Hai Phong is not only famous for many attractive tourist destinations but also impresses tourists with its diverse and attractive cuisine.
In addition to specialties with bold cultural features, Such as crab cakes, crab spring rolls,… there is another famous delicacy that has been associated with generations of Port people that cannot be ignored. That is the sea price.
The sea price (also known as sea price) is a mollusk with a blue shell, at first glance quite similar to a clam. The meat is soft and sweet. They live deep under the sea sand so they have long, exposed legs to easily find food.
According to local people, sea buckthorn can be harvested all year round, but it is abundant from June to August. This seafood species often lives buried under the sea sand and is found in many areas. Do Son, Cat Ba and Cat Hai waters.
For a long time, sea buckthorn has become a raw material for processing many delicious dishes that have been associated with many generations of Port people. Each kilogram of bean sprouts costs about 150,000 VND.
To add quality to the dish, people must choose bean sprouts that are fresh and evenly large. Because the fish tank lives in the sand, the preliminary processing process is quite elaborate.
People have to soak the bean sprouts in water for at least 6 hours so that they can release all the residue inside their bodies. Then rinse thoroughly with water and you can use it to prepare food.
Bean sprouts are an ingredient in many dishes, but the most delicious and famous is still stir-fried bean sprouts. When processed, the shell remains intact, so this dish is said to have the most flavor.
After cleaning, the stems and legs of the bean sprouts are separated and sauteed with onion, garlic, turmeric powder, vinegar and spices.
To create a thick consistency for the dish. When eating, people add arrowroot powder or diluted wheat flour/ tapioca starch. Stir-fried bean sprouts, after being cooked, have the characteristic yellow color of turmeric and are eaten with a delicious, smooth sauce.
Stir-fried bean sprouts are best when eaten hot, so they are most popular in winter. However, those who enjoy it for the first time may find this dish quite difficult to eat.
In addition to the separated leg, it has a crunchy, chewy, fragrant, sour and spicy taste that is quite attractive. If diners want to eat the meat of bean sprouts, they must peel off their shell and Enjoy each fish slowly.
That’s why stir-fried bean sprouts are considered a dish that can train patience.
The sweet and fragrant taste of bean sprouts meat mixed with the smooth sauce, sour, spicy, salty and sweet, makes diners remember it forever after eating it once. You can also eat it with bread dipped in fragrant and flavorful sauce.
Bean sprouts salad is also the most popular dish with many diners. However, this dish is prepared a bit more elaborately than the stir-fried dish.
After preparing the bean sprouts salad Steamed to retain sweetness, then peeled and removed to remove meat. The leg of the rack is blanched in boiling water. People mix bean sprouts with crushed galangal, rice, peanuts, sesame seeds and chopped lemon leaves. Bean sprouts salad is often rolled with rice paper and served with pineapple, star fruit and green banana herbs.
In addition to the soft and sweet meat, the soul of bean sprouts salad is also in the bowl of sweet and sour dipping sauce with a fragrant garlic scent. Chili has a delicate taste that enhances the attractive flavor of the dish.
Rolling a piece of salad with dipping sauce, diners will feel the strange crunchy texture of the bean sprouts and the unique taste of the bean sprouts. The mild sourness of star fruit, the bitterness of green bananas, the pungency of raw vegetables, imbued with the sweet, salty, sour taste of the dipping sauce.
Coming to Hai Phong, diners can easily find and enjoy delicious dishes at affordable prices at crowded markets or at roadside sidewalk eateries. Each serving of fried bean sprouts and bean sprouts salad ranges from 30,000 – 50,000 VND.
“
