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Month: June 2022

Turtle Islet (Con Quy) – Thing to Explore in Ben Tre

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

As an alluvial land, Ben Tre has many islets, each with its own beauty and unique riches. In which, it is impossible not to mention the Turtle Islet (Con Quy). What makes visitors excited is that in Quy island up to now, this place still retains a wild character with many perennial fruit gardens, planted in rows, so it is very cool and beautiful.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Ben Tre Visitor Guide

Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket: 

Spend-time: One and a half hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – dusk 

Food: Yes   

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

Blog:

Address: Located in between Tan Thach and Quoi Son communes, Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province.

Added values: Sitting on boats floating on the river watching the rich, green and peaceful trees will be one of the experiences that perhaps everyone wants to try once in their life. The Turtle Islet (Con Quy) is definitely one of the destinations that leaves a strong impression on your mind after leaving Ben Tre.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from Con Quy? Ben Tre City (14 km), Son Doc Rice paper village (55 minutes), Ben Tre Brick Factory (15 km), Thoi Son Island (11 km), Cho Lach Flower Village (34 km), Ben Tre Coconut Candy (2 km),…

2. Travel Guide to Turtle Islet (Con Quy) in Ben Tre

Turtle islet (Con Quy) tourist area is about 23km from the center of Ben Tre city, you can rent a cruise ship down the Tien river about 30 minutes to Con Quy.  Traveling to Ben Tre, coming to Con Quy, visitors will enjoy the fresh air and admire the typical beauty of the river and garden, and listen to the passionate folk tunes.

Con Quy, also known as Sand Dunes, is one of the “four dunes” of the Tien River. Con Quy is the smallest of the dunes in Ben Tre province, with a natural area of ​​about 65ha.  According to locals, among the four famous “Tu Linh” dunes of Western tourism, the three Long, Lan, and Phung islets have a long shape, and Quy islet has a round shape (like a turtle).  In which, Quy and Phung islets are located in Ben Tre province, while Long and Lan islands are in Tien Giang province.  In some regions of Vietnam, often in the South, people use the concept of dune or islet to refer to the middle beach, which is a strip of land formed in the middle of a large river through the process of long-term alluvial accretion.

Con Quy was formed hundreds of years ago.  In the beginning, this was just a wild floating land on the river, with dense vegetation, built up by river alluvium but gradually grew. After that, in the 1950s and 1960s, only sporadically, people went to establish a business, discovered the land… Remains left at the top of the dune (upstream direction) is Ba Chua Xu Temple built by the pioneers who reclaimed the land. In the first period, the dune was about 60ha wide, then thanks to the poor farmers to keep the land and alluvium accretion, it got the area like today… In the 1960s, Con Quy started to reclaim and invest in tourism development.

The attraction of tourists when coming to Con Quy is the wild beauty and no human impact.  Admiring Con Quy from afar is like a floating island in the middle of a river, on Con Quy there is a Protestant church where people come to pray.

At first, people here only built small houses of bamboo leaves and were small-scale to welcome tourists. After that, when realizing that there is a potential for tourism development, people built the Thuy Ta riverside restaurant that can accommodate hundreds of guests and since then the quality of service has also been improved.

3. What to Do –See – Eat at Turtle Islet (Con Quy)

Traveling to Turtle islet (Con Quy), you will admire the pomelo, orange, longan, rambutan, banana, coconut, mango, To Nu jackfruit… Besides planting fruit orchards, people also develop beekeeping for honey, honey bees here are taken from longan flowers, so they have their own unique flavor.

Especially visiting the dunes, tourists can also dress up as farmers to participate in “slapping ditches to catch fish”, going “crawling for crabs, catching snails”, … to experience the idyllic life in the countryside.

At noon, under the trees, visitors can relax in hammocks swaying with the breeze. In addition, visitors can also organize picnic camping with many interesting activities. In the evening, visitors will be canoeing with local people to take visitors in the small zigzag canals, with green coconut trees on both sides, watching fireflies at night is very attractive.

