1. Stir-fried veal
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| The veal is fried in cooking oil and is very sweet and tender. |
If you come to Moc Chau and haven’t eaten fried veal, then you haven’t been here. The veal is cut into small pieces, marinated with lemongrass, ginger, spices, then fried in boiling oil.Because the veal is young, the dish is soft, sweet, not greasy, not fatty, the skin is crispy and has a wonderful aroma. The best time to eat the veal is when it is hot. Some restaurants will cut the veal into small pieces, which will make the veal overcooked and dry. When ordering, you should tell the chef not to cut the veal too small.
2. Purple sticky rice
In the highlands, people often talk about the extremely unique and fragrant five-color sticky rice dish, in which the most impressive is purple sticky rice, a part of the five-color sticky rice. Purple sticky rice is made from fragrant, sticky rice grains, even grains without any non-sticky rice. Before dyeing the sticky rice, people take the sticky rice, wash it and soak it in water for 6-8 hours so that the rice grains have the right amount of expansion.
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The rice is mixed with the leaves of the black khau tree (a tree that only grows in the mountains). Before being pounded, the leaves are heated over a fire until wilted, mixed with the ash of the núc nác fruit, filtered to get the water and mixed with the sticky rice. When cooked, the sticky rice turns purple, and when cooked, it turns brown... This dish is best served with grilled skewers marinated with lemongrass.
3. Stream fish
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Stream fish in Moc Chau are usually smaller than in some other places, but they are delicious because you can eat them all. The fish meat is crispy and fragrant, without the fear of choking on the bones. This is a favorite dish of many tourists.
4. Cat's whiskers
Another specialty that cannot be forgotten when coming to Moc Chau is cat cabbage. With a cool climate, cat cabbage grows quite tall here, with large and firm stems. The cabbage is processed into many dishes such as boiled, stir-fried or cooked. Cat cabbage has a slightly bitter taste at first, you may not be used to it, but then you can eat it forever.
5. Grilled buffalo meat and buffalo jerky
In addition to beef and veal, Moc Chau is also famous for buffalo meat. Grilled buffalo meat in cast iron is fresh meat grilled in cast iron, tourists can grill it with garlic, onions, carrots. The delicious and hot dish is very suitable for the cool air here.
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| Grilled buffalo meat is a favorite dish of tourists when coming to Moc Chau. |
The buffalo meat is cooked by smoking it over the smoke of the ethnic people, after many days it will shrink and become quite hard. When you eat it, you need to grill it again and pound it, tear it into small pieces to nibble, there is nothing better.
6. Thang Co
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This is a traditional dish of the H'mong people but now it has become a delicious and familiar dish of the mountain people. Thang Co is made mostly from horse parts (or cows, buffalos) with vegetables, tubers... put into a pot to simmer. If you want to eat authentic Thang Co, tourists can come during the Tet holiday of the ethnic people in Moc Chau on September 2nd every year. In addition, tourists can enjoy it in the restaurant, the cooking method is a bit different and easier to eat.
7. Nam Pia
This is one of the top “horror” dishes, tourists often have to hold their noses to try this dish. The ingredients to make Nam Pia include congealed blood, cartilage, tail, meat, silver music, internal organs such as intestines, stomach, liver and small intestine containing cow or goat feces. The dish is quite bitter when served and when hearing about the ingredients, tourists hold their noses and shake their heads.
In addition, Moc Chau is also famous for raising dairy cows, so you can buy fresh milk or dairy products as gifts. Along with the vast plum and peach forests, you can buy peaches and plums at very "affordable" prices and candied fruits made from the above fruits.
