Vietnam is not only a beautiful country but also has a rich cuisine. Besides the famous dishes such as pho, bun cha, banh mi, banh xeo, cao lau Hoi An, mi Quang, we also have some weird dishes, let's have a look with me.
Blood soup
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Blood soup is a dish that uses fresh animal blood mixed with a little fish sauce or salt to keep it from freezing. After that, the blood is mixed with a little meat and animal cartilage to freeze the blood. Blood soup is usually the blood of pigs, swans, ducks, goats, and dogs. Blood soup can be added with chopped liver, intestines, gizzards and served with roasted peanuts, pepper, herbs and lime juice. This is a popular dish from North to South in Vietnam.
Balut
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Balut is a dish made from duck eggs from 9 to 11 days old. Balut is one of the popular street snacks in Vietnam. It is eaten with laksa leaves and pepper salt or lime pepper salt. According to the concept in Eastern countries, balut is a nutritious food. This dish is also popular in some other Asian countries such as China, the Philippines and Cambodia. However, the processing method is a bit different.
Coconut worm
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The coconut worm is the larva of a type of beetle, which lives in the trunk of a coconut. It is a harmful species to the coconut tree but has become a favorite food of many people. This is a specialty dish in the southern provinces of Vietnam, where there are many coconuts. A popular dish made from coconut worms is coconut worms soaked in fish sauce. Their rich, fragrant, sweet taste combined with the salty taste of fish sauce brings an extremely unique and attractive dish.
Field mouse
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The field mouse is a type of mouse that lives in the rice fields. It is a popular dish in Vietnam because we have a lot of rice. Field mouses' meat is fat, firm and delicious at the time after the rice harvest, usually after the winter-spring and summer-autumn rice crops. When the rice is harvested, farmers will go to catch them to eat or sell. This is also a job to earn extra income after harvesting the rice of the farmers.
Silkworm
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Silkworm is a familiar dish in people's daily meals, especially in silkworm rearing areas. Silkworm is a precious and nutritious food because of their high protein content, supporting the treatment of impotence, tonic kidney and yang, especially good for men. The most popular dish made from silkworm is roasted silkworm with lemon leaves.
Crickets
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Crickets are a very popular dish made from insects today. From a rustic food in the countryside, crickets are becoming one of the specialties that attract gourmets. Cricket dishes have become quite popular nowadays, because they have a very fragrant and delicious taste. Dishes made from crickets have high nutritional value, high in fat, protein and microelements.
Dog meat
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Dog meat is a popular dish in the northern provinces of Vietnam. It is eaten during special events such as weddings, death anniversaries or to treat special guests. So, if you visit the home of someone living in the North of Vietnam, and you are treated to dog meat, it means that they love you very much.