The daily life of the people here is associated with crafts made from coconut and coconut candy production.  Visitors here will have the opportunity to witness firsthand the process of making products made from coconut, learn how to make coconut candy and can choose for themselves some coconut candy or products as souvenirs. 

Coming to Quy island, do not forget to enjoy special and rustic dishes such as roasted shrimp with coconut, snakehead fish cooked in sour soup with morning glory vegetable, steamed red tilapia with termite mushrooms with pumpkin, goby hotpot, braised snakehead fish,…

At Con Quy, hotel services and motels are developed to meet the needs of tourists. In particular, homestays that attract tourists both save money and have the opportunity to learn about the lives of the people here.

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Ben Tre city center:

Route 1:

Route 2:

Route 3:

If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in Ben Tre. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package Ben Tre daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Turtle Islet (Con Quy) in Ben Tre

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location… 

6. Visit Turtle Islet (Con Quy) by yourself

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. Those days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from Google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in Ben Tre village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in Ben Tre.

7. Responsible Travel and Advice Turtle Islet (Con Quy) in Ben Tre

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Con Quy (4k) 

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more. 

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers 

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. The Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips 

You can stay in a homestay which is near the riverside, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself and I hope you have an amazing Mekong Delta river sunrise.

If you plan to extend your travel to Ben Tre homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Ben Tre or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Ben Tre responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Ben Tre food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Ben Tre cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Cai Mon durian, Phu Le Rice Wine, coconut wine, coconut candy, coconut rice, snail pancake, elephant ear fish, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Ben Tre in the rainy season, as Ben Tre always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Ben Tre tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Ben Tre brick & pottery kiln, Coconut Candy Traditional Village & Small Canals, mighty Mekong river cruise, educational tour and community tour in Ben Tre, Ben Tre homestay 2D1N, cocohome homestay, Ben Tre cycling tours, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village, Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village, Vam Ho bird sanctuary, Cai Mon Ornamental Flower Village in Cho Lach, Ben Tre Museum, An Hiep Nhon Thanh Mat Weaving Villages, Ben Tre Night Market, Phung Island (Phoenix islet), Thoi Son Island, Turtle Islet (Con Quy)…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Thoi Son Island – Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Tien Giang is a province with a strong position in ecotourism in the Mekong Delta. In particular, Thoi Son island with typical ecology of the Mekong river region is a Tien Giang tourist destination not to be missed.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Ben Tre Visitor Guide

Thoi Son Island – Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket: 

Spend-time: One and a half hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – dusk 

Food: Yes         

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

Blog: https://vemekong.com/thoi-son-islet-my-tho-ben-tre/

Address: Located in Thoi Hoa hamlet, Thoi Son commune, My Tho city, Tien Giang province.

Added values: Visiting Thoi Son island, from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho takes about 70km.  You move in the direction of National Highway 1A towards the West, to Trung Luong junction, then turn into My Tho – Tien Giang territory. Go to My Tho Tourist Wharf on April 30 to buy entrance tickets. Sitting on a boat helps you see the life of the people raising fish and watching the beauty of Rach Mieu bridge, enjoy the charming landscape with zigzag canals, and on two sides are rows of cool water coconuts.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre? Ben Tre City (22 minutes), Son Doc Rice paper village (52 minutes), Ben Tre Brick Factory (20 km), Hung Phong coconut basket weaving craft village – Giong Trom (Ben Tre) (21 km), Vien Minh Pagoda (34 km), Ben Tre Coconut Candy (37 km),…

2. Travel Guide to Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre

Thoi Son Island – Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

Thoi Son islet, also known as Unicorn island, is likened to the precious jewels of the Tien River.  Covering the entire dune is an immense green, with a system of interlaced canals, fertile soil, luxuriant fruit trees in four seasons, becoming an ideal Western tourist destination.

Thoi Son islet is the largest of the four dunes on this stretch of river, with an area of ​​about 1,200 hectares, and is considered the most harmonious in the Four Spirits Con (Long – Lan – Quy – Phung). Although located on the same river, Con Thoi Son and Con Tan Long (Long Con) belong to My Tho city, Tien Giang province; and Quy and Phung islets in Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province.

