Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market

Many communes in rural Viet Nam feature countryside markets (cho que). Here are top 5 dishes served at Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City.
October 23, 2021 | 07:23
Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

The countryside market is one of the favourite destinations of tourists in a closed tour of Cu Chi. The countryside market is one of the favourite destinations of tourists in a closed tour of Cu Chi. It consists of 7 small stalls selling many rustic delicacies. for diners to enjoy. The dining spot in the market is roofed with leaves, erected bamboo walls with the idyllic beauty of the southern countryside, surrounded by bamboos.

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

The stalls in the market are arranged with low bamboo tables. Tourists can sit on chairs to choose dishes and then enjoy them on the spot or bring food to the nearby thatched roofs.

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

When it comes to Cu Chi, visitors should definitely try the dish of tapioca (or cassava) steamed with pandan leaves. It is dipped with sesame salt. After visiting the tunnels, tourists can visit the country market to buy soft steamed tapioca with pandan leaves. It costs about 40,000 VND ($ 1.75) /kg. This stall also has more dishes of boiled taro, rice cake with herbal ash, cassava cake.

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

A favorite dish of Northern tourists in the countryside market is spring rolls with shrimp and meat dipped in sweet soy sauce, mixed with hot peppers, pickles and fatty peanuts. This dish has many green vegetables to eat and is accompanied by boiled pork, soft steamed shrimp. Each spring rolls costs from 8,000 VND ($0.35).

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

One of the most popular dishes in the countryside market is tapioca soup, which has a sweet, greasy taste of coconut milk and well seasoned. The dish makes an impression on softly cooked potatoes, the fleshy taste, the sweet juice mixed with the chewy powder and roasted peanuts. Each cup of tea costs 15,000 VND ($0.65). The beauty of this dish is that it works well served cold.

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

In addition to tapioca tea, the beverage stall in the country market also has cold ginseng water and ginseng for sale at good price of 10,000 VND ($0.43)-15,000 VND ($0.65).

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

Tourists can also try the fragrant yellow pancakes of the South with a thin hot crispy crust, the filling is made from chopped pork, seasoned and cooked, with the addition of raw bean sprouts mixed with it. The dish is best served with a variety of vegetables such as broccoli, lettuce, herbs, lettuce, toad leaves... dipped in salty fish sauce, spicy and sweet in harmony.

Top 5 Must Try Dishes At Cu Chi's Countryside Market
Country market at Cu Chi. Photo: vnexpress.

Grilled snakehead fish is an idyllic dish that has existed for many years. Walking around the Cu Chi countryside market, visitors can also caught sight of the staff grilling fish for guests to see. When the fish is buried in a pile of dry straw, it burns hotly. Grilled fish is best served with vegetables, fresh vermicelli, rice paper rolls dipped in spicy fish sauce.

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