Don - a rustic specialty imbued with the love of Quang Ngai countryside | Gia Lai Electronic Newspaper

One of the rustic and simple dishes that Quang Ngai people love is don.

When mentioning Quang Ngai, most tourists will immediately think of delicious specialties such as banh dap, bun ca tuna, mi Quang... However, not everyone knows and enjoys don - the famous specialty of this land.

For tourists from the North or the South, the don is probably a strange name, some have never even heard of it because it is a specialty only found in Quang Ngai. The don that many people wonder about is a mollusk, a family of mussels, with thin shells shaped like diamonds facing each other, the longest one is less than 2cm.

Don has high nutritional content. Photo: Don Quang Ngai Cooperative

Don usually lives in Tra River and Ve River, has long become a popular specialty dish in Quang Ngai. Don season is highest around May and June every year.

Local people will go to rake don like raking clams or mussels. Quang Ngai don is tiny, buried deep in the sand, so raking don is not easy. To rake a large quantity, people have to soak in water for hours.

Dishes made from don are as simple and rustic as its name. Photo: Don Cooperative Quang Ngai

After raking, people will wash and soak the don to release all the sand. Boil the don in a ratio of one part don to two parts water, boil until the mouth opens.

When the don is cooked, peel off the skin, take out the inside and put it in the boiling water, season with spices, fish sauce, salt, add green onions and chives, and definitely add chili peppers to complete the flavor. The boiled don water has a sweet taste and is extremely easy to eat, so Quang Ngai people are not too fussy about how to prepare it.

A bowl of don only has hot don broth, don meat, some thinly sliced ​​onions and green onions. Photo: Don Quang Ngai Cooperative

Don soup is eaten with raw rice paper or grilled rice paper. The traditional way of eating of Quang Ngai people is to break the rice paper into small pieces, put them in a bowl of hot soup until soft and hydrated. Then just scoop up spoonfuls of don to eat together to feel the sweet and sour taste. This is probably the most popular way of enjoying don among local people.

In addition to the above way of eating, local people can also process it into stir-fried dishes with onions, cook cabbage soup, water spinach soup or cook porridge which are also very delicious. More luxurious, there is stir-fried don meat with vermicelli, rice noodles...

A rustic dish that is memorable to tourists from all over. Photo: Don Quang Ngai Cooperative

If you have the opportunity to come here, visitors from all over must definitely find and enjoy this unique delicacy. Buying it as a gift for family and friends is also very suitable. Quang Ngai has many don restaurants, the most famous are still don in Van Tuong, Nghia Hiep, Phu Tho...

Visitors can refer to the following addresses to enjoy Quang Ngai don specialties:

- Don Song Tra: No. 119 Chu Van An, Nghia Lo ward, Quang Ngai city

- Don Nghia Phu: No. 147 Nguyen Cong Phuong, Nghia Lo ward, Quang Ngai city

- Don Thanh Nhan: 576 Quang Trung, Nghia Chanh Bac, Quang Ngai

- Don Gao Dua: Nghia Phu, Tu Nghia, Quang Ngai

- Don Co Luy: 20 Tra Bong Khoi Nghia, Nghia Chanh Bac, Quang Ngai

According to Moc Anh (LDO)

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