How many days does it take to "eat all of Nha Trang"?

Seafood

Nha Trang is a coastal city, so it is easy to understand why seafood is the soul of Nha Trang culinary culture. Whether it is crab, snail, shrimp, clam, oyster... all kinds of seafood are fresh, sweet, chewy and crispy. In addition, Nha Trang is also famous for sea urchin, grilled gecko fish with chili salt, coi mai, mantis shrimp... All are the best of the sea.

The most delicious and enjoyable way to eat seafood is to go to the fishing village early in the morning, you will buy fresh seafood. Before processing, fish, squid ... are still swimming around. Just choose the dish, the chef will process it immediately (it is best to steam or grill to keep the original flavor) and you only need to wait a few minutes to enjoy it. The fishing villages near Nha Trang have restaurants located on the sea, the villagers will take you to these restaurants by ferry. In addition to seafood dishes, you can also enjoy grilled dishes here. Grilled gecko with chili salt is very famous in Nha Trang, gecko meat is chewy, fragrant, sweet will bring you a new experience of the cuisine here.

Seafood restaurants along the coast are also popular with tourists because they can eat and drink, enjoy the sea breeze and listen to the waves. These restaurants are often very busy every night with specialties of authentic Nha Trang cuisine. If you travel on a budget, you can visit the foot of Binh Tan bridge, Chi Xi's beer house at Da bridge, Tran Phu embankment, Co Uyen grilled fish at Hon Chong or snails in Van Don alley.

Doc Let Beach (Ninh Hoa, 40 km from Nha Trang) is less crowded, the coastline is very beautiful, there are also many types of seafood caught by locals and sold right at the market. Therefore, you can buy and ask them to cook it for you. Dai Lanh (Van Gia, Van Ninh) is also a culinary address trusted by many tourists with very fresh and sweet squid hotpot restaurants and chicken hotpot with perilla leaves; nearby is Diep Son Island with a unique walking path in the middle of the sea.

Meanwhile, Binh Ba Island (Cam Ranh) is praised for its market selling fresh, delicious and cheap lobsters. Binh Ba lobsters are very large, with a lot of meat, firm and rich in protein. There are many ways to prepare them and they are usually delicious in every way, from grilled lobsters, steamed lobsters, fried lobsters, to lobster blood pudding...

If you travel on a vacation or with your family, you can choose delicious seafood restaurants with beautiful sea views such as Thuy Duong restaurant, Nha Trang view restaurant, Ngoc Trai restaurant, Louisiane Fresh Beer Restaurant (with Japanese, German, French dishes... especially with 4-flavor French fresh beer) or InterContinental Nha Trang.

On the way to Cam Ranh airport, you will pass Bai Dai, the sea here is also very beautiful, the seafood is fresh, delicious and cheap.

Fish noodle soup, fish cake noodle soup, jellyfish noodle soup

Nha Trang cuisine is also famous for fish noodle soup, fish cake noodle soup and jellyfish noodle soup. These three famous dishes have fresh fish, chewy sliced ​​fish cakes, fish balls, crunchy jellyfish, a few slices of tomato, raw vegetables, fresh chili, which are beautiful, cool and delicious. Nha Trang food connoisseurs when eating fish noodle soup, fish cake noodle soup or jellyfish noodle soup do not forget to order fish intestines and fish eggs, which are both rich and fatty. The hot bowl of noodles has a light taste and is not fishy, ​​nutritious and easy to eat, so everyone loves it. Tourists often choose this dish for breakfast to start the day with a warm stomach and lots of energy. Many places also have additional options such as tuna, mackerel... which are also very tasty.

There are many fish noodle shops throughout Nha Trang, with prices ranging from only 25,000 - 35,000 VND/bowl, such as the shops on Tran Van On Street (open in the morning), sidewalk shops along Le Loi and Ngo Quyen Streets, and around Dam Market (open in the afternoon until late at night).

Fish noodle soup originated in Ninh Hoa town. In the past, after people scraped the fish meat to make fish cakes, they would stew the fish bones, so that the fish noodle soup would be sweet and clear. Nowadays, fish noodle shops usually do not make their own fish cakes, so there are no fish bones to cook the broth, it no longer has the delicious sweetness of traditional fish noodle soup, most fish noodle shops in Nha Trang are a bit... "industrial". Therefore, if you want to eat authentic fish noodle soup, you have to go to Ninh Hoa. In Nha Trang, there is only one restaurant that retains the traditional flavor of Ninh Hoa fish noodle soup, which is Hieu An restaurant on Lan Ong street.

