Da Lat
Food & Drink in Da Lat
What kind of food you should eat when travelling in Da Lat
Dalat has cold climate and that means you may find yourself be hungry more quickly than usual. Fortunately, there are many specialties which will satisfy any tourists, from street food lovers to authentic and luxury travelers. Famous for the green agriculture, Dalat offers meals with best quality: Clean, delicious, and healthy. Some must try dishes when visiting Dalat, just name a few, are Can cake (Banh Can), Grilled rice paper (Banh trang nuong) or soya bean milk…
Pancake, central style – Banh xeo
(Bánh xèo)
The Da Lat version is still a yellow cake batter that is fried in the pan, but the size is much smaller while the crust is thicker and crispier. When you bite it, the cake will melt in your mouth. The greasy taste of banh xeo is neutralized by the freshness of vegetables so that it’s hard to stop eating more and more. If you are addicted to the wrap and roll cuisine of Vietnam, banh xeo is for you.
Banh Trang Nuong
(Bánh tráng nướng)
The tasteful mixture of pork, red peppers, and scallions are put in the heart of the rice cracker that makes its colors elegant. Then, a quail egg is cracked and additionally placed to the mixture. The whole set is put on the grill on the completion. In the time the rice cracker is roasted by the flames, the egg is cooked to make sure that “banh trang nuong” is healthy and delicious.
Can cake (Bánh Căn)
Can cake (Bánh Căn) is made of pure rice with the filling of spring onion. The inside of Can cake can be made from eggs, seafood or steamed green beans. Steamed cake will be displayed in pairs on the disk, which is used together with a little pork bologna, shumai and sauces. What makes it special is that the cake is cooked in small pots without oil. When the cake is well-cooked, it is inflate and crispy.
Can cake (Bánh Căn) is served in many different ways with fish sauce, meatballs and crackers on top. Sometimes, it is served with a special dipping sauce made from small fish.
Nem Nuong
(Grilled sausage: Nem Nướng)
Nem nướng is a fresh, roll-your-own spring roll. Fill thin sheets of rice paper with a various herbs (including perilla leaf, sweet basil, chives, mint), add the nem nướng (grilled pork patty), then some chả ram bắp (crispy, fried sweet corn and rice paper rolls), pickled radish, carrot, and shallots, and roll it all up before dipping it in a thick, peanut sauce.
Sauce include sweet rice, garlic, sugar, vinegar, peanut, Vietnamese tuong but each places has different ways to mix and made great sauce.
"Banh mi" dip with meatball soup
(Bánh mì xíu mại)
Bread with meatballs soup in Da Lat has its own heavenly taste. Meatballs are made of grinded pork mixed with cat ear mushroom, minced onion, garlic and some kinds of spices. After processing meatballs they boil them in broth with grinded tomato. That is the reason why you can feel greasy yet fresh taste meatballs soup without being closed. A portion of this dish includes a bowl of meatballs soup and a hot crispy bread.
Da Lat Tea
Tea growing and processing professions in Dalat were formed very early (from 1927) at the Cau Dat (Xuan Truong) at an altitude of 1,600m, because climate and soil conditions were suitable for tea development.
Main products were artichokes tea bags, soluble tea, powder tea; Ha Thu O herbal tea bags, Sweet Grass, Bitter Melon, Linh Chi, Noni, Seaweed, Heat of Lotus,... especially herbal tea, artichokes and coffee bags.
You can drink tea at any tea shop or coffee shop in Da Lat
Coffee
Da Lat is famous for its coffee street feature. Da Lat coffee is simple just like the locals here. It is not as strong as Hanoi coffee and not as sweet and light as SaiGon coffee. Da Lat coffee has its own flavor with subtle fragrance and moderate bitter that can enchant people at first try. Almost people here drink coffee in the morning at small shop along streets and around Xuan Huong lake.
Hot soy milk
The reason for this popularity of soy milk may lie in Da Lat residents have their special way of drinking soy milk, they can mix soy milk with condensed milk, peanuts, green beans and eat some sweet cakes croissants, marzipan.. The chilly temperature of Dalat makes the taste of soy milk in this place so tasty, so hot and unforgettable.
By the skilled hands of the makers, soybeans are simmered over the fire with pandan leaves to create an exotic flavor. In Dalat night, visitors can drink soy milk anytime, anywhere but particularly in the evening.
