1. Which dish is considered the 'soul' of Hai Phong cuisine?

  • A. Fish rice noodles
  • B. Rice noodle soup with crab
  • C. Rice paper with squid
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When mentioning Hai Phong specialties, we cannot fail to mention the famous crab noodle dish, loved by both locals and tourists from all over.

Depending on taste, visitors have two options with rice noodles made from field crab or sea crab. In particular, rice noodles made from sea crab instead of field crab are more popular because of the sweet and rich broth.

In addition to the main ingredients of red rice noodles and crab as the name suggests, a full bowl will include many more “toppings” such as mantis shrimp, grilled betel leaves, shrimp, fish cakes… served with raw vegetables and soft fried dough sticks. In particular, the broth made from crab has a sweet taste, fragrant aroma, attracting visitors from the first time enjoying it.

Although the dish has been transformed into many versions, only when coming to Hai Phong can visitors feel the most "authentic" flavor.

2. What is the filling inside the famous spicy bread of Hai Phong?

  • A. Pate
  • B. Shrimp floss
  • C. Sausage
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Talking about Hai Phong specialties, there is a typical bread dish that cannot be found anywhere else, which is spicy bread.

Spicy bread, also known as baguette, is a famous and typical snack of the Port City. The tiny bread is only the size of two fingertips, about 20cm long with a crispy crust and a soft, fatty pate filling that anyone who eats it once will remember forever.

In particular, Hai Phong spicy bread also attracts customers with its special chili sauce with a very unique name and flavor - chi chuong.

3. What is the name of the famous Hai Phong spring roll dish that is square-wrapped and has a 'huge' size?

  • A. Nem Nam
  • B. Nem Phung
  • C. Crab spring rolls
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Unlike other traditional spring rolls, Hai Phong crab spring rolls are “huge” in size and are wrapped in a unique square shape. That is why this dish is also called square crab spring rolls, square spring rolls or square seafood spring rolls.

Crab spring rolls have a typical ingredient of crab caught from the seas of Hai Phong. Combined with other carefully selected ingredients such as shrimp, meat, wood ear mushrooms,... and a special seasoning recipe, it has created an extremely attractive dish that any visitor who comes here must enjoy at least once.

Crab spring rolls are best enjoyed hot, with sweet and sour garlic chili sauce and herbs. The dish has a rich, sweet taste, and is very appealing when eaten with rice noodles. The price of each crab spring roll ranges from 60,000 to 80,000 VND.

4. What famous noodle dish in Hai Phong is loved by diners?

  • A. Crab noodle soup
  • B. Spicy fish noodle soup
  • C. Hue beef noodle soup
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As one of the dishes introduced on the culinary map of Hai Phong, spicy fish noodle soup attracts diners at any time of the day. When the food-tour trend exploded, many tourists from Hanoi, Quang Ninh,... did not hesitate to travel here to enjoy the famous spicy fish noodle soup.

A full bowl of spicy fish noodle soup is served with nearly ten ingredients such as fried fish, fish stomach, various fish cakes, fish maw, fish intestines,... and impresses with its sweet broth. This dish is very suitable to eat on cold days or "capricious" weather days.

Fish noodle soup in Hai Phong has a perfect blend of flavors from the countryside and the ocean. That has made this dish a famous specialty of the city of red phoenix flowers.

5. Which craft village in Hai Phong is the specialty of Cha Chia?

  • A. Ha Lung
  • B. Cat Hai
  • C. Cao Nhan
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Ha Lung is a place associated with the long-standing and famous ham making profession in Hai Phong. Cha chia is considered one of the Hai Phong specialties that tourists should try.

Cha chia is made from ingredients including pork, fat, and especially Cat Ba sun-dried squid and other spices.

After mixing and pureeing the ingredients, they will be molded around the sugar cane that has been chopped into small pieces. Therefore, this dish has a very special aroma, feels soft when eaten and has a very natural sweetness of the ingredients.

Every tourist coming to Hai Phong must definitely buy this dish as a gift for family, relatives and friends.

6. Which place in Hai Phong is known as "snack paradise"?

  • A. Cat Bi Market
  • B. Chu Van An Market
  • C. Ban Co Market
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Cat Bi Market - a destination known as the "snack paradise" of Hai Phong youth. Coming to the port city without experiencing a food tour in this market yourself would be a pity.

The market is located quite far from the city center but this market is always bustling with people coming and going. At these food spots, all the specialties of Hai Phong such as bean sprouts, beef skin, banh beo, che, mantis shrimp porridge, banh khot, sausage cartilage... are sold and displayed attractively at each stall.

7. A popular porridge dish with a strange name that diners 'love to eat'?

  • A. Baby taro porridge
  • B. Se Porridge
  • C. Delicious porridge
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If normal porridge dishes are white, Hai Phong porridge stands out with its green color. To get this cool green color, people will use pandan leaves or Malabar spinach leaves.

If you have the opportunity to visit Hai Phong, tourists can easily find and enjoy the specialty porridge at roadside eateries, on street vendors or in traditional markets. Each portion of porridge costs only 15,000 VND, including the attractive green porridge made from pureed spinach, served with finely crushed green beans and fried onions.

Chao khoai has long been a dish containing many memories, deeply imprinted in the subconscious of many generations of Hai Phong people.