In the past, the people of Con Thoi Son island mainly lived by fishing and aquaculture, along with growing fruit trees in rotation, producing many kinds of juicy fruits such as: longan, sapote, orange, tangerine, pomelo, durian, bananas, jackfruit, mango… Later, people on the dunes have developed more beekeeping for honey, some households also make puff pastry, rice paper, coconut candy, jam, handicrafts… to serve customers. 

3. What to Do –See – Eat at Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre

Thoi Son Island – Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

Traveling to Thoi Son islet, visitors will have the opportunity to sit on dinghies, be skillfully paddled by a pretty village woman, down the winding small creeks and watch the rows of nipa palm (water coconut trees) trees grow close together. 

Walking around the dunes on a bicycle or a horse-drawn carriage, reminiscing about some old memories… then strolling along country roads, visiting orchards, visiting traditional craft villages: coconut candy factories, rice paper, wine making, honey bee farm…

Visitors will enjoy picking ripe fruit by hand from the tree, then taste the flavorful longan flower honey tea and chat with the simple people of Con Thoi Son village.

In particular, at Con Thoi Son, visitors also have the opportunity to become real farmers in the traditional Ba ba costume and towel that are typical of the South, together excitedly slap the ditch to catch fish, so that the mud is very dirty.  Participating in attractive Southern folk games: swinging, catching ducks in the pond, cock fighting, catching fish, boat racing…

After having fun, visitors will enjoy the garden-style dishes at Con Thoi Son such as grilled catfish, steamed snakehead fish, fried giant fish, goby hotpot… while listening to Don Ca Tai Tu  and then lay back on hammocks in the middle of green orchards.

In Thoi Son, there is also a service selling souvenirs, with special gifts made from coconut.  In addition, the accommodation services of Thoi Son Tien Giang Island are increasingly developing, now there are homestays for overnight stay in homestays or high-class resorts (lodge island) in the countryside, with swimming pools, restaurants, karaoke, etc.  jet skiing on the river… At night, Thoi Son is also very romantic with the clear moon, cool wind, and vast river…

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Ben Tre city center:

Route 1:

Route 2:

Route 3:

If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in Ben Tre. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package Ben Tre daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location… 

6. Visit Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre by yourself

Thoi Son Island – Thing to See My Tho & Ben Tre

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. Those days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from Google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in Ben Tre village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in Ben Tre.

7. Responsible Travel and Advice Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Thoi Son Island in My Tho – Ben Tre (4k) 

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more. 

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers 

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. The Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips 

You can stay in a homestay which is near the riverside, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself and I hope you have an amazing Mekong Delta river sunrise.

If you plan to extend your travel to Ben Tre homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Ben Tre or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Ben Tre responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Ben Tre food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Ben Tre cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Cai Mon durian, Phu Le Rice Wine, coconut wine, coconut candy, coconut rice, snail pancake, elephant ear fish, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Ben Tre in the rainy season, as Ben Tre always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Ben Tre tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Ben Tre brick & pottery kiln, Coconut Candy Traditional Village & Small Canals, mighty Mekong river cruise, educational tour and community tour in Ben Tre, Ben Tre homestay 2D1N, cocohome homestay, Ben Tre cycling tours, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village, Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village, Vam Ho bird sanctuary, Cai Mon Ornamental Flower Village in Cho Lach, Ben Tre Museum, An Hiep Nhon Thanh Mat Weaving Villages, Ben Tre Night Market, Phung Island (Phoenix islet), Thoi Son Island, Turtle Islet (Con Quy)…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Phung Island (Phoenix islet) – What to Do in Ben Tre

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Ben Tre is a rich land endowed by nature with a year-round mild climate and a system of interlaced rivers and silt. With luxuriant fruit orchards, vast green coconut groves, Ben Tre has attracted a large number of tourists to experience the type of ecotourism, river gardens bearing the love of the people here. Con Phung is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Ben Tre.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Ben Tre Visitor Guide

Phung Island (Phoenix islet) – What to Do in Ben Tre

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket: 

Spend-time: One and a half hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – dusk 

Food: Yes         

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

Blog: https://vemekong.com/phung-island-phoenix-islet-ben-tre/

Address: Located in Tan Thach commune, Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province