Where to Eat & Drink in Dalat
1. BREAKFAST:
The Cafes which serve Noodle soup with beef, Noodle with seasoned and saute beef:
Ngoc Hiep: 3 thang 2 St
Tien, Ha Noi: Hoang Van Thu St
Phi Thuyen, Viet: Phan Dinh Phung St
Bang: Nguyen Van Troi St
Nam Quang: Ha Huy Tap St
Vinh Loi: Lot 10 Hai Thuong St
The Cafes which serve Vermicelli and Beef:
Cong: Phu Dong Thien Vuong St, Nguyen Dinh Chieu St
Thien Trang: Ho Tung Mau St
Loan: Quang Trung St
Di Dan: Doan Thi Diem St
Thuy: Anh Sang St
Quang region’s style noodle: Nha Chung St., Anh Sang St.
CAN Cake: Tang Bat Ho St, Phan Dinh Phung St, Nha chung St.
2. LUNCH, DINNER:
The popular places and restaurants which serve Lunch and Dinner: (affordable price):
Dalat market (2nd floor); Hoa Binh square (close to Tung Nghia Coach station); Bac and Thanh Dat on
Tang Bat Ho St;Vinh Loi restaurant (lot 10 Hai Thuong St) and vegetarian restaurants on Phan Dinh Phung St,
Hoang Van Thu St and Hai Thuong St.
Nhu Ngoc earthenware pot rice (Ho Tung Mau St); (88 Phan Dinh Phung St); Van Hue Lau (Tran Phu St);
Phan Rang chicken rice: 28 Tran Nhat Duat St;
Hai Nam chicken rice: 21/2A Tran Phu St, Dalat.
Nam Chut fried chicken rice: 2A3, Nguyen Tri Phuong St.
3. SNACKS (IN THE AFTERNOON)
XEO Cake (pancake): 3 thang 2 St, Dong Tam St, Nguyen Van Troi St, Bui Thi Xuan St and Nguyen Dinh
Chieu St.
“Nem nuong” – a kind of grilled fermented pork sausage: Hoang van Thu St, Phan Dinh Phung St, Tran Quy
Cap St, Chi Lang market.
Ricepaper grilled with fried scallion: at Dalat market, Nguyen Van Troi St, Hoang Dieu St, Nha Chung St.
“Banh uot long ga”: Truong Cong Dinh St, Tang Bat Ho St, Bui Thi Xuan St.
“Cha ram bap”: Bui Thi Xuan St.
“Banh beo so 4”: Phan Dinh Phung St, La Son Phu Tu St.
4. SUPPER
Dalat night market: in the front of the city car park in Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, opening from 5 PM to 3 AM. The night market serves various kinds of dishes with reasonable prices. In addition, tourists can also find soup, noodle, noodle with beef, hot Soya milk, etc. in Anh Sang hamlet, Hoa Binh square, Tang Bat Ho St, Doan Thi Diem St and Nguyen Chi Thanh street.
Besides, there are some special dishes:
Oron hot-pot seafood (4bis Bui Thi Xuan St), Eros – Salmon (11A Nam Ky Khoi Nghia St), Le Dung (Ho Xuan
Huong St, Nguyen Tri Phuong St and Le Hong Phong St); Phuc Nguyen (32 Tran Hung Dao St); Dieu Thong
La Van Tam St); Dai Loc (29B Phan Boi Chau St); Ngan (Hai Ba Trung St).
Food grilled on tile: BBQ (45 Phan Boi Chau St), CHU (Pham Ngu Lao St), Cu Duc (6A Nguyen Luong Bang St).
Tu Loan ethnic pig: 49bis Hai Ba Trung St.
Shellfish: Hai Ba Trung St; 1C Phu Dong Thien Vuong St; Le Dai Hanh St.
Vuong Loc mutton: 4D Hai Ba Trung St.
Hoa Binh roasted calf: 65C Hai Ba Trung St; Roasted Calf: 371 Phan Dinh Phung St.
Song Hong seafood: 20 Phan Chu Trinh St; Anh Duc seafood: Tran Phu St.
Roasted Store 15: 15A Nguyen Dinh Chieu St.
Anh Minh roasted village: 35A Hai Ba Trung St.
Germany Fresh Beer A8 Phu Dong Thien Vuong St and Nguyen Trai St.
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