Although the name Da Bac is still quite new to many people, those who have come and experienced life in Da Bac will be extremely impressed with this place. Da Bac is a district located in the Northwest region of Hoa Binh province, bordering Thanh Son and Tan Son districts of Phu Tho to the north, Cao Phong, Tan Lac and Mai Chau districts to the south, Hoa Binh city to the east and Phu Yen and Van Ho districts of Son La province to the west. As a district located on the banks of Hoa Binh hydroelectric lake, Da Bac has a very beautiful landscape. The whole view of the lake along Da Bac includes rivers, mountains and beautiful natural scenery. With its beautiful location, Da Bac has attracted many investors, large and small businesses to invest in tourism development of the district. Since then, Da Bac has been known for many beautiful view resorts with professional investment and quality services to attract tourists.
Khâu nhục
As a traditional dish of the Tay and Nung ethnic groups, khâu nhục is indispensable when entertaining guests or on important occasions such as weddings, engagements, and parties.
The ingredients for khâu nhục include pork belly, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, minced lean meat, five-spice powder… Through the skillful hands of the people of Lang Son, the dish is rich, fragrant, and soft, making the meat melt in your mouth. Because of the elaborate preparation process, it can take the cook half a day to make this dish. Many restaurants in Lang Son serve this famous dish such as Minh Quang, Trung Xuan, the food court of Dong Kinh Market…
Pumpkin cake
Pumpkin cake’s main ingredients are pumpkin and sticky rice flour. In addition, depending on the taste of each region, pumpkin cake has green bean filling for a more delicious flavor. The way to make the cake is not too complicated. Steam the pumpkin, peel it, puree it and knead it with sticky rice flour. The longer you knead it, the smoother and tastier the cake will be. Then squeeze out a handful of flour, wrap it in banana leaves and steam the cake. Lang Son pumpkin cake is not only attractive with its eye-catching golden appearance but also very delicious with the cool sweetness of pumpkin and the rich, fatty taste of green beans.
Black Chung Cake
As a specialty of Lang Son, black Chung Cake is eaten the most by people during Tet. The cake is made from sticky rice and ash of sticky rice straw, creating a special delicious flavor. The difference of black Chung Cake is that it has cardamom in the filling, creating a characteristic aroma of the mountains and forests. In addition to the usual boiled black Chung Cake, visitors can enjoy black Chung Cake grilled on a charcoal stove until the aroma of sticky rice, cardamom and fatty meat appears.
Stone snails
Stone snails are only available during the rainy season, from April to August. Stone snails live on high mountain ranges, eating leaves, moss and even herbs, so the snails contain a lot of nutrients. To talk about delicious stone snails in Lang Son, we have to mention Huu Lien, every season, people here climb high mountains to catch stone snails to make dishes. Huu Lien snails are big and beautiful, the meat has a fatty, fragrant taste, crispy and chewy, eaten with ginger and chili sauce is very delicious. This ingredient can be processed into many attractive dishes such as boiled, steamed with ginger, steamed with lemongrass, stir-fried with betel leaves, … but the dish of steamed lemongrass stone snails is still the most popular.
Source: Dulichhuulien
