What to eat and Travel Tips (Part 11): Best dishes to eat in Phu Quoc
Herring salad: Fresh herring rolled with paper cake, served with all kinds of vegetables, coconut, dotted with scrumptious fish sauce.
Ham Ninh crabs are delicious and sweet. Firm crab meat.
Grilled snail with chilly, salt; grilled scallops with onion, baked egg: These dishes are also should-try when coming to Phu Quoc. These dishes can be found in every restaurant or at Dinh Cau night market.
Grilled horn scallop (Còi biên mai nướng): There are many ways to prepare horn scallop: stir-fry with mushrooms, onions and green cabbage.
Melaleuca mushrooms (Nấm tràm): Melaleuca mushrooms are only available in Phu Quoc during the rainy season (April to September). If you come in the dry season, melaleuca mushrooms are definitely the type that has been dried or frozen, not as good as the newly picked mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms are cooked with seafood such as shrimp, fish, and squid. Dried mushrooms are fried with abalone or sea cucumber. Enjoying the melaleuca mushroom soup, you will feel the sweetness of the mushroom and the aroma of pepper.
Sim wine (Rose Myrtle wine): Sim wine made in Phu Quoc is mainly pink rose myrtle. Phu Quoc sim wine is considered a kind of medical wine with many good effects especially for aches and pains.
Bánh khéo is a type of cake that is very popular with people on the island and tourists. The cake is made from flour with coconut, green beans, taro... The flavor of cake is sweet and low fat.
With the list above, we hope that you will have many memorable experiences when visiting Phu Quoc Island. If you need more help, feel free to contact us!!!