Bun Quay in Phu Quoc

Coming to Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang province), in addition to fresh seafood, there is also a dish that should not be missed, which is bun quay.

Bun Quay Phu Quoc originated from Binh Dinh shrimp noodle dish. More than 40 years ago, some people from Binh Dinh migrated to Phu Quoc to reclaim land and settle down, and they brought Binh Dinh shrimp noodle dish to the Pearl Island. In the early days, only a few households sold this dish to serve the residents in the hamlet and fishermen in the nearby area. The shops had no signs, the first location in today's Tran Phu fishing hamlet.

The reason this dish is called Bun Quay is because diners have to eat it with a homemade dipping sauce made from kumquat, ground chili, sugar, and MSG. Once you have all the ingredients, put them in a bowl and stir vigorously so that the spices dissolve completely, thicken, and turn orange-red. To have a delicious dipping sauce, you have to stir quickly for at least 5 minutes.

Most tourists, or even many locals, do not know exactly the origin and how to prepare a delicious bowl of Bun Quay. A bowl of Bun Quay usually has shrimp, fish, fresh squid, chopped onions and cilantro, broth, spices, and then stirred well to cook the fish and shrimp.

A special feature of Phu Quoc's Bun Quay is that it uses fresh rice noodles made from pure rice and the noodles are made right at the restaurant. The rice is soaked until soft, then ground, then rolled into blocks, put into a machine to press into strands. "When customers come to choose the dish, we press the noodles into strands, then dip the noodles in boiling water to cook. Because the noodles are homemade and do not contain preservatives, eating hot Bun Quay directly at the restaurant will be more delicious" - said the owner of a Bun Quay restaurant in Phu Quoc.

In addition, the fish cake part of the bun quay dish is also processed very specially. However, to make delicious fish cakes, you should choose fresh herring, shrimp, mackerel... to be able to fully taste the sweetness of the fish and noodles. The price of a bowl of bun quay in Phu Quoc is high or low depending on the tourists' wishes but ranges from 20,000 - 40,000 VND/bowl.

In Phu Quoc, after ordering a bowl of noodles, diners must make their own dipping sauce based on their own taste. Most of the stir-fried noodles shops here put on the table all kinds of spices such as salt, seasoning powder, sugar, pepper, chili, kumquat... or a large bowl of pre-mixed dipping salt, customers just need to add chili and kumquat to their liking. Diners stir the dipping sauce until it turns a milky orange color, take a spoonful and put it in the noodle bowl first, and dip the rest into the noodles each time they eat.

The appearance of the bun quay bowl may not be eye-catching, but the taste is unforgettable. When the meat is cooked, the sweetness of shrimp, fish, and squid blends into the hot broth, adding the aroma of Phu Quoc pepper, making diners even more passionate about enjoying it.

Coming to Phu Quoc, if you are still wondering about a delicious place to eat, a new dish to change your taste, try enjoying Bun Quay, guaranteed to bring unforgettable experiences because of the sweet broth combined with fresh seafood, the spicy taste of pepper, the aroma of onion and coriander served with raw vegetables, making anyone who has eaten it linger.

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