Introduction to Nha Trang trip – the central coastal city not only goes into poetry and painting but also “pleases” visitors with the most beautiful things of a coastal area. Nha Trang, the jewel of Khanh Hoa province, is always a bright spot on the Vietnamese tourist map, attracting a large number of domestic and international tourists.
Compared to the paradise of the S-shaped strip of land, the coastal city of Nha Trang attracts tourists booking domestic tours to visit not only because of the beauty of the white sandy beaches, the golden sunshine, and interesting experiences that are difficult to find. forget, the people are friendly and hospitable, but also by the delicious dishes full of sea flavor. Nha Trang jellyfish vermicelli, Nha Trang squid pancake, fish noodle soup, and seafood of all kinds… are delicious dishes you have the opportunity to enjoy when going to Nha Trang.
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Try 5 specialties
Not only is it a place famous for its beautiful landscapes, Nha Trang is also known for its delicious and attractive dishes that make visitors eat once and remember forever.
Nha Trang grilled spring rolls
A special dish visitors should try when traveling to Nha Trang is grilled spring rolls. Grilled spring rolls originated from Ninh Hoa but today have become a popular dish in Nha Trang and become a dish that any tourist is excited to discover. The ingredients for a portion of grilled spring rolls are quite sophisticated, including minced meat, crispy fried rice paper and accompanying vegetables. Vegetables served with grilled spring rolls must have nearly a dozen types, full of spicy, sour and acrid flavors. Depending on the season, vegetables can include lettuce, chives, basil, lettuce, cucumber, banana, star fruit or young mango… there are places with pickles or sour onions.
Tourists when eating grilled spring rolls in Nha Trang often think of Trang Bang rice paper or Da Nang pork rice paper because there are also many types of vegetables, rolled with rice paper. In particular, spring roll dipping sauce is a kind of broth prepared according to each restaurant’s own recipe, which is a special sauce that only Ninh Hoa grilled spring rolls have. The sweet and bold dipping sauce goes very well with fragrant grilled spring rolls, crispy rice paper, fresh vegetables; Anyone who enjoys it will never forget it.
Nha Trang Seafood
Nothing in Nha Trang, the special point when coming to any tourist area is to enjoy seafood. But what is more interesting than discovering the small but delicious restaurants in this bustling tourist city? If you ask a friendly local, you will most likely find Pham Van Dong street, where there are many fresh seafood restaurants with reasonable prices. The seafood here is fresh and cheap partly because many restaurants here are the focal point to buy famous seafood in the coastal land.
The seafood here is very diverse in categories such as shrimp, crabs, snails, scallops, beef fish, grouper, squid … The restaurant often displays a lot of seafood to prove its freshness and variety. Guests can choose and hand them over to the chef to process. Because seafood is very fresh, after processing, it is extremely delicious and full of sea flavor. This is probably what makes visitors especially love Nha Trang seafood.
If possible, visit the fishing village and eat fresh seafood caught in the sea. The fishermen will take you to the restaurants on the sea by ferry. Here, you can choose fresh seafood or manually catch shrimp and fish from the sea and ask the restaurant to process them into food for you.
Banh Can
Although it does not bring many features, visitors to the coastal city also want to try the taste of Nha Trang cake. Banh Can is interesting in the way it is made, and the salesman’s quick movements of pouring the cake, closing the lid, and scooping it up can surprise and delight diners.
In the past, banh can be only made from eggs and flour, but today, according to diverse tastes, the shopkeepers have also added many flavors to the cake such as beefcake, and squid cake… Khanh eats and sits next to a small stall. Scooping yourself a favorite flavor dipping sauce is another special experience when eating banh can. Not only one type of dipping sauce, banh can have 2, 3, or even more types for customers to choose from, but usually, the sauce is divided into 3 main types: sweet dipping sauce, seasoning sauce, and fish sauce. . The fish sauce is served with grated green mango, a little spicy chili is added, the hot little cake dipped with the dipping sauce becomes even more delicious and unforgettable.
Nha Trang jellyfish vermicelli
The main ingredient of this dish is jellyfish, which is caught right on the waters of Nha Trang. Jellyfish are available all year round, but according to people’s experience, the best time for jellyfish is in the summer. The jellyfish are milky white, elongated, crunchy, and have a pleasant cool taste. Jellyfish vermicelli is served with fish cakes, pickled fish, and sweet, clear broth. When eating this dish, a plate of chopped raw vegetables, chili, and lemon are indispensable ingredients.
Nha Trang fish noodle soup
Fish vermicelli in the culinary culture of the coastal people of Nha Trang is as familiar as pho to the Hanoians or the bowl of Quang noodles to the Quang Nam people. With the same name, Nha Trang fish noodle soup has many differences from other regions, making it a unique feature for Nha Trang dishes.
Because it is a sea area, the ingredients for cooking fish noodles are also sea fish, not copper and freshwater fish like the Northern or Western provinces. The fish here is grilled fish, a very unique specialty of Nha Trang.
Fish cake is made from fresh fish, hand-brushed, a type of fish cake can not only be made from one type of fish but a combination of many different types of fish, so the taste is rich, fresh, and delicious, but not completely clear. like fried fish balls or other types of rolls.
Delicious fish cake is half the success of a bowl of fish noodle soup. But the hot bowl of fish vermicelli is also softened by the pleasantly cool and sour pineapple flavor. The ingredients in the fish noodle bowl are completely taken from the sea, the broth is cooked entirely from fish, not meat, the other ingredients are also from the sea and very limited seasoning, so the fish noodle bowl is both sweet and gentle. It still has a strong taste of the sea.
After enjoying delicious food and beautiful scenery in Nha Trang, do you want to know where you can buy souvenirs or specialties as gifts for friends and family? Let Lily’s Travel suggest for you!
In Nha Trang
Cho Dam
Address: 9 CC B Cho Dam, Nha Trang
Cho Xom Moi
Address: 49 Ngo Gia Tu, Nha Trang
Another area
Cho Cam Thanh Bac
Address: Cam Thanh Bac, Dist. Cam Ranh
Cho Duc My
Address: Hamlet Tan Khanh 2, Ninh Hoa Dist.
Cho Chanh Vinh
Address: 42 Street 2/8, Khanh Vinh Dist.
Cho Ninh Hai
Address: Binh Tay Hamlet, Ninh Hoa Dist.
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