Besides the delicious dishes that can be enjoyed right in Ha Long, visitors can also choose some specialties to bring home as gifts for relatives and friends.
Squid patties
The eye-catching yellow color of Ha Long squid rolls.
The most famous in the list of Ha Long specialties is probably squid rolls, made from pure fresh squid.
Grilled oysters
Diners can also eat milk oysters with fresh lemon.
Unlike squid rolls, grilled oysters are rarely bought by tourists but are often enjoyed with beer right at beachside restaurants in the areas of Column 3, Column 5 or Ben Doan.
Washed milk oysters will be grilled by the restaurant owner on a charcoal stove as soon as a customer orders, so they are always hot.
Sam sauteed sweet and sour
Stir-fried sweet and sour crab legs.
Although it is still quite strange to many tourists, to the people of Ha Long Sam is quite familiar and can be processed into many delicious dishes for guests, one of which is sweet and sour fried Sam.
Ba Kich wine
Ba Kich tubers are used to soak wine.
This is a type of wine soaked from Ba Kich tubers grown quite commonly in some areas of Quang Ninh.
Sa Sung
Dried sea worms are one of the most expensive specialties of Ha Long.
One of the specialties that can be both enjoyed on the spot and bought as a gift is sea worms, a type of soft-bodied seafood similar in shape to earthworms.
But if you intend to buy it, it’s best to choose dried sea worms, grilled with beer is also great.
Shrimp noodles
Ha Long shrimp vermicelli.
Not only Hai Phong but Ha Long is also a place worth trying the specialty shrimp vermicelli.
Canh ha
Similar to oysters, barnacles are smaller and have rough, sharp shells that live on rocks.
Stir-fried snails with soy sauce
Stir-fried snails with soy sauce are very popular at Ha Long seafood restaurants.
With many types of snails and different ways to prepare them, if you come to Ha Long, don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy snails stir-fried with soy sauce.