What Specialties Does Tra Co Beach Tourism Offer?

When coming to the Tra Co beach tourism area, besides swimming in the sea, enjoying the natural scenery, and breathing fresh air, enjoying local specialties is a delight you cannot miss.

Vietnam Tourism would like to introduce some specialty dishes at Tra Co beach to you!

[blue]1. Tien Yen Ca Say[/blue]

Ca say is a dish both strange and familiar to every Vietnamese person. Mentioning this name, probably no one can imagine what kind of dish it is. The extremely unusual name makes it hard for tourists to picture the food. Therefore, ca say always piques the curiosity of tourists on travel tours.

Ca say is a specialty dish of Quang Ninh province (most famous in the Tien Yen region). According to local people here, ca say is a crossbreed between two very familiar poultry species—duck and muscovy duck—raised by locals for a long time. Thanks to this special crossbreeding, ca say inherits the outstanding advantages of both. Its meat is aromatic, sweet, flavorful, and particularly free from the gamey odor of duck.

Ca say can be prepared into many dishes just like any poultry species, but its meat is much tastier and more aromatic. Anyone who eats it once will feel a familiar yet very special flavor. Ca say is prepared into many delicious dishes such as: grilled, cooked in porridge, boiled, roasted... with a truly outstanding flavor.

Ca say meat is very aromatic, naturally sweet, and rich; if cooked into porridge, the broth is sweet and fragrant with a delightful flavor. Braised ca say or grilled ca say are both rich and savory thanks to the thick, shiny golden, pleasantly chewy skin, while the meat itself is firm and sweet—neither too tough nor too soft—delicious to eat on its own or paired with sticky rice.

Boiled whole ca say is a favorite dish for many. After boiling, the ca say is chopped into pieces or hand-shredded and dipped in ginger fish sauce, which tastes ecstatic. Ca say meat is not soft and fatty like duck, nor tough, thick, and dry like muscovy duck. It is perhaps an intermediate, but leaning slightly towards muscovy duck. However, ca say meat has its own unique flavor—moderately tender, sweet, and non-fishy.

Tien Yen people prepare ca say meat and create a specialized dipping sauce that is beyond praise. The fish sauce used here comes from brands like Cai Rong, Van Yen, Cat Hai, rich with salty sea salt blended with the spicy warmth of ginger, plus a touch of lemongrass raising aromatic flavors of the mountains and forests.

It can be said that Tien Yen ca say might not be the most signature delicious dish in Quang Ninh, but it is definitely the most worth-trying dish when stepping foot in this land that cannot be found anywhere else. The strange yet familiar sweet taste of ca say meat combined with the rich flavor of fish sauce creates an irresistible ca say dish. Therefore, if you have the chance to visit Quang Ninh during the festival tourism season, tourists should not miss this specialty of the Quang Ninh land.

[blue]2. Mong Cai Cu Ky[/blue]



[i]Tra Co beach specialty - Mong Cai Cu Ky[/i]
Just hearing the name already sounds intriguing and curious, and it is no surprise that it is one of the most attractive dishes and very popular with Tra Co beach tourists. It is also known as Cum Vum, naturally very slow-moving and clinging firmly to rocks. Cu ky can be prepared into many dishes such as: cu ky rice noodle soup, cu ky rice paper noodle soup, and cu ky glass noodle soup. This is a type of sea crab with two very large pincers, and its meat is quite firm and flavorful.

[blue]3. Tien Yen Chicken[/blue]
 

[i]Tra Co beach specialty - Tien Yen chicken[/i]
According to Tra Co beach travel experiences, there is also another specialty here, which is the famous hill chicken. Called hill chicken because the local chicken breed here has been raised free-range for generations, roaming daily on hill slopes to forage for worms, crickets, ants, and termites. When evening comes and they return to the garden, these chickens have the habit of flying up to sleep on tree branches. Tien Yen chicken meat is extraordinarily sweet and aromatic, firm yet crispy, not tough, and rich without being greasy. Tien Yen chicken meat can be prepared into many dishes that tourists visiting Tra Co beach love, but the simplest yet most delicious dish is boiled chicken, with golden skin, glistening as if dipped in oil.

[blue]4. Horseshoe crab[/blue]



[i]Tra Co beach specialty - Horseshoe crab[/i]
When taking a trip to Tra Co beach, do not forget to enjoy the highly attractive horseshoe crab dish here. The main ingredient is horseshoe crab meat, which artisans here process into many different alluring dishes such as: horseshoe crab blood pudding, horseshoe crab salad, sweet and sour stir-fried horseshoe crab legs, stir-fried horseshoe crab with lemongrass and chili, crispy fried horseshoe crab eggs, stir-fried horseshoe crab eggs with piper lolot leaves, steamed horseshoe crab, batter-fried horseshoe crab, grilled horseshoe crab cartilage, stir-fried horseshoe crab with glass noodles...

The above are only a few of the specialties of the Tra Co beach area. To truly savor the culinary beauty of this place, you should take a trip to Tra Co beach to experience all its culinary beauty as well as have time to rest and relax in the fresh atmosphere here.

[i]Source: Collected[/i]