a unique dipping sauce of special sour shrimp paste. Not fermented with fermented rice, Go Cong sour shrimp uses star fruit leaves and is made from natural native shrimp. Only skilled artisans know how to watch the fish sauce for "enough sunlight", at that time, the fish sauce will have a bright red color of shrimp bricks, fragrant with a distinctive flavor completely different from other types of fish sauce.
More elaborately, Go Cong cuisine also treats diners to a traditional dish that has almost disappeared from the old Southern banquets and holiday tables: Do Bat soup - one of the must-have dishes on the banquet tables in Go Cong in the past that grandmothers and mothers often prepared and taught to their children and grandchildren. The most elaborate dish is that this soup requires at least 8 types of fresh ingredients from vegetables, mushrooms, nuts to meats depending on local conditions. All ingredients with eye-catching colors are cooked until soft but not mushy with a clear, sweet broth, with a mild mushroom aroma.
Ms. Thanh Van, in charge of Marcom Man Moi - one of the few restaurants following the style of Vietnamese hometown flavors, said that when experiencing a Southern meal or delicious tray, it will be an interesting culinary experience that does not stop at the taste and ingredients but also a journey that takes gourmet diners to travel through each land, to understand more about the story of each delicious Southern specialty dish, with the desire to honor local products and promote the culinary culture of the regions of Vietnam.
The Southern culinary style with delicious rice, fragrant fish sauce, and fresh, crispy shrimp and fish will be recreated on a delicious Southern tray, which will definitely be a culinary experience worth trying when visiting.
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