Extreme food in Mekong Delta

Your culinary experience in Mekong Delta will be divergent from any regions of Vietnam you’ve traveled to before. The gastronomy in the Mekong Delta boasts high standards of diversity, aesthetics, and healthiness. Some dishes are quite unique in terms of ingredients and processing.

Bee worm salad

Retrieved from U Minh forest, bee worm is a rare and valuable ingredient for Mekong Delta dishes. To make this dish, first, bee worms are dipped into boiling water before being fried on the pan. In the meantime, other ingredients, including fried onion and spices will also be added. The fried bee will be mixed with fried groundnuts, sliced banana flower, some kinds of herbs. Finally, add some finishing touches with chili, vinegar, and fish sauce. You can sense all types of flavor from this bee worm salad, from sweet, salty, sour and spicy, to buttery and greasy. This dish is a flawless
combination to leave an unforgettable impression on your tongue.

Coconut worms

Ignore your spine-chilling feeling at first sight, this dish surprisingly tastes better than it looks. You can either try when it’s still alive and wiggly in the fish sauce or stir-fried in butter for a more aromatic taste. See where to try this wild food in our Coconut Worms blog.

Dishes from mice

Mice are considered delicacy in the Mekong Delta. It requires enormous efforts to turn raw mice into hygienic and nutritious dishes. There are various ways to cook mouse such as steaming, grilling, roasting, deep-frying, and so on. It can sound a bit frightening; however, some people claim this rodent meat tastes even better than beef, pork, or chicken.