Diverse, unique
Ninh Binh cuisine is known for its richness in quantity and sophistication, diversity in each processing stage. In addition to the dishes that have created the brand, each region has famous delicious gifts, becoming hometown specialties. Many dishes have entered poetry, folk songs, containing the feelings and ideas of the people of the ancient capital.
If Nho Quan is famous for its mountain-flavored delicacies such as ant egg sticky rice, wild honey, and yellow flower tea, Gia Vien scores points for its dishes of the lowland people such as stuffed snails, grilled fish with straw, and shrimp paste. That's why the folk still circulates the verse "If you want to eat crabs and stuffed snails, marry your daughter to a lowland person" to talk about the richness and diversity of local products, reflected in the verses and folk songs is the hard-working, industrious character of the people in the lowland areas.
Going south of the province, visitors can immerse themselves in the tea hills, pineapple hills with countless kinds of fruit and flower products. Especially, Ba Trai green tea - a rustic gift famous in the region as the locals still say "Don't drink Trai tea. Don't drink Me tea. If your mother tells you not to, drink Bong Lang tea".
In Yen Mo district, it is famous for its egg rolls, rice cakes, and Yen Mac spring rolls, which make diners exclaim, "Holding a jug of wine and a handful of spring rolls. I was so absorbed that I forgot what you told me...". In Yen Khanh, there are various kinds of cakes. In Kim Son, it is famous for its pork leg rolls, sedge salad, vermicelli with meatballs, and wine.
Hoa Lu district has goat meat, burnt rice, king snakehead fish, and Tong Truong perch. Of which, Ninh Binh goat meat was recognized by the Vietnam Record Center as one of the 50 Vietnamese specialties.
In addition, in Ninh Binh city, there have also been formed culinary streets and roads, attracting many diners from near and far. These include culinary street 8, breakfast street Van Giang or culinary area of Hoa Lu Ancient Town.
According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Head of the Restaurant Association, Provincial Tourism Association, the appeal of the culinary culture of the Ancient Capital is not only in the diversity and richness of flavors and colors of dishes, but also comes from knowledge, techniques, professional secrets and surrounding stories that show the rich cultural history of each countryside and land.
The sophistication is not only in taste but also in the choice of eating style - each dish "goes with" each other, each season has its own food... Sometimes, just through small details, both the eater and the cook show the synthesis and refinement of culinary culture.
Elevating hometown cuisine
Ninh Binh is a land with a tropical monsoon climate, terrain including mountains, midlands, plains, rivers, swamps, coastal areas... Therefore, this is a place where many diverse and rich species of plants and animals converge, creating a wonderful source of natural ingredients for the cuisine of the ancient capital. In addition, Ninh Binh is also located at the intersection of many cultures, with the characteristics of wet rice civilization, so in the process of living and developing, Ninh Binh people have absorbed and accumulated culinary values on the basis of preserving the quintessence left by their ancestors.
Through the movement of modern flow, the dishes are transformed, stylized and become more refined and artistic by the people of the ancient capital. In addition to aiming at the daily eating needs of the people, Ninh Binh cuisine is being upgraded, processed to serve diners to become local specialties. Exploiting the culinary potential in tourism development is one of the directions that need to be prioritized.
Mr. Vu The Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Tourism Association, said: Culinary tourism is becoming a popular form of tourism in many countries, including Vietnam. There, tourists not only experience food and drinks, but also experience the cultural identity and life of the community at the destination.
Possessing a rich and diverse culinary culture with the quintessence of preparation and enjoyment that has been summarized over thousands of years of history, Ninh Binh has the potential to develop culinary tourism. "Ninh Binh needs to consider cuisine as a type of heritage to have a strategy to preserve, enhance and develop. In which, we focus on emphasizing cultural stories, historical stories, and stories of making a career to breathe life into each dish" - Mr. Binh added.
In recent times, businesses and localities have also exploited cuisine to develop tourism, such as: participating in fairs, organizing traditional food festivals, building discovery tours, experiencing rural tourism, cooking with locals... Thanks to that, tourists have the opportunity to enjoy regional specialties and understand more about the culture, history, and activities of the community.
In particular, Ninh Binh is the first locality to establish the Restaurant Association of the Vietnam Tourism Industry. This is one of the efforts to demonstrate solidarity and determination to build and develop the restaurant sector, bringing Ninh Binh cuisine more and more prominently on the culinary map of the whole country.
Comrade Pham Duy Phong, Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, said that exploiting culinary strengths will contribute to bringing tourists interesting and complete experiences when setting foot in the ancient capital. This direction will contribute to promoting agricultural tourism and rural tourism development, towards sustainable development.
In the past, the Department has also coordinated with units, organizations, and culinary experts to research and recreate the ancient royal culinary culture space, especially the dishes of the kings and emperors in the ancient capital of Hoa Lu. The Ninh Binh Tourism Culinary Festival will be held soon, including a competition of royal dishes, which is an opportunity to preserve and promote culture, history, especially the culinary quintessence of the ancient capital.
Minh Hai
Source: https://baoninhbinh.org.vn/khai-thac-am-thuc-co-do-de-phat-trien-du-lich/d20240925214828422.htm
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