The more Vietnamese food you taste, the more excited you will be for sure. Especially, what many foreign travelers have thought to be horrifying things are eventually amazing delicacies they are supposed to find it difficult to miss if having ever tasted those before. However, for the first time, most feel scared to try. Let’s see which must-try Vietnamese delicacies that scare you are being mentioned here!
Hot vit lon – duck fetus
Hot vit lon – duck fetus
This must-try Vietnamese delicacy is derived from the situation in the past when the locals discovered one thing that duck eggs growing in shape but not hatching for some reason could become a delicious and nutritious dish if those were boiled. Nowadays, apart from being boiled, the duck fetuses can be cooked in others ways, such as being fried with flour or fried with tamarind. While its taste is quite good, it looks horrifying as you open it and see a full small duck revealed. It is not hard to find where the food is sold as food booths on many streets in Saigon serve it.
Duong dua – coconut worms
Duong dua – coconut worms
Considered as among the outstanding Vietnamese specialties, Duong dua depicted as coconut worms definitely gives you the creeps at the first time you see one. The most frightening thing about the food is that you will bite each of the worms when it is wriggling on your tongue. Despite the fact that Duong Dua is believed to be the main reason for cutting down as well as damaging lots of coconut trees in the Mekong Delta, its flavor is actually irresistible. That is why it is quite expensive to enjoy the horrifying yet must-try Vietnamese delicacy in local restaurants when you have a Mekong Delta tour here.
Tiet canh – blood pudding
Tiet canh – blood pudding
The food sounds horrible, and in fact a part of it is made from the animal blood. First, add some fish sauce to the blood and stir well in order that it cannot coagulates. After that, pour it into the mixture of the other ingredients consisting of scallions, minced boiled meat, and peanut. Finally, just let the blood coagulate and enjoy it. Normally, the food will be served in a small bowl and found in some markets in large cities or rural areas. It is strongly advised that if you have an occasion to visit some countryside of Vietnam and see the process of making this must-try Vietnamese delicacy, you should try it as it is certainly clean and guaranteed for your health. Otherwise, the blood used to make it at many food stalls in the crowded regions may carry gems and cause dangerous diseases.
Thit chuot dong – vole meat
Thit chuot dong – vole meat
While lots of people are scared of this type of mouse, it is used as an ingredient to make delicacies at many Vietnamese restaurants. Voles are frequently found in vast rice fields in the countryside, and you will not have to worry about the safety in their meat because they just eat rice and sometimes damage other staple-food crops. The vole meat is white and pretty similar to chicken, so if nobody tells you it is the vole meat in advance, you will not even recognize that you are enjoying it. The voles will be utilized for cooking after the chef removes their fur, organs, and cuts off their limbs, nodes, and tails. There is more than one way to cook the meat, such as frying vole meat with lemon leaves, grilling it for sandwiches, roasting it in the clay pot, marinating it with coconut milk and chili before baking, etc.
