Hearing the name Geoduck, many of you may feel strange, maybe never heard of it before. Geoduck is also called elephant snail, con thap lo, this is one of the rare seafood, has high nutritional value and extremely delicious taste.
Geoduck is not only found in Cat Ba, but geoduck in Cat Ba is extremely delicious and special. Geoduck can be processed into many grilled dishes, salads, porridge… but the most delicious are still the crispy steamed geoduck mixed with fragrant spices.
Cat Ba Grouper
There are about 30 species of grouper in Vietnam, in Cat Ba, 3 species were discovered, namely fatty grouper, black grouper and fox grouper. Grouper is a very fierce fish, specializing in eating marine animals, so it has very high nutritional value.
With Cat Ba grouper, people here can process it into many delicious and nutritious dishes such as salad, porridge, hot pot, steamed, sauced, grilled… Tourists coming here not only enjoy grouper but are also attracted by grouper fishing.
Sea cucumber is considered one of the specialties of Cat Ba sea. Sea cucumber has very fragrant meat, both delicious and fatty. There are two types of crab, male and female. Each female crab weighs about 1 kg, but the male crab has less meat and weighs only about 500 grams. That is why when catching crab, people only catch female crab. If you have ever heard the saying “sticking like a crab”, the reason is that crabs often live in pairs, the male and female always stick together like a shadow on the female’s shell.
Cat Ba sea cucumber is often processed into delicious dishes such as soup, salad, grilled, stir-fried with lemongrass and chili, sweet and sour, vermicelli, sea cucumber porridge… To make the dish delicious, it always needs full spices such as galangal, lemongrass, chili, vinegar; typical herbs such as betel leaves, onions, Vietnamese coriander…
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 roe located right at the head of the lobster and running in a yellow strip along the spine.
With Lobster, you can prepare lobster in many dishes, but simple and delicious ones are steamed with beer or grilled.
Cat Ba sea snake
When it comes to sea snakes, not everyone dares to eat them. In fact, sea snakes still have venom in their upper jaws, however, when eating them, you can be completely assured because they have been cleaned. People here often catch sea snakes, remove the viscera, keep only the skin and fat, wash the blood with 90-degree alcohol, then dry or dry them. 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.
Another delicious dish that you should not miss when traveling to Cat Ba is red snapper and grouper. The price of these two fish is not too expensive and can be processed into many delicious dishes such as salad, hot pot, steamed, sauced, grilled, so in the meals of Cat Ba restaurants or cafes, there is always this dish.
Bun tom 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 grilled pork rolls. Bun tom in Cat Ba does not use vinegar or lemon but adds tamarind juice, so it has a very different taste from bun tom in other places.
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 Nui Ngoc): A place where many people choose to eat affordable seafood. Here, there are fresh crabs, squids and hot seafood hotpot.
– Family Bakery (194 April 1st Street, open from 7am to 4pm): Here you should try Turkish bread and almond cakes. Here they have the best caramel in Cat Ba.
– If you want to enjoy cheap food, you can go to the restaurants in Cat Ba market.
– In addition, in the evening you can also experience a meal on a raft, you only pay for the meal, not the raft.
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