Eating out in Nha Trang
Nha Trang City is well known for nice restaurants with hundreds of types of specialties. The most popular of them should be steamed dishes with a long list in the menu. They can be steamed fish rolling with rice pancakes and vegetables, steamed crab with beer, steamed squid with fresh ginger, steamed clam with lemongrass or steamed shrimp in coconut juice. However, people in the city often prefer rural dishes to the seafood specialties.
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| A portion of banh can |
The first dish that must be mentioned is banh can. It is made of rice flour with some other ingredients depending on the guests’ taste and the locale where they come from. Different from banh can in Phan Thiet City that is often made of sea food, pork, and beef, Nha Trang’s banh can is made of eggs only. It is always interesting to observe how the cake is being baked and then taste it with special fish sauce and chopped fresh mango.
Banh canh, a kind of white rice noodle soup, is the second rural dish that attracts many eaters. It is served with cha ca or fried fish, fish sauce with chili, onions and soup made of pork.
Banh uot (steamed rice pancake) is also a popular dish. Rice flour liquid is poured on a very thin piece of cloth cover spreading over a pot. When the cake is done, it will be taken out by a bamboo stick. Some fat and green beans are added in at the cake’s centre before being served on a plate. It is eaten with sweet and sour fish sauce. Thanh Town, about 10 km from Nha Trang, is said to be a good venue for the dish.
Tourists travel to Nha Trang should also try many kinds of steamed glutinous rice with different types of beans prepared by street vendors. Sticky rice will be served in green banana leaves.
Nha Trang also has many other pancake-like dishes, such as banh beo chen, a kind of rice cake made with spring onions and pork fat; and bun bo Hue, a beef noodle soup originated from
Hue.
On a trip to Nha Trang City, after visiting stunning beaches, magnificent mountains and ancient pagodas, tourists should take time to taste local specialties, including rustic dishes to know more about the local food.
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