(VNF) - Referring to Cao Bang, many people immediately think about many mountains, forests, rivers, streams, stretching majestically, immensely; and the nature is still pristine and native. Then, we must mention the specialties which everyone has to eat through a time in Cao Bang that you are not to be forgotten.

Cao Bang is the first province in north-east Vietnam. The western borders Tuyen Quang and Ha Giang, The south borders Bac Kan and Lang Son, The north and east borders Guangxi (China).

Ant Eggs Cake

Just around April, May every year, Tay ethnic people in Cao Bang together into the woods looking for baking black ant eggs ant eggs. Egg Cake reviews (Tay language called peng ray) is made from sticky rice flour, ant eggs with leaves of the fig tree.

Ant eggs, black forest Cao Bang Thankfully, fat and high protein. (Source: Internet)

Peng Ray is a glutinous rice cake with ant’s egg, covering with tender Va leaf. Sticky rice is soaked, husked into powder, which is kneaded into cake as big as an egg, pressing and putting cooked, spiced processed ant’s egg into middle, covering with tender Va leaf. After that, cake is steamed in a steamer. Ant’s egg is the egg of 12px, black ant. Tay ethnic people call this kind of ant Tua Rau, which often makes its nest in thorny trees such as Malagasy-plum tree, Cherokee rose tree. The egg is white and as 12px as toothpick head.

This is one of the culinary culture cultural values of the Tay ethnic minority people in Cao Bang.

Sauté cake (Banh ap chao)

Sauté cake is a favorite dish of Cao Bang people in winter. It is made from sticky rice powder, stuffing by minced duck or fried onion pork. That all put into a mould and fry in a boiling oil pan for a while.

Sauté cake is eaten with papaya salad, basil, lettuce, and eryngo. (Source: Internet)

Small cake pan is just two pieces of all, people who can barely fit in the stomach diners, keep it hot like to dispel the skin cut in the highlands. Pan Cake flour is crispy outside but still worn around the inner folds charming thank to spiced meat. These served as raw herbs, papaya soothing feeling on the first day of the cake, and fish sauce to increase the taste for snacks.

Cao Bang Sour Noodle

Cao Bang sour noodle is very delicious because it has ductility, combined with the bacon fat, duck and also because even the duck fat, tart taste of chilli… Eat at a little cold weather is very warm, the heating season may feel cool. When eaten bowl, sour remains should still feel some more. Eating exotic remaining first, second coming, three times will become addicted to its unique flavor.

Sour Noodle specialties is not just more attractive contribution to culinary culture of this place but also be recorded in the list of special dishes Vietnam. (Source: Internet)

Cake coong phu

Cake is a culinary drifting familiar to everyone, but in Cao Bang, people call coong phu (also known as phu noong) in Tay language.

It is made by Tay ethnic people from sticky rice powder mixing with a 12px proportion of normal rice powder. In winter days, every household makes Coong Phu cake to offer to their ancestors. In cold winter, visitor can stop by market or roadside kiosk to enjoy a bowl of Coong Phu cake.

The sweetie of sugar, the hot acrid and aromatic taste of ginger, the buttery taste of groundnut, the fragrance of Cao Bang white rice dispels the coldness and warms up every one. (Source: Internet)

Ong khoai (young bees) stir-fried with sour bamboo shoots

Larva of bees contains a lot of vitamins, proteins, minerals, sugars and amino acids. Bamboo shoots are not only delicious but are also rich in nutrients, and rank among the five most popular healthcare foods in the world.

They put larva, spring onion, fresh ginger, and chopped sour bamboo shoots in a hot fat pan. (Source: Internet)

Gam river fried fish

Cao Bang has a special kind of specialty, the fried fish of Gam River. Black hemibagrus, which is a shop boss Cha Ca La Vong is best assessed for fish cakes.

Fried fish has weight up to several dozen kilograms, is kind of hard to catch because it specialized to live in underground river cave. (Source: Internet)

Trung Khanh chestnut

When talking about the precious products of Cao Bang everyone remembers to Trung Khanh Chestnuts, which is the only fruit in Cao Bang, Vietnam. Because it is a fruit with the most delicious flavors whether you processed boiled, roasted, dried or security with pork leg, chicken, chestnuts still familiar taste. It always appears in late autumn.

Chestnut is brown, plump, the smallest is like the big toe; hard shell, thick and more fluff. It can be boiled, steamed or cooked; you’ll have a natural scent. (Source: Internet)

( Compiled by VNF )