Ham Ninh crab
Ham Ninh crab is an extremely famous specialty of Phu Quoc. The female crab’s meat is soft but rich in texture, the male crab’s meat is firm and fragrant. Ham Ninh crab is processed into many delicious dishes such as: crab rice, tamarind roasted crab, spicy and sour crab soup, crab legs with salt and chili… But the delicious and freshest way is still boiled crab with a little crushed lemongrass. People often eat boiled crab meat dipped in salt mixed with lemon and a little Phu Quoc pepper, which is extremely attractive.
Grilled egg squid
Grilled egg squid is one of the dishes in Phu Quoc that many people love because the egg squid has a fatty egg and crispy meat. When grilled, the egg squid brings out the aroma. Diners can eat squid with some pickles, raw vegetables and a cup of spicy and sour dipping sauce.
Ken Noodle
Although rarely mentioned in the list of Vietnamese culinary dishes, bun trumpet is a quite popular dish and a Phu Quoc specialty loved by many people. In a bowl of vermicelli noodles, there are: silver fish or barracuda, coconut milk, papaya, raw vegetables and fresh vermicelli. The special thing to create the vermicelli dish is that the meat of the barracuda or silver fish is pureed and fried until it gives off the fragrant aroma of lemongrass, chili and garlic. You can add herbs and red chili to the bowl of vermicelli noodles to further stimulate your taste buds when enjoying.
Herring salad
Herring salad is a famous and delicious Phu Quoc specialty dish with a unique flavor. The harmonious combination of fresh fish meat taken from the breast on both sides to make the salad, along with ingredients such as grated coconut, onions, thinly sliced red onions, and thinly sliced chili creates a sweet, fatty, spicy taste. medium. You can roll herring salad with raw vegetables, vermicelli and add a little peanuts for richness. The special feature of this dish is the greasy, fragrant dipping sauce that is extremely delicious.
Palmyra beef cake
Palmyra beef cake is a delicious and nutritious Phu Quoc rustic specialty. The cake is made from the main ingredients which are rice flour, palm powder, and palm sugar. Just walking from a distance is enough to smell the characteristic aroma of hot palm beef cake. The cake has a sweet taste mixed with the flavors of palm sugar and coconut milk. If you want to try jaggery beef cake, you can go to Phu Quoc night market. Not only beef cakes, but at the night market there are also many delicious street foods.