Delicious Food Must Try In Sapa

Ngày Đăng: 10-11-2021

Sapa is not only a place with beautiful scenery, where there are majestic Hoang Lien Son mountains, majestic Fansipan peaks, the cuisine here is also very rich, diverse, imbued with cultural identity of the region. Northwest, making visitors will have to remember and be impressed forever.

BARBECUE

Coming to Sa Pa, you will certainly not be able to forget each stall of smokey grilled food in the cold weather, right? Barbecue in Sa Pa is pork skewers, grilled pork belly, quail, beef rolls with cat cabbage, beef rolls with mushrooms, grilled eggs … are seasoned with flavors of the Northwest mountains. Going down the street on a winter night, with relatives and friends gathering around the barbecue with dim lights, sitting with arms around the pink kitchen, enjoying delicious grilled dishes is truly an experience that everyone must try when coming to Sa Pa.

THẮNG CỐ

Thang co is a traditional dish of the H’Mong people, originating from Yunnan China, then introduced to Vietnamese ethnic groups such as Kinh, Dao, and Tay. The raw material to cook traditional Thang Co is horse meat. Later, people have processed more types such as beef, buffalo, and pork. The people of Sapa say that Thang Co horse was born nearly 200 years ago when the H’Mong, Tay and Nung people came to Bac Ha to reside.

SALMON

The type of fish raised in Sa Pa is mainly rainbow trout, also known as trout. Fish with firm meat, firm texture, no fat, bright pink, soft and sweet, is suitable for processing into many different dishes such as sasimi, deep-fried, steamed, curry… but the most prominent are the dishes. Salmon hot pot, salmon salad, grilled salmon…

LON CAP NACH

Lợn cắp nách known as Muong Sa Pa pig is a breed of pig found only in the highlands. They belong to a small breed of pig, only about 10-20 kg, raised by mountainous people in a free-range style. Coming to Sa Pa, it is very easy to come across a very lovely image that is small beautiful pigs that are carried under the armpits by the highlanders and sold in highland markets. The name pig with armpit was also born from there. The pig’s armpit is processed quite wild, can be steamed, grilled, cooked in imitation of civet… The sour, acrid taste and aroma of doi seeds, lemon leaves combined with three dishes of pig’s armpits are unmatched..

TRAU GAC BEP

Initially, the buffalo meat was created by the Black Thai people. They believe that dried buffalo meat can be kept for a long time. The dish is used by ethnic people as a reserve food in the days of going to the forest or in the long rainy season. The pieces of buffalo meat are brought to the kitchen by the people here. The smoke of the wood stove as well as the heat will preserve the meat from spoiling, each piece of meat is sucked and absorbed into the kitchen smoke when eaten, bringing a special delicious taste.

BLACK CHICKEN

Black chicken, also known as evil chicken, has a very small body, each one is only about 1.2kg and as the name suggests, it has a dark skin color. Black chicken in Sa Pa, Lao Cai is not only known as a favorite dish but also known for its many uses in the field of medicine. The most famous dish made from Sa Pa’s black chicken is grilled honey chicken. The delicious grilled chicken dish served with mint leaves dipped in salt, pepper and lemon will surely satisfy even the most fastidious diners.

COLORFUL STICKY RICE

Colorful sticky rice is a traditional cultural dish of the Nung ethnic group in Muong Khuong, Lao Cai. The seven colors of sticky rice including pink, magenta, crimson, cuu long green, yellow green, banana green and yellow are all made from a variety of natural forest leaves such as carnations, yellow flowers, turmeric, etc. With the typical flavor of the mountains and forests here, people choose the type of sticky rice with large and long grains to cook sticky rice. People here believe that eating sticky rice on Tet holidays will bring good luck. That is why the seven-color sticky rice always plays an important role in the tray as well as the daily life of the ethnic people here.

There are many other unique and interesting dishes that you can enjoy and discover during your trip to Sapa. Each dish has its own character, but all of them are imbued with the national cultural identity of this Northwest mountainous region.