Essence from a mix of cuisine

Talking about food and specialties of Binh Duong, in addition to fruits, cuisine also has its own flavor, from dishes prepared from wild ingredients to dishes that are characteristic of each area. A characteristic of Binh Duong cuisine is the combination with other regions, creating a very special for Binh Duong cuisine.

Mangosteen salad

Compared with traditional salads of Vietnam from lotus sprout, banana flower... mangosteen salad in Binh Duong has its own characteristics, taste and preparation. Mangosteen flesh is crispy and sweet, combines with the fatty taste of shrimp, meat, spicy taste of vegetables, hot of chili fish sauce will penetrate tongue tip; crunchy sound of peanuts, rice paper will give tasters a good feeling, which hard to describe. When enjoying this salad, peaceful image of the countryside will appear in the mind of diners.

Mangosteen salad of Binh Duong. 

Salad from sprouts of water hyacinth

This is a unique dish of Binh Duong. When making this dish, sprouts of water hyacinth is made into many idyllic dishes of the countryside, the most delicious salad from sprouts of water hyacinth and shrimps. Previously, this dish used to appear in local people’s meals, gradually this salad was put on the menu of many restaurants in Binh Duong.

Beef in shrimp-paste hotpot

People do not know the time when this hot pot appeared. Currently, this dish is considered as one of the most unique delicious food, a characteristic of Binh Duong cuisine. This dish is made from main ingredients, such as beef and shrimp paste. Broth of the hot pot has a rather strange and special taste being cooked from shrimp paste.

Banh Beo Bi

Binh Duong Banh Beo Bi has its own unique character that is very different to other Banh Beo dishes in the Central or South West region. In addition to Banh Beo (steamed rice cake), the important element that makes the special taste of Binh Duong Banh Beo Bi is pork skin and fish sauce. Grilled rice powder, shredded pork and pork skin are mixed with a little garlic. Fish sauce tastes salty, but still sweet and a little bit sour. Rice cakes are arranged on a plate with a layer of green bean paste on each cake, then cover with chopped vegetables and cucumbers. Diners just need to add some prepared fish sauce to the dish and enjoy it.

In addition, Binh Duong also has other delicious dishes such as roast chicken with steamed glutinous rice, tile BBQ beef, cashews...

Reported by Khanh Dang – Translated by Ngoc Huynh