“Delicious salivating” with the top 30 Lao Cai specialties

Lao Cai specialty vegetables

Lao Cai is an easy region to grow vegetables, especially cold vegetables. Perhaps those who have been to Sapa to travel must hardly forget this special Lao Cai specialty.

This land has been famous for a long time with vegetables such as mustard greens, chayote, spinach, etc. These foods are often easily found in any traditional meal of the Northwest.

Lam rice

Coming to Lao Cai, it is impossible to ignore the simple but popular specialty that is Lam rice. Lam rice, a specialty of Lao Cai, is cooked with the most delicious rice grains grown on majestic terraced fields in Sapa, Bat Xat, Bac Ha…

Lam rice is cooked from fragrant glutinous rice, put in a bamboo tube and then grilled on a charcoal stove. It has both the sweet and aromatic taste of upland glutinous rice and the aroma of bamboo tubes and burning coals. When the rice is grilled on the charcoal, the bamboo tube must be rotated evenly so that the rice is cooked evenly without burning or raw. After being baked, the rice is separated from the bamboo tube, which is both flexible, fragrant, and smooth like silk rolls, so it can still be fragrant for a whole week.

Lao Cai Salmon

Salmon is a difficult fish to keep and a premium and expensive food that can only live in clean water and cool climates. Therefore, it can be said that Sapa is an ideal place for this fish to grow, and has become one of the indispensable specialties here.

Sa Pa salmon meat is very firm, has a firm texture, has no fat, and is not eaten when eaten. This food is processed into many different dishes such as grilled, sashimi (Japanese-style fish salad), deep-fried, steamed, cooked with curry… But the most favorite dish of diners is still salmon hot pot and salmon salad.

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With most other dishes, you can come to Lao Cai whenever you want. But with nuggets, you can only enjoy them at the end of August to October every year. That was the time when the rice was just starting to grow, still smelling of milk, cut by relatives to make nuggets.

In Lao Cai, there are many areas with nuggets, but the most famous are still Bac Ha and Hop Thanh. These are delicious glutinous rice granaries in Lao Cai cultivated by the Tay and Giay ethnic groups. The traditional varieties of glutinous rice with round, fragrant seeds. Through the processing hands of the ladies, the sisters will give fragrant, green green nuggets.

Lao Cai Barbecue

Lao Cai is endowed with a cool and fresh climate, so Lao Cai barbecue gives diners a distinct and attractive taste. Here you can enjoy grilled pork rolls, grilled eggs, grilled pork, grilled chicken,…

Along with the seasoning and dipping sauce made from highland chili sauce, the characteristic spicy, aromatic flavor of the mountains will make you remember forever. That has made Sa Pa baked goods registered in the list of  Lao Cai specialties. Try to enjoy it to feel its special taste.

Black chicken

Sa Pa black chicken is very delicious and nutritious, can be processed into many attractive dishes such as: fried, fried with lemongrass, steamed, boiled, roasted, but the two most attractive dishes are still grilled black chicken with honey and chicken. Black traditional medicine stew.

Seng Cu Rice

This is a famous rice in Lao Cai for its flexibility and deliciousness. Seng Cu rice is grown mainly in Bat Xat and Muong Khuong districts. In particular, rice in Muong Khuong is still considered by the people to be more delicious. If you are wondering what to buy as a gift for your loved ones, Seng Cu rice is a great choice.

Black pork sausage

Tam Hoa plum

It can be said that Tam Hoa plum is a specialty of Lao Cai. Delicious dishes that anyone coming to Lao Cai can hardly ignore. Tam Hoa plum is found in many regions of the country such as Moc Chau, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau. But Tam Hoa plums in Bac Ha and Lao Cai regions are more juicy and of better quality.

Large plum, sweet crunchy taste, red pulp. Plum season starts at the end of May and ends at the end of June. After Tam Hoa plum season is the season of Hau plum and Ta Van plum, the fruits are also juicy, somewhat superior to Tam Hoa plums.

Sour bamboo shoots

Sour bamboo shoots is a mountainous dish of Lao Cai people. The method is quite simple but requires high meticulousness as well as the culinary secrets of the Northwestern people. Bamboo shoots after picking, peeled, chopped and incubated in jars, covered for about 1 month, can be eaten.

Sour bamboo shoots can be cooked with fish or all kinds of meat. When eaten, bamboo shoots have a cool, delicious taste, stimulating the feeling of eating a lot. If you wonder what to buy in Lao Cai, remember the specialty of sour bamboo shoots!

Men men Bac Ha

Previously, the Mong people lived on men men, like the rice dishes of other ethnic groups. Therefore, it is not just a dish but a history, a culture, a symbol of this community’s miraculous adaptability to the difficult life and harsh nature. Every step, from choosing corn, grinding to get the core, to how much water is prepared after each dish, so that the dish is fragrant and delicious, needs to be experienced and done very meticulously. period.

Stream fish dish

Sa Pa – Lao Cai is a land famous for its beautiful natural landscape, cool and fresh climate. This place is also home to many dishes with bold mountain flavor that are especially popular with tourists. If you want to eat delicious stream fish, you must mention fish from Muong Hoa and Muong Tien streams.

There are many types of stream fish in Lao Cai, the flat white fish looks like ditch fish. Some types of black fish are shaped like fried fish, crinkled, black mixed with rock moss. It is worth noting that stream fish does not have a fishy taste like other types.

