Ant Eggs

Every March, when the weather starts to get warm, preparing to welcome a summer, the Northwest men in general and Lao Cai in particular go to the forest to collect ant eggs. This unique specialty of the Northwestern mountains always makes people fascinated by the extremely strange and fragrant flavor. The white, white, soft eggs that are only looking at are attractive, but when eating, the more attractive it is, the diners, once they have eaten, just crave them forever. Ant eggs are processed into many dishes such as sticky rice ant eggs, fried ant eggs, fried eggs ... but for the Giay Lao Cai ant eggs are often prepared with bitter bamboo shoots, they cleverly separate young bitter bamboo shoots rolled with Ant eggs (ant eggs are mixed with spices) then steamed by steamed sticky rice.

With the dishes from the mountains, which are only seasonal, so this time is the best time to enjoy and enjoy this special and nutritious ant egg.



Rotten vegetables, also known as deforestation vegetables

Rotten vegetables are creepers, long stalks with many spines, growing wild in the forest. March to June is the best time when vegetables are rotten, producing the most young leaves. People often pick the tops and young leaves for processing. Rotten vegetables can do a lot of dishes such as stir-frying beef, stir-fry garlic, fried eggs, make salads, cook soup ... When eating vegetables, they are sweet, creamy, crunchy ... eating once will be addicting. If you have not enjoyed it, please go to feel the delicious and fragrant flavor of this rotten vegetable dish. If you want to enjoy this special dish, go to Bac Ha, Lao Cai. This area is suitable for the climate, so the fishing vegetables for the forest are developed well. The indigenous people here also have many ways to prepare this vegetable into special delicious dishes.



Mang Sat

Mang Sat is a species of bamboo family, the bamboo is only larger than a thumb. In Lao Cai, palm-shoots grow naturally quite a lot in Van Ban district, Sa Pa town, Bat Xat district ... After Tet holiday warms up, palm-shoots start to sprout out of the ground small, pointed shoots, Its glossy, blue-yellow-green hue is about as big as a thumb. The best shoot is when it is still fresh and harvested in the right season starting from the end of January to March of the lunar calendar, after the spring season, the bamboo shoots sprout like mushrooms, white and immature. This type of bamboo shoot can be processed into many different ways: batch boiled, stir-fried with beef, stir-fried chicken heart, cook soup, make chili bamboo shoots, sour bamboo shoots or dried to eat gradually ... Cross has become a specialty that not everyone is fortunate to enjoy.



Big Vegetable

Giant greens are shaped like ferns. This vegetable grows wild on the edges of forests and along streams, often sold in the Northwest highlands markets. Giant vegetables are cool, so the dishes made from these vegetables can aid in cooling during hot weather, the mucus in the leaves has a laxative effect and soothes back pain. In addition, giant vegetables are not only delicious and exotic, but also very nutritious, so they are often used by people to process in family meals. From boiling, stir-frying, soup to making salads, regardless of the way of processing, giant vegetables always make people enjoy its original taste forever.

Bamboo shoots meat rolls

Meat rolls is a dish that is not too complicated, but its taste is very strange, so it is loved by many visitors. When eaten, the slightly bitter taste of bamboo shoots, mixed with the aromatic sweetness of meat with other spices, will make your taste buds maximally excited. The ingenious combination of the flavor of the meat-rolled bamboo shoots makes it hard to resist. I had a chance to cook and enjoy this dish. And if you have the opportunity to set foot in my hometown Lao Cai on the journey of discovery and experience, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful and attractive bamboo shoots.



The delicious dishes from the mountains are always the focus of choice for tourists in their journey to the new land. Lao Cai will be the ideal destination to enjoy the unique and rich culinary space of the ethnic groups. If you want to learn more about tourism in Lao Cai, please contact the Lao Cai Tourism Information and Promotion Center, 02 Fansipan, Sa Pa town, Lao Cai (phone support 02143871975 during hours administration) or direct consultation at https://www.facebook.com/visit.laocai.

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