Ninh Binh Specialities
Ninh
Binh eel Vermicelli (Mien Luon Ninh Binh)
If you have a chance to visit Ninh Binh and experience
the ell vermicelli, you will realize that the most delicious ell vermicelli is
that of Mrs. Phan, whose family has a long-standing tradition of producing this
dish.
The eels and vermicelli are carefully selected and
processed before given to diners. Another important ingredient of this dish is
banana flowers which make the dish more special and delicious.
Besides, there are also many other spices and
additives like fish sauce, salted shrimp sauce, lemon, pepper, chilly and other
fine herbs to be served with Min luon. The flavor of the banana flowers
combined with lots of fine herbs and additives will surely attract any diner.
Hoa
Lu Rare Goat Meat
Hoa Lu is blessed with many lime stone mountains
which are suitable for raising goats. In order to have a good rare goat meat
dish, local people have to perform many steps from the processing procedure to
the mixture procedure.
Goat meat is crushed into thin slices and mixed with
various spices and additives before displaying in plates. The main ingredients
of this dish include ginger, chilly, lemon, seasoning powder, and citronella;
all these ingredients and spices are well-mixed with goat meat.
Rare goat meat is a nutritious and delicious dish
since it is served with many precious fine herbs which are very good for
people’s health.
Yen
Mac Fermented Spring Roll (Nem Chua Yen Mac)
No one can say the exact time when Yen Mac fermented
spring rolls came into existence; however, it has long been a familiar dish for
local people as well as visitors. You can enjoy this kind of spring roll right
after finishing or you can also enjoy it several days after that without being
afraid of losing its original flavor.
Yen Mac spring roll is cover with guava leaves
before rolled in banana leaves. The spring rolls are served with fish sauce
mixed with chilly, lemon and garlic. Today, this kind of dish can also be found
in some other regional area like Yen Nhan, Yen My. In order to produce good
quality spring rolls, people have to go through various steps of choosing the
input materials and mixing the ingredients together.
Com
Chay (Burned Cooked Rice)
This dish is made from cooked rice sliced into round
shapes. After cooled down, the round slices are soaked into hot oil pan until
they turn yellow. Beef and pig’s heart and kidney are crushed into thin slices
and mixed with spices and ingredients like tomato, carrot, onion and mushroom.
Then the mixture is well-fried and put into the com chay bowl.