Hearing the name Tu Boi will probably make many of you feel strange, perhaps you have never heard the name before. Tu Hai is also known as geoduck snail or baby snail. This is one of the rare seafood, with high nutritional value and extremely delicious taste.
Tu Hai is not only found in Cat Ba, but Tu Hai in Cat Ba is extremely delicious and extremely special. Geoduck can be processed into many grilled dishes, salads, porridge… but the most delicious is still the crispy steamed geoduck mixed with fragrant flavor.
Cat Ba grouper
There are about 30 species of grouper in Vietnam. In Cat Ba, 3 species were discovered: fat grouper, black grouper and fox grouper. Grouper is a very aggressive fish that specializes in eating marine animals, so it has very high nutritional value.
With Cat Ba grouper fish, people here can process it into many delicious and nutritious dishes such as salads, porridge, hot pot, steamed, sauced, grilled… Tourists come here not only to enjoy grouper fish but Also attracted by the hobby of grouper fishing.
Cat Ba sea horseshoe crab
Sea horseshoe crab is considered one of the specialties of Cat Ba coastal area. But the sea has very fragrant meat, both delicious and fleshy. There are two types of Sam, male and female Sam. Each female crab weighs about 1 pound, but the male crab has little meat and weighs only about 5 ounces. That’s why when catching horseshoe crabs, people only catch female horseshoe crabs. If you have ever heard the phrase “clinging like a crab”, the reason is that Sam often lives in pairs, the male and female always cling tightly like a shadow on the female’s shell.
Cat Ba Sam is often processed into delicious dishes such as soup, salad, grilled, stir-fried with lemongrass and chili, sweet and sour, vermicelli, Sam porridge… To make the dish delicious, it always needs full spices such as galangal, lemongrass, chili, vinegar; Typical herbs and spices such as lolot leaves, onions, laksa leaves…
Cat Ba lobster
Lobster is the king of seafood thanks to its extremely high nutritional value, extremely firm, chewy and sweet meat. The most quintessential part of the lobster is the tile placed right where the shrimp’s head is and runs into a yellow strip along the spine.
With Lobster, you can prepare lobster into many simple but delicious dishes such as steaming with beer or grilling.
Cat Ba sea snake
When it comes to sea snakes, not everyone dares to eat them. The truth is that sea snakes still have venom in their upper jaw, however, when eating, you can feel completely secure because it has been cleaned. People here often catch sea snakes and bury them, keeping only the skin and the fat layer, wash the blood with 90-degree alcohol and then dry it or dry it. In addition to dishes made from sea snakes, people also use snake blood soaked in wine. This wine cures many diseases such as dizziness, back pain, and bone pain.
Red snapper and cobia
The dishes are also very delicious that you should not miss when traveling to Cat Ba: red snapper and cobia. The price of these two fish species is not too expensive and can be processed into many delicious dishes such as salad, hot pot, steamed, sauced, grilled, so this dish is always available in Cat Ba shops and restaurants.
Cat Ba shrimp noodle soup
Shrimp vermicelli in Cat Ba is extremely special because the broth is made from fresh shrimp, in addition to the sweet aroma of fish cakes, the pungent smell of a few pieces of lolot leaf rolls. The shrimp vermicelli dish in Cat Ba does not use vinegar or lemon but tamarind juice so it tastes very different from the shrimp vermicelli dish elsewhere.
Some delicious, nutritious, and cheap places to eat on Cat Ba island
– Bamboo Cafe (April 1st Street): This is the best restaurant in Cat Ba to enjoy seafood dishes (both Vietnamese and European dishes).
– Vien Duong (12 Ngoc Nui): The place where many people choose to eat affordable seafood. There are freshly prepared crabs, squids and hot seafood hotpots.
– Family Bakery (194 April 1st Street, open from 7 am to 4 pm): Here you should try Turkish-style breads and almond cakes. Here you will find the best caramel dish in Cat Ba.
– If you want to enjoy cheap cuisine, you can go to the restaurants in Cat Ba market.
– In addition, in the evening you can also experience meals on the raft, you only pay for the food, not the raft.
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