Winning horses - certain dishes must be tried when coming to Bac Ha
Victory is a traditional dish of H'Mong people made from horse meat and internal organs. Although it appeared for a long time and was present in many localities, it was only when tourists came to Bac Ha (Lao Cai) to develop this dish that many tourists knew about.

Pot Thang Co at Bac Ha fair
Bac Ha Triumphant uses a lot of high-season spices so it has its own unique flavor. When enjoying the victory, the pan of meat is still boiling right on the kitchen. Diners came to eat and the shop owner scooped out the bowl and enjoyed it when it was still hot. For steaks that have been stewed into the mouth, visitors will slowly feel the soft sweetness of horse meat combining the spicy taste of Bac Ha peppers, the aroma of the spice. In the chilly weather, enjoy the hot and hard victories, and sip a glass of sweet corn wine, it will surely be a memorable experience that no one dish can bring to diners.

Bac Ha Phở
Beside the horse-winning victory, sour pho is also a famous dish in Bac Ha which is well known. The point that makes up the distinct feature of Bac Ha Pho is the noodle with brown color, the color of the fragrant flexible rice grain is only high in the area where it can be grown.

Bac Ha Phở includes the main ingredients such as: Pho, finely chopped raw vegetables, pickles, sesame peanuts, Thai filet mignon, vinegar water made from fresh fruits and chili mixed with processed peanuts according to traditional method. Pho is mixed with spices just enough to create a distinct taste of upland noodle soup, especially strange to new people.

Black banh chung - the indispensable full moon cake in January of Bac Ha people
For Tay and Nung ethnic people in Bac Ha, black glutinous rice cake is an indispensable festival in January's full moon festival.
 
Black banh chung, Bac Ha (K.Anh)
On the outside, the black glutinous rice cake is also wrapped with green dong leaves but it does not have a square shape like green glutinous rice cake, but the shape is round, long, similar to the glutinous cake. Black glutinous rice cake is made of traditional sticky rice with large round seeds, both fragrant and flexible. The black color of the cake is made from the ash of the melon tree. Trees are dried, burned into ash and finely ground.

Ban Pho Corn Wine
One of the specific culinary characteristics to try in Bac Ha is Ban Pho maize wine. This is considered as specialty of H'Mong and Dao people in Ban Pho and Bac Ha plateau.
 
Cook corn wine in the town
This wine has a passionate, charming aroma, not harsh, not sour. In order to get this characteristic flavor, Ban Pho wine has been cooked from corn every year with only one season in remote mountainous areas, along with water taken from Hang Dieu spring and especially cotton-enamel of Hong Mi .
According to the Mong people here, drinking Ban Pho wine in the morning will have more strength, drinking in the evening will tighten friendships. Ban Pho corn wine is not only full of passion and love but also imbued with the sweat of the people. Especially when the weather of the white highlands gradually turned cold, there was nothing more wonderful than sipping a cup of Ban Pho wine, spicy and aromatic.
Nguyen Hien