A/ Sour soup (Canh chua)
Canh chua bong dien dien nau ca basa
(Sour soup cooked with basa fish and "dien dien" flower. This dish
makes you feel better if you have fever)
B/ Noodle
For many guidebooks and non Vietnamese
tourists, Vietnam noodle soup is just only "pho". In fact Vietnam has so
many kinds of noodle soups. The ways to cook noodle soup are different
from here and there. The ways of using raw material for cooking are not
the same for different areas. And the ways of eating noodle soups are
also different. Noodle soup in English is just the word cant figure out
the "culture" of Vietnam noolde. Name some noodles in Vietnamese: bun,
pho, mi, cao lau, bun uot, bun giai, bun tau...
Chau Doc market is very famous for its "Bun ca"
(noodle soup cook with fish and special herb called "ngai bun", and eat
with vegetables, especially with "dien dien flower" and salt with
chilli.
Another famous dish is "Bun ken" (rice noodle soup cooked with coconut, mud fish, peanut and eat with salt, chilli, cucumber, bean sprout)
Chau Doc poeple also love "Bun cari bo" (Noodle soup cook with curry, coconut, beef)
"Bun ca"
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"Bun ken"
Bo Kho (This kind of beef noodle soup is different with "Pho".)
Mi cari bo (Curry beef noodle). Most Cham people in An Giang province of Mekong delta follow Muslim and thier "Mi cari bo" is very delicious
Where to eat: Champa restaurant (Quan an Champa)
Trung Nu Vuong street, Chau Doc town
Tel: 076 628 3553 - 0986 664 575
Price: 25,000VND/bowl
Where to eat: Champa restaurant (Quan an Champa)
Trung Nu Vuong street, Chau Doc town
Tel: 076 628 3553 - 0986 664 575
Price: 25,000VND/bowl
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"Banh canh bo vien" ("Banh canh" noodle with beef ball)
Where to eat: almost everywhere in Mekong delta. But the Tinh Bien district of An Giang province has a famous "Banh canh" eatery. The owner is Khmer.
Price: 20,000VND/bowl
C/ "Linh" fish (Ca Linh)
"Ca
linh" is one kind of fish that comes in great number in Mekong river during
floating season starting from August to October.
*Ca linh kho, an voi rau song ("Linh" fish cooked with fish sauce and eat with many kinds of fresh vegetables and lemon)
* Ca linh chien gion an voi nuoc mam (Fried "Linh" fish, eat with sweet sour spicy fish sauce)
* Ca linh kho to ("Linh" fish cooked with fish sauce and pepper)
D/ Fermented fishes
Chau Doc town of An Giang province, is very famous for its fermented fishes.
Vietnamese tourists come to Chau Doc market surely will buy fermented
fishes for themselves and their friends like a gift. Just look at the
colour of fermented fishes, I feel hungry. A lot of Vietnamese people
love eating it everyday with rice or rice noodle, vegetable and garlic,
chilli... When they stay far away from our country, they miss fermented fishes very much.
E/ Ca basa chien gion (Fried basa fish with salt and lemongrass.)
Vietnam is basa fish exporter. This kind of fish is raised in Mekong delta, especially in Dong Thap, An Giang, Vinh Long provinces...
Fried basa fish with salt and lemongrass
Basa fish cooked in clau pot with fish sauce and pepper/chilly
F/ Canh bau ca ro ( "Bau" - one kind of melon cooked with "Ro" fish. This dish makes you cool)
G/ Ca loc nuong than (BBQ mudfish served with rice noodle, vegetable, rice paper and tamarind sauce)
Where to eat: almost everywhere in Mekong delta
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Ca loc nuong trui (Grilled mudfish by straw. Eat with rice noodle, vegetable, rice paper and tamarind sauce)
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H/ Cai chua (Sour sweet "cai chua" vegetable. This makes you want to eat more and more)
Where to eat: almost everywhere in Mekong delta
Ca loc nuong trui (Grilled mudfish by straw. Eat with rice noodle, vegetable, rice paper and tamarind sauce)
H/ Cai chua (Sour sweet "cai chua" vegetable. This makes you want to eat more and more)
I/ Fried coconut worm (speciality of Ben Tre province - kingdom of coconut)
J/ Chicken
Ga nuong mat ong (Fried garden chicken with honey)
Where to eat: Tra Su cajuput forest, An Giang province
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Ga nuong mat ong (Fried garden chicken with honey)
Where to eat: Tra Su cajuput forest, An Giang province
Ga hap la truc (Steam garden chicken with "trai truc" leaves. The leaves of trai truc fruit give "more delicious" taste than lemon leaves)
K/ Banh ich tran (One kind of sticky rice cake with stuffing made of green beans, shrimp. Eat with sweet sour spicy fish sauce)
L/ BBQ beef ball, Khmer style
Where to eat: Tinh Bien district of An Giang province
M/ Steamed rice
Com nau bang nuoc dua (Rice cooked with coconut juice)
Com gao luc la sen (Brown rice in lotus leaf)
N/ You love sweet?
Come to Mekong delta, there are a lot of kinds of cakes and sweet drinks, sweet eats. Famous cakes are "Banh ich" (sticky rice with green bean or banana or coconut), "Banh khoai mi" (fried tapioca cake), "Banh bo duong thot not" (sticky rice with palm sugar and banana, coconut)... One day eating and drinking tour? You cant taste all in one day!
Where to buy: Traditional markets, especially Chau Doc market
"Banh it"
"Chuoi nuong" (BBQ banana)
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Vietnamese
women love "ca na ngao duong" (a sour fruit cooked with sugar and eat
with salt, chilli). Pregnant women ask their husbands to but for them
when he goes to market!
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Banh it dua (Sticky rice cake with coconut): 1,000 - 2,000VND/piece
Boiled lotus seed
O/ Drink
Lemon or lime or tamarind? The famous sour one in Chau Doc market is
"trai bua" and "trai truc". They give special sourness. Especially,
"trai truc" not only gives pure sourness but also the fragrance. In
Mekong delta, just only Chau Doc, An Giang province has it! I usually
but it for my mom.
Trai truc: 50,000 - 80,000VND/kg
You have fever? Drink "trai truc" sour sweet juice and really feel better.
P/ Ca tai tuong chien xu (Fried elephant ear fish)
One of the most popular dishes in Mekong delta restaurant. Served with rice noolde, vegetable, tamarind sauce and wrapped by rice paper
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