Fish cake noodle soup is also a popular dish in Nha Trang with cyclo noodle soup on Le Thanh Ton street, fish intestine noodle soup on Ngo Quyen street, and fish noodle soup at night on Le Loi street. The broth is made from sea fish, has a sweet and rich taste. Fish cakes (there are two types: steamed and fried) are also made from fresh fish, so they are soft, chewy, highlighting the sweetness of the fish, and more flavorful when served with garlic and chili sauce. Fresh fish cakes are delicious when eaten with noodles and fish, creating an irresistible flavor. Don't forget to add some onions and tomatoes to the bowl before eating and serve with raw vegetables.

Jellyfish noodles in Nha Trang are famous for the jellyfish caught right in the local sea: the jellyfish is as small as a finger, opaque white, thick-walled, and best in early summer. The broth used for this jellyfish noodle dish is also more special than other dishes because the ingredients are entirely from fish and other seafood, not pork bones, and the use of spices is also very limited. Therefore, Nha Trang jellyfish noodles have a sweet taste, not too rich. To enjoy the best Nha Trang jellyfish noodles, you must eat it with chopped raw vegetables, lemon and chili while the broth is still hot to get the right taste.

Banh Can

Banh Can has a shape similar to Banh Khot, made from rice flour and mixed according to a special recipe. The rice used to make the cake is soaked in water until soft and then ground into a liquid powder. To make the cakes delicious and crispy, before making the cake, people will add a little dried cold rice flour. The flour for making Banh Can is mixed with water, add chicken eggs or quail eggs to the mold, without oil and roll in a bowl of chopped onions, then cover and wait for the cake to cook. The mold for making Banh Can is also very special, the mold is usually made from terracotta and has many round holes to place the mold. After pouring the flour into the oven, people add fresh shrimp or squid. The shrimp is whole and firm, the squid is small but thick. In some shops, Banh Can is only filled with eggs, beef or minced pork.

Banh can is usually eaten with diluted garlic and chili sauce or braised fish sauce. The dipping sauce can be added with meatballs, a little scallion oil, shredded mango, chili, and raw vegetables. Banh can lovers believe that waiting for the cake to come out of the oven and the satisfaction when enjoying the cake is also a way to increase the attractive flavor of the dish. Just imagine when the weather is cool or there is a little light rain, sitting by the charcoal stove waiting for each pair of banh can to be golden brown in the oven, there is nothing more enjoyable! No wonder that in the late afternoon, along To Hien Thanh and Mac Dinh Chi streets, from spacious and spacious restaurants to small sidewalk shops, are always crowded with customers.

Banh xeo

According to Nha Trang culinary style, banh xeo is usually small, fits in a small pan about the size of two palms. The banh xeo crust is golden and crispy. The filling of Nha Trang banh xeo not only has bean sprouts or meat but also has shrimp and fresh squid. The fresher the filling, the chewier, sweeter, and more delicious it is. Many banh xeo restaurants in Nha Trang also put quail eggs or chicken eggs in the middle of the cake like banh can. Banh xeo is wrapped in rice paper, eaten with raw vegetables and dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce, which is the true taste of Nha Trang banh xeo.

Banh xeo is usually sold from afternoon to evening as a snack but is extremely delicious in Nha Trang. A banh xeo is only about 5,000 VND, each person can eat four or five to be full. Locals often eat banh xeo at restaurants located on Ngo Duc Ke, Pham Van Dong, Thap Ba streets...

Chicken rice

Not only Hoi An chicken rice is famous for its delicious taste, Nha Trang chicken rice is also very popular with tourists. Each grain of rice is hot, sticky and golden, eaten with shredded chicken, sweet ginger fish sauce, Vietnamese coriander, fried onions, pickles, cucumbers and a bowl of soup to complete the taste. Gourmets often order some more neck and wings if they like to gnaw on bones or order a plate of chicken gizzards to slowly sip.

When a portion of Nha Trang chicken rice is served, just looking at the color is beautiful and makes you want to eat. Chicken rice must be eaten hot, then you can feel the impeccable flavor. You can eat chicken rice for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even for a late night meal. The famous Tram Anh chicken rice restaurant in Ba Trieu street in Nha Trang.

Bread with dip

Banh mi cham is considered a dish that combines most of the fillings of Vietnamese banh mi. This is truly a delicious, nutritious, and cheap breakfast of Nha Trang people. The dipping bowl has egg sauce, chili sauce, cucumber, green onion, meatballs, quail eggs, fried eggs, and lots of fish cakes served with a loaf of Nha Trang-style thick bread.

