Field mice have long become a Vietnamese specialty dish. Fried field mice with lemongrass and chili is a typical dish of Ca Mau. The field mice are cleaned, drained, seasoned and then fried. Price per plate is about 90,000 VND.
Ca Mau dried shrimp
Ca Mau dried shrimp is made from fresh shrimp, boiled and dried. This type of shrimp is most famous in Rach Goc, Ngoc Hien district. Every year, in the 11th lunar month, people in Rach Goc have dried shrimp making season.
Roasted stone crab with salt
Salt-roasted stone crab has very firm meat, the meat is extremely fragrant, just dipping it with salt is enough for you to feel its delicious taste. The price per kilogram of stone crab is about 150,000 VND, which is about 6 crabs, which is quite cheap and not expensive at all.
Fried perch
Crispy fried perch dipped in ginger fish sauce and rolled with rice paper, adding some wild vegetables, it is definitely “delicious and forgetful”. You can buy a plate of fried perch for about 90,000 VND, it’s delicious, greasy but not boring at all.
U Minh fish sauce hotpot
Fish sauce hot pot is one of the indispensable rustic dishes of the Southern people. The main ingredients to make a delicious fish sauce hot pot are different types of fish sauce. Vietnamese fish sauce hotpot is often eaten with many species of fish and vegetables that are only found in the U Minh region. Fish sauce hotpot is made from butterfly gourami fish – a very typical fish in the U Minh forest but not popular in Vietnam.
Eel with coriander
Eel is always a nutritious dish, so just eating eel prepared in any way is enough to make you feel satisfied. Traveling to Ca Mau, you cannot help but try Eel with cilantro, which is both fragrant and fatty. A pot costs about 160,000 VND, which is also quite cheap.
Roasted turtle with salt
Salt-roasted turtles are considered a specialty of Ca Mau and are currently very difficult to find. Turtles can make many delicious and nutritious dishes, but the most delicious dish is still salt-roasted turtle, easy to make, easy to find spices, and enjoy the special rustic way of eating of Ca Mau people.
Spicy chicken cake
Sturgeon cake combined with chicken curry has become a typical dish of the Southern forest land. A plate of Banh Tam costs about 20,000 and is both fragrant, delicious and greasy, so don’t forget to enjoy it when you come to Ca Mau.
Vermicelli noodles
Vermicelli noodles are a specialty dish of Ca Mau, chewy vermicelli noodles combined with meat wrappers and pieces of pork sausage are both delicious and fragrant. Each plate of vermicelli is only 25,000, so you can eat freely without worrying about the price.
Grilled snakehead fish
Grilled snakehead fish is a very rustic dish of the Southern river region. If you travel to Ca Mau, you will be able to eat this fish dish when you catch it from the river and then cover it with straw and light it on fire until it burns to ashes. Grilled snakehead fish, just removing the meat and dipping it in salt and chili is enough to make you feel “lightheaded”.
Grilled mudskipper with salt and chili
Mudskipper is a typical fish of mangrove areas, people also call it tree climbing fish. This fish has a strange shape but its meat is sweet, fragrant and soft.
Mudskipper can be processed into attractive dishes, but the most delicious dish is grilled mudskipper.
Mudskipper meat is not greasy, so when grilling the fish, it is often spread with a little extra fat to prevent it from burning. Grill the fish over charcoal fire, the fish smells very fragrant. You can eat in Dat Mui eco-tourism area for 150,000 per kg of about 7 fish.
Braised broken rice with shrimp and pork ribs
If you want to eat rice, don’t miss the braised broken rice with shrimp and a few pork ribs for only about 20,000 VND per plate at the broken rice restaurants on Bui Thi Xuan street. The rice is cooked from broken rice so it is extremely delicious, especially the braised shrimp dish you will not find anywhere else as delicious as here. The rice dish also has braised ribs and pork belly, which are very unique. You will enjoy it extremely deliciously.
Tamu mau cake with tofu
The meat is minced and marinated with spices to absorb. Fried tofu and then cut into square pieces with spread hands. Spread the tofu pieces out, wrap them in minced meat and steam them, you will immediately have the delicious tofu dish you want. Price is 25,000 per plate at shops on Bui Thi Xuan street.
Steamed shark with onions, green pepper and fatty shrimp
Clean the whole fish and put it on a steaming plate with green onions, onions, green pepper, pork rinds and typical sauce. The price of 1 kg is 250,000 (usually 1 fish is about 700 grams). Tourists can enjoy it at the shops under Ganh Hao bridge.
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