1. Which Ninh Binh specialty was once in the top 50 famous Vietnamese specialties?

  • Crispy rice
  • Goat blood pudding
  • Eel salad
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When mentioning Ninh Binh cuisine, the first delicacy that tourists think of is burnt rice. This is a rustic dish but famous at home and abroad, recognized by the Asian Record Organization according to the criteria of "Asian culinary value"; recognized by the Vietnam Record Organization - Top 50 famous Vietnamese specialties.

2. What kind of fruit is used to make the unique braised fish dish in Ninh Binh?

  • Vegetarian fruit
  • Dipper
  • Macadamia nut
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Gáo is a type of tree that usually grows in streams or at the foot of hills. Gáo fruit has a sour, slightly sweet taste and a fragrant smell, so it is often used instead of tamarind or star fruit to cook sour soup or braised fish.

Ninh Binh people put fish and gáo fruit into a clay pot, one layer of sliced ​​gáo fruit, then another layer of fish, then another layer of gáo fruit on top of the fish. Next, season with fish sauce, colored candy, pepper, chili and a dried onion... Then simmer until the water in the pot of fish is gone.

3. Eel salad is a specialty originating from which region in Ninh Binh?

  • Grapes
  • Kim Son
  • Tam Diep
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Kim Son (Ninh Binh) is famous far and wide for its eel salad specialty. The process of making eel salad is very elaborate. When making the salad, the fish must be cleaned of slime with ash or diluted lime water. After gutting and removing the head, tail, and intestines, the chef separates the bones and meat.

The eel meat needs to be thinly sliced, squeezed with fresh lemon juice and squeezed to drain the water, then marinated with spices, mixed well with roasted sticky rice powder. The fish skin and bones must be fried until crispy, the fish skin is rolled with salad, and the fish bones are crushed and cooked into paste.

The thick, rich dipping sauce is what makes Ninh Binh eel salad different from other regions.

4. What goat meat dish has a unique and delicious preparation method that is famous in Ninh Binh?

  • Goat salad
  • Smoked goat meat
  • Goat rice husk
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After the goat is bled, its hair is shaved clean, and lemongrass leaves are stuffed into its belly. Then, people cover the goat's entire body with rice husks and burn straw to start a fire. Thanks to the heat of the rice husks, the goat meat will be stewed, the skin will be golden brown, creating a truly rare dish. The finished product of goat marinated in rice husks is not fully cooked, does not lose water, when sliced ​​into small curls, the meat is soft and sweet to eat.

5. What kind of snail is considered a Ninh Binh specialty?

  • Snail
  • Mountain snail
  • Snail
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Mountain snails (also known as rock snails) appear in all localities of Ninh Binh province but are most concentrated in the limestone mountains of Tam Diep, Yen Mo, Nho Quan. Unlike normal snails, mountain snails live in the mountains, only appearing from April to August every year when the weather is humid and rainy.

Snails live in the mountains so they often eat forest leaves, including many medicinal leaves, so people also call them medicinal snails. The snail meat is tough, crunchy and nutritious.