A breakfast like this costs about 15,000 - 20,000 VND, if you drink a cup of hot soy milk, it is enough nutrition to start a new day. Banh mi cham is sold at many noodle shops, but the most famous is Doan Ket Banh mi cham shop located in a deep alley, only known to locals. If you sleep in and come out a little late, there will be no more bread to eat. So, get up early to have the opportunity to enjoy this dish.

Grilled spring rolls

Grilled spring rolls in Nha Trang are an extremely attractive dish that cannot be missed when coming to this beautiful coastal city. Grilled spring rolls in Nha Trang, also known as Ninh Hoa grilled spring rolls, are made from fresh minced pork, seasoned to taste and shredded pork skin like Thanh Hoa sour spring rolls, but are not wrapped in banana leaves but are wrapped in star fruit leaves or young star fruit leaves to create a distinctive aroma. The spring rolls are shaped around bamboo chopsticks and grilled over hot coals, fragrant, soft, not too lean, not too fatty.

Enjoying Nha Trang grilled spring rolls, you will feel the mild sour taste, the aroma of meat, the spiciness of chili… blending together. Grilled spring rolls served with papaya salad and a thick, warm dipping sauce will make it hard for you to forget the delicious taste of this dish. In addition, eating grilled spring rolls with vermicelli (like grilled pork vermicelli) is also very delicious.

In Nha Trang, there are many cheap nem nuong shops, almost every street has one, the most famous of which are Ngoc Tien and Dang Van Quyen.

Beef noodle soup

The typical flavor of Bun Bo Hue when "migrating" to Nha Trang has been transformed into a dish that suits the local taste, delicious and rich, with a very unique Nha Trang flavor without losing the Hue flavor. Although it is not a specialty originating from Nha Trang, anyone who has ever visited this beautiful city without enjoying a bowl of Bun Bo is truly missing out.

If Hue beef noodle soup has beef or pork sausage, Nha Trang beef noodle soup does not. And if Hue beef noodle soup is eaten with pickled vegetables (lettuce, herbs), Nha Trang beef noodle soup is served with chopped vegetables. Another special feature of Nha Trang beef noodle soup is the fish sauce. Every restaurant has a bowl of thick fish sauce with chopped chili peppers for diners to dip vegetables in with noodles.

Famous long-standing restaurants in Nha Trang include O Thi beef noodle soup on Phan Chu Trinh street, Han Thuyen beef noodle soup, Ngo Gia Tu beef noodle soup, To Hien Thanh, Hoang Hoa Tham, Bach Dang... and countless popular restaurants.

wet rice cake, rice cake

Banh dap and banh uot are two popular dishes of Nha Trang cuisine. Almost every snack shop has both of these cakes, but the best is in Ninh Hoa. Rice flour is spread thinly in a pot for about 30 seconds to have a chewy, fragrant, white banh uot. Some people like to add eggs when making the cake, the dish will be both fatty and rich. Banh uot is also rolled with shrimp, scallion oil, cut into small pieces with scissors, and eaten with fish sauce or sweet and sour fish sauce.

Nha Trang’s Banh Dap is actually wet rice cake but wrapped in a layer of crispy grilled rice paper. When eating, you just need to break it into small pieces with your hands to enjoy the delicious, crunchy, and enjoyable taste.

To make delicious wet rice cake or banh dap, the dough must be fragrant and new, the shrimp filling fresh, seasoned well, and the dipping sauce mixed well. Although the dish is simple, the preparation must be very careful and the ingredients must be fresh and delicious.

Pineapple Duck

From North to South, duck dishes are no longer strange to everyone. Surely there is no one who has not eaten duck meat, but what is it about Nha Trang duck that makes so many tourists praise it? Why do people talk so much about Cau Dua duck in Nha Trang?

Duck dishes here are mainly made from Ninh Hoa duck, which is raised on fertile fields, so it is very fatty. Cau Dua duck street has delicious duck dishes such as blood pudding, boiled duck, duck salad, duck porridge, grilled duck... extremely rich for visitors to choose from. Each dish has its own flavor, but the general feeling about the duck here is that the meat is fragrant, soft, lean, not mushy and does not have the characteristic odor of duck. Cau Dua duck street is only about 4 km south of the city center, located right on Highway 1A, so take some time to come here to enjoy delicious duck dishes.

Beverages

Coffee in Nha Trang is mostly sourced from Buon Ma Thuot, so it is very delicious, even in sidewalk cafes with prices ranging from only 10,000 - 15,000 VND/cup. In the summer, you can try coconut water, pennywort, soybean, fish mint, green bean, peanut juice in Nha Trang, which has a very good cooling effect. In addition, at Xom Moi market, there is also winter melon ginseng juice, aloe vera chia seed juice, ginseng and pomegranate jelly tea, etc., which are both cool and nutritious.

Gia Han