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Bitter bamboo shoot spring rolls

This dish is prepared according to the traditional secret. The people take bitter bamboo shoots, boil them, and then peel off the sheets of banh mi leaves, soft and tough like thin silk sheets. This ingredient is used like a regular spring roll cake in a popular fried spring roll dish.

Bac Ha Sour Pho

Sour noodle soup is a very famous traditional dish of the people of Bac Ha, Muong Khuong (Lao Cai) and if you come to Bac Ha, Muong Khuong, Coc Ly … you will certainly not be able to ignore this attractive dish.

The main ingredient that makes this dish different is rice noodle soup, which is different from ordinary pho, which is brown because it is coated with a special local red rice grown in Lung Phinh commune. According to people, this type of rice cooks rice very hard, but when making pho, it is soft and fragrant.

Man Than Wine

Man Than corn wine has long been favored and trusted by people in the region as well as neighboring districts. Come to Si Ma Cai, try a cup of Man Than corn wine with a bowl of Thang Co in the cold winter weather on the rocky highlands to have a new experience, a new and interesting feeling. about the love of the highlanders.

Sim San Liquor

This is a very special wine. If you hear it for the first time, you will easily think this is a wine made from myrtle fruit that grows wild in the forest. But this is not the case, this is actually a type of rice wine of the Red Dao ethnic group, grown in Sim San Pine – Y Ty Commune – Bat Xat District – Lao Cai Province.

San Lung Wine

San Lung means “Tam Long” which means 3 dragons. That is when it rains or shines, people often see a rainbow like three faucets. From a distance, it feels like it sucks from the stream flowing from the heart of Po Sen mountain up to the sky. That’s why the Red Dao people call these three faucets San Lung, which means ‘three long’. Since then, that place is called San Lung.

San Lung is a sacred land, so the people come to live and establish a village and make a living by farming and making wine. The specialty San Lung wine in Lao Cai is a precious wine that is only used to worship ancestors, festivals, festivals, weddings and to treat good friends.

Cider

Making use of the raw materials that nature favors, the people of the high mountains in the Northwest also have apple cider. Cat cider is brewed from wild apples, has a wavy brown color and a characteristic sweet aroma.

The Dao believe that drinking a little wine in the morning will make people feel healthy, dispel all fatigue at work. Please note that alcohol should not be consumed on an empty stomach. If you want to enjoy morning wine, you should have some breakfast before that, otherwise it will not be good for your health. Cat cider is also the answer to the question  What specialty does Lao Cai have?

Bac Ha corn wine

Bac Ha corn wine is also one of the unique products of the highlands. Made from sweet corn kernels. Although small, it is the main ingredient to create delicious and passionate wine jars. In order to cook the right wine, the ethnic people also have to combine corn with a special yeast made from persimmon seeds.

Wine is made from a single ingredient, corn kernels. This maize variety is grown on the fields of the H’mong people. The corn here is small, but it is very firm, has a bright yellow color and is rich in nutrients. Perhaps because of the crystallization from the scent of heaven and earth of the high mountains, those corn kernels can create delicious corn wine.

Armpit pork

Born from the raising habits of ethnic minorities such as: Dao, Thai, Mong … This is actually a typical traditional pig breed specializing in free-range, not reared like bran-raised pork below. down.

Pork armpit has a sweet, aromatic taste, firm meat and not much fat. Roasted pork, grilled pork, boiled dishes or sausages all taste great, after eating, you will definitely want to eat more.

Salted bacon

The attractive dish of salted pork, crispy and firm meat, has made a unique Lao Cai specialty that attracts many tourists. This is one of the delicacies in the culinary list of Lao Cai highlanders that tourists arriving here must definitely try once.

Dried buffalo meat

Dried buffalo meat is a traditional dish with a typical Thai flavor.

The outside is dry and dark, but the inside is bright red, chewy and sweet. When eaten, there is the smell of long-term kitchen smoke, the spicy taste is mild, warm, and the aroma of mac Khen seeds and forest leaves.

The buffalo meat is often shredded and dipped with diagonal dipping sauce to make a refreshing or attractive drink. Enjoy the water so that the meat is soft, then cut into small pieces and then put on a plate.

Muong Khuong chili sauce

One more thing that visitors can not forget when coming here is the taste of chili sauce. Muong Khuong chili has small fruit, wrinkled skin, and a pungent taste that is completely different from ordinary chili peppers due to the specific weather and soil of the Northwest forest.

Thang co in Lao Cai

The answer must be Thang co. It sounds strange, but if you have the opportunity to visit the highland market, you should enjoy it once. The warm and hot bowl of Thang co will bring out all the deliciousness and uniqueness in the culinary style of the highland people.

This is a famous dish that everyone who comes to Lao Cai far away must try it. Thang Co is made from buffalo meat, horse meat, beef and pork. The ingredients are well cooked and vegetables are added when eating, suitable for cold days in the Northwest highlands.

Nung Din ginger meat

Nung Din is an ethnic minority in Bac Ha. Nung Din ginger meat is a traditional dish of this ethnic group with a very unique flavor. Meat is carefully selected with finely minced bones and then marinated with ginger juice and a little white wine. Finally, just brew it in a crock pot and take it out for processing when eating. It’s that simple, but Nung Din ginger meat has an unmistakable taste.

Colorful sticky rice

This is a traditional dish of many ethnic groups in Lao Cai, made from natural ingredients. The color for making sticky rice is made from forest leaves. It attracts visitors not only by its eye-catching colors but also by its sticky sticky rice. Sticky rice is made from the traditional round, smooth glutinous rice grains. Most of the tourist spots in Lao Cai you can enjoy this attractive colored sticky rice.