Check out 7 gifts you can't miss when visiting Nghe An

First of all, we must mention Xa Doai orange - a fruit known as a "royal specialty". Xa Doai orange has long been famous for its golden flesh, sweet taste, juicy, and fresh aroma. Also because of its unique deliciousness, under the Nguyen Dynasty, Xa Doai orange was used as a tribute to the king. Not only famous domestically, but also honored to be recorded in the French dictionary, appearing in the Lao idiom "Xa Doai orange, Tha - Khek mango" and entering Vietnamese literature, even being considered by many to be the most delicious in the world.

There is a poem that says:

"Juicy Cam Xa Doai

Golden drops like honey,

Oranges outside the front door

The fragrance wafted into the house…”

Nam Dan Soy Sauce - a rustic dipping sauce that seems to be indispensable in the meals of Nghe An families. Nam Dan Soy Sauce is made from 4 main ingredients: soybeans, sticky rice, salt and water. The process of making soy sauce goes through many stages: mold incubation, bean cooking, soy sauce fermentation. Soybeans must be selected from good quality, roasted evenly, crushed, cleaned and cooked for about 12 - 14 hours. Nam Dan Soy Sauce has a rich, sweet and delicious taste and can be used to dip vegetables, meat, braised fish, make sauce...

Or you can choose gift boxPhuc An Farm, a complete package of local gifts with cultural, historical and traditional values ​​of Nghe An. This is a gift brand with its own unique characteristics of Nghe An, from ingredients, flavors, quality to packaging. Phuc An Farm's products are made from local ingredients, carefully selected and cared for. Such as tea made from Nam Dan lotus - Uncle Ho's hometown, ginger jam, turmeric jam, dried lotus seeds... Combining the manual hands of local people and the most advanced science and technology to create products that meet high standards, but still retain the flavor, nutrition and value of the freshest, best ingredients. Phuc An Farm's products are all of high quality, including products such as lotus tea, red lotus tea and lotus leaf tea that have received 3-star OCOP certification at the provincial level.

Not only stopping at product quality, Phuc An Farm also pays special attention to packaging and arranging products in a sophisticated way. Each gift from Phuc An Farm is not only a product, but also a work of art imbued with Vietnamese culture, bringing luxury and class to the recipient. On each box lid is a painting of the Nghe homeland landscape or rustic, rustic scenes drawn by the talented hands of local artisans. Phuc An Farm gift boxes are not only meaningful gifts for relatives and friends, but can be said to be a symbol of the culture and hospitality of Nghe An land.

Nhut Thanh Chuong has a strange name at first but it is a very unique and special dish made from very familiar ingredients. Nhut dish was formed and lived with the people of Nghe An since the time of poverty. This dish is similar to the pickled vegetables of the Northerners, or the kimchi of Korea. Nhut Thanh Chuong is made from young jackfruit. The jackfruit fibers are torn into small pieces, mixed with salt and pounded in a mortar until soft. After that, the finished product is put in a jar and soaked in diluted salt water for 5-6 days. Nhut can be processed into many dishes such as Nhut salad, Nhut stir-fried with pork fat, Nhut braised with fish...

Flashing squid of Cua Lo has long been a famous specialty that everyone who comes to the coastal city wants to enjoy. Flashing squid (or dancing squid) is the name used to refer to squid that have just been caught by fishermen, still fresh, with eyes and stars on the body of the squid flashing. This type of squid is a specialty of the sea in Nghe An, usually appearing from March to August every year. After reaching the shore, the squid is divided into small bunches, put in trays and sold to tourists on the road to Lan Chau Island (Cua Lo).

Rice paper is a dish that can be found everywhere, but not everywhere can be as delicious as in Do Luong, Nghe An. Because the rice paper here has a lot of sesame, it has a rich taste, plus the spicy taste of pepper, garlic, and rich spices. Anyone who has tried it once will surely praise it forever.

To make a rice paper, you have to go through many steps from choosing the ingredients to making it. People will have to use rice with little stickiness, no impurities, soak it overnight, then grind it, mix it with black sesame and some other necessary spices. After that, steam it and dry it. When you buy dry Do Luong rice paper, you can grill it yourself and eat it directly or eat it with other dishes.

Many people say that if you come to Nghe An and haven't enjoyed eel soup, it's like you haven't been there yet. The eel is cleaned, the backbone and intestines are removed, then seasoned with shallots, fresh turmeric, red chili... and then stir-fried. The pot of broth is always boiling, simmered with sweet pork bones mixed with eel backbone juice, creating a very unique sweet and fragrant taste of eel soup. The vegetables put into the hot soup bowl besides green onions and coriander are also vegetables with strong essential oils such as thinly sliced ​​pungent purple onions, and Vietnamese coriander added to stimulate digestion, making the Nghe eel bowl have a unique taste that is difficult to mix with the way eel is prepared in other rural areas. Nghe An eel soup is eaten with rice paper, rice paper, and bread.