Creepy specialties from southern Vietnam
VOV.VN -Besides a number of eye-catching dishes, Vietnam is also well-known for its scary culinary specialties that will make foreigners ‘creepy’. However, if they pick up a piece into their mouth, they will want to enjoy more and more thanks to its delicious taste.
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| Coconut worms are a specialty of Vietnam’s southern region.The living worms are dropped into a bowl of alcohol. After the worms emit contaminants, they are washed and put into a bowl of chili fish sauce. The living worms are fat and fleshy, which feel no different from egg yolk. |
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| Vole is considered specialty meat. However, not everyone is brave enough to enjoy this food. |
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| Fried spider |
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| In the past, scorpion was usually soaked in wine and consumed as a traditional medicine. Recently it has fallen into the frying pans of restaurants. It is usually deep fried or grilled. |
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| Fired scorpion |
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| Fried grasshoppers |
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| Cicada can be soaked in a tempura-like batter and deep fried, or cooked with rice porridge. People usually catch cicadas during their moulting process when they are shedding their skins, as the cicadas taste the best then. |
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| Fired centipede, starfish, and seahorses |
