One of the best things about travelling in Sapa, Vietnam is all the delicious street food you can enjoy while being on the road!
There is so much to love about Vietnam street food. Street food can be mouthwateringly good everywhere, but street food in Vietnam is also cheap – really cheap.
Sapa street food is on the list of discovery things for adventurers travelling to the Northern of Vietnam. Sapa is so lovely and scenic that enchants photographers, nature lovers, adventurers, honeymooners, etc., and foodies. People who have a special passion on food, cuisine, or gastronomy find it happy to start Vietnam food tours to the northwest of Hanoi and stop at Sapa Town (around 380km from the capital city).
#1: Hot Pot with Salmon (Lẩu Cá Hồi) – Street Food for Cold Days in Sapa
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This destination is gifted with the best salmon in the country, arguably. The Sapa’s salmon is fresh, sweet, and nutrient enough to make up the fantastic hot pot. Especially in the chilly town, nothing can replace and compare to the dining experiences in which you gather at the roundtable and share the delicious and well-spiced hot pot whose major ingredient is the salmon. The addition of various herbs enhances the taste and the remedial effect. It is definitely good for health and helps you regain the lost energy.
#2: Bamboo-tube Rice (Cơm Lam) – Most Popular Street Food in Sapa
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This is the typical food of the ethnic groups in the Northwest of Vietnam. The main ingredient is the glutinous rice cooked in the bamboo tubes which are then made broken to remove the cooked rice. Often, it’s suggested to use your hands to remove the bamboo tubes and eat the rice inside. The bamboo fragrance, sweet glutinous rice, and colorful decoration make “Com Lam” a must to eat in Sapa.
#3: Grilled Dishes – Most Popular Street Food in Sapa
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What could be more wonderful than eating the hot grilled food in the chilly Sapa? The destination owns a rich collection of the barbecued dishes of beef, pork, fish, sausage, potato, root vegetable, bird, quail, etc. Several ingredients will be combined on the stick which will be grilled directly on the coal stove to serve the customers on the spot. The prices for the stick of food depends on the ingredients you want. Just wait a bit, and you receive the hot, succulent, and fragrant barbecued pieces.
#4: Smoked Water-Buffalo’s Flesh (Thịt Trâu Hun Khói)
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This is the specialty of the hill tribes in Sapa. The water-buffalo’s flesh will be smoked and hung on the stove to serve. In fact, the smoked food is on display for sales in many places of the town, but to get the best buffalo’s flesh, you’re advised to buy it at the tribal villages during the visit. Eating the smoked water-buffalo’s flesh and drink the local stem wine, you experience the real lifestyle of the hill tribes in Sapa. In particular, San Lung Wine is best partnered with the smoked food.
#5: Wild Chestnut (Hạt Dẻ Rừng)
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The quality and taste of the Sapa’s wild chestnut are different and more outstanding than the ones of elsewhere. The Sapa Chestnuts are roasted with salt and cheese in the high temperature so that the delectable snacks come to life. The visitors tend to buy kilograms of the local well-spiced wild chestnuts as the eminent souvenir of the land. Also, some people prefer chewing this snack along their journey. That said, the wild chestnuts are good for the heart and provide vitamin E to the body. Just pinpoint the carts selling the Sapa’s wild chestnuts, try some reddish-brown nuts, and decide whether or not you love them.
With unique and fancy dishes, Sapa is competent for successful and memorable Vietnam culinary vacation. Come to hunt for the clouds as well as the wonderful food of the destination in the Northwestern Vietnam! Lots of delightful surprises await you.