Top 10 foods in Gia Lai: Lam rice (Cơm lam), Rice noodles soup (Phở khô), Salted crab rice noodles (Bún mắm cua), Seasoning sauce rice noodles (Bún mắm nêm), Beef mushroom hotpot (Lẩu nấm bò), Forest honey, Forest Sour bamboo shoots (Măng chua rừng), Yellow ant salt, Mountain street skewer dish (Món lụi phố núi),…
When coming to Gia Lai, in addition to watching the rolling hills and mountains, learning about the customs and habits of the people, visitors can also enjoy delicious, strange and attractive dishes that are not found anywhere else. Here we would like to introduce the most famous delicious dishes in Gia Lai, so that you have the opportunity to better understand the typical cuisine of this land in the Central Highlands.
One of the most famous delicious food in Gia Lai
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1. Lam rice (Cơm lam)
Lam rice is one of the popular dishes in the Central Highlands, especially Kon Tum, Gia Lai. How to make lam rice is quite simple, you just need to put fragrant rice in a fresh bamboo tube with one end sealed, then continue to pour water and then use dong leaves or forest banana leaves to close, put on a burning fire, and wait for the rice to cook.
Lam rice is one of the popular dishes in the Central Highlands.
2. Rice noodles soup (Phở khô)
This is one of the most famous dishes in Gia Lai. This dish is served in two bowls, a bowl of rice noodles (bánh phở) and a bowl of soup. rice noodles are small, firm and chewy, so when mixed with other spices, they are not crushed. The accompanying ingredients include bean sprouts, fried onions and minced lean pork, mixed with a little chili sauce, soy bean paste, served with lettuce, celery.
This dish is served in two bowls, a bowl of rice noodles (bánh phở) and a bowl of soup.
3. Fermented crab rice noodles (Bún mắm cua)
To have a delicious bowl of fermented crab rice noodles, the maker must be extremely skilled. Ingredients include field crab, rice noodle, pork, bamboo shoots, fried fish, crispy pork skin, shrimp puff pastry, spices, chili, and salted crab. Rice noodles are eaten with bean sprouts, bananas, salad… Fermented crab rice noodles are quite picky because of the strong characteristic flavor of pure salted crab. However, when one is used to eating, all the ingredients blend together harmoniously and skillfully.
Bún mắm cua are quite picky because of the strong characteristic flavor of pure salted crab.
4. Beef liver papaya salad (Gỏi đu đủ gan bò)
Beef liver papaya salad is very popular with Gia Lai people, especially young people. The main ingredients for processing are papaya and beef liver. Choose old fruit, halve, peel and grate into small pieces, then soak in cold water, add lemon juice and salt. Chop the beef liver into thin slices, wash with salt water and vinegar, then marinate the spices for a few hours and absorb the spices, then stir-fry the liver until cooked. Pour the remaining beef liver marinade into the pan, add fresh coconut water to cover the liver and cook with low heat, until it dries up, take it out. Mix with prepared papaya along with spices and herbs and enjoy!
The main ingredients for processing are papaya and beef liver.
5. Seasoning sauce rice noodles (Bún mắm nêm)
This is one of the delicious dishes that you should not miss when traveling to Gia Lai. The simple ingredients of this dish include rice noodles and seasoning sauce with some raw vegetables. The dish is not fussy or complicated, but through skillful processing, it will leave you with an unforgettable impression, which is a rustic and bold taste.
The simple ingredients of this dish include rice noodles and seasoning sauce with some raw vegetables.
6. Beef mushroom hotpot (Lẩu nấm bò)
The ingredients of the hot pot dish are nothing special. The main ingredients include straw mushrooms, abalone mushrooms, beef and vegetables. Beef used to cook hot pot is tendon, ribs, or tail. It also comes with tofu, served with vegetables such as spinach, mustard greens, amaranth and dried rice noodles. It is the cold, foggy weather in the mountains that makes the food more delicious and attractive than ever. In the evening, sitting around the hot pot is a happy thing, isn’t it?
The main ingredients include straw mushrooms, abalone mushrooms, beef and vegetables.
7. Forest honey
Nature endowed this place with a lush land with vast trees, which is the ideal habitat for wild bees. The honey here has a sweet taste, a golden color, an attractive aroma, is a precious gift to give to guests, and is used as a medicine in the lives of people here.
The honey here has a sweet taste, a golden color, and an attractive aroma.
8. Forest Sour bamboo shoots (Măng chua rừng)
Forest sour bamboo shoots are a favorite dish of the Gia Lai ethnic group. Fresh bamboo shoots are soaked with vinegar in a jar or crock pot. About two weeks later, the bamboo shoots are just sour enough, you can enjoy the crispy bamboo shoots, with a sour and bitter taste, used to cook catfish, or chicken,…
You can enjoy the crispy bamboo shoots, with a sour and bitter taste.
9. Yellow ant salt
The unique salt is made from yellow ants in the forest area of Ayun Pa, Krong Pa. To make this dish, people have to find yellow ants living deep in the forest, then lightly roast and pound with hot chili, add a few types of forest leaves, and salt. The spicy taste of chili and the taste of forest leaves combined are very attractive. This is a good salt to dip into delicious grilled meat. You should not miss this interesting dish when coming to Gia Lai!
Unique salt made from yellow ants in the forest area of Ayun Pa
10. Mountain street skewer dish (Món lụi phố núi)
The skewer dish is made from two main ingredients: rice paper and pork. After buying pork, it is washed, minced, mixed with finely chopped mushrooms. Use a thin piece of rice paper to roll the above mixture, then wrap it up into a rectangle, almost as big as an adult index finger, then use a bamboo stick to skewer each piece, grill it evenly over charcoal to avoid burning. When eaten, it is eaten with sweet and sour tamarind sauce, adding a bit of spiciness that makes visitors not bored.
The skewer dish is made from two main ingredients: rice paper and pork.
Above we have just introduced to you the famous delicious dishes of Gia Lai, which are just rustic dishes but extremely delicious and attractive, making all visitors love. With available ingredients from the mountains and gardens, the people here have prepared many delicious dishes with the typical local flavor of the mountains that cannot be found anywhere else. Come Gia Lai to visit the beautiful scenes that captivate people, and enjoy the unique cuisine!