Added values: The open space of the river and garden, enjoying country-style food, admiring unique miniatures, witnessing the hot scented coconut candy factory… all bring excitement and freshness. It brings happiness to tourists near and far when coming to Con Phung of Ben Tre coconut land.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from Phung Island? Ben Tre City (14 km), Son Doc Rice paper village (55 minutes), Ben Tre Brick Factory (15 km), Thoi Son Island (11 km), Cho Lach Flower Village (34 km), Ben Tre Coconut Candy (2 km),…

2. Travel Guide to Phung Island

Phung Island (Phoenix islet) – What to Do in Ben Tre

Phung is also known as Tan Vinh islet. Con Phung is located in the population of four spirits (Long, Lan, Quy, Phung).  In which, Quy and Phung islets are located in Ben Tre province, while Long and Lan islands are in Tien Giang province.  In some regions of Vietnam, often in the South, people use the concept of dune or isle to refer to the middle beach, which is a strip of land formed in the middle of a large river through the process of long-term alluvial accretion.

Con Phung was originally just a floating island in the middle of the Tien River in the 1930s with an area of ​​about 28 hectares, but due to the abundant alluvial deposition each year, it has now reached over 50 hectares. The name Con Phung dates back to when Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam came here to build Nam Quoc Phat pagoda in the early 20th century. When this work was under construction, the workers picked up an ancient cup with the shape of a bird, so they named it Con Phung.  In addition, the reason it is also known as Dao Dua island is because Nguyen Thanh Nam, when he came here to build Nam Quoc Phat pagoda, founded a sect called Dao Dua.  Dao Dua advocates bringing peace, living by fruit.

The travel distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Tre will take about 1.5-2 hours.  You move across Rach Mieu bridge, turn left, there will be a riverside road, there is a ferry that will take you to Con Phung.  If not, you can go to the pier in My Tho, then depending on the number of people, hire a boat to go to Con Phung islet .

With charming river scenery, rich gardens and many attractive activities and services, every year Con Phung welcomes thousands of visitors to explore and experience.

When referring to Con Phung – Ben Tre, it is impossible not to mention the Dao Dua architectural work associated with the anecdote of the Dao Dua leader Nguyen Thanh Nam.

This place has many unique architectures that are still preserved such as: Nine Dragon courtyard, Hoa Binh tower, traditional room introducing the land and people of Ben Tre… After 50 years of construction, the relic still retains its original beauty.

Going deep inside, visitors can step into the “coconut maze”, have the opportunity to understand more about the people, life and culture of the coconut land at the Coconut Museum, a house made entirely from the trunk of a coconut tree.

Traveling to Ben Tre, coming to Con Phung, visitors can also witness the whole process of making these extremely delicious and bold coconut candies in the Southwest region: From mixing, cooking, and cutting candies. Packaging is made from the heart and love of the people here.  And surely anyone who comes to these coconut candy factories also carries a few bags of sweet gifts from this Con Phung land!

Con Phung is like a miniature western village of the Mekong Delta. Visitors can discover and learn many unique features of culture and customs in the rustic life of the people of Ben Tre coconut land.  Many families still keep their lifestyle mainly by beekeeping to get honey from longan flowers and some other flowers.

The scenery at Con Phung is very peaceful, poetic and what could be more wonderful when visitors can experience the boat ride on the river, stroll on the coconut-lined village road of Chau Thanh district – Ben Tre; ride a horse-drawn carriage, drink honey tea, enjoy tropical fruit dishes, listen to don ca tai tu, and especially experience canoeing through small canals flanked by nipa palm trees and green trees.  The cork tree swaying with white flowers is full of dreams.

3. What to Do –See – Eat at Phung Island

Phung Island (Phoenix islet) – What to Do in Ben Tre

Coming to Con Phung, visitors not only immerse themselves in the charming nature of the river, but also enjoy the rustic dishes of the Western garden made from fresh ingredients available such as fried giant fish, fried sticky rice with puff pastry, hot pot with fish sauce, fried coconut worms with butter, home-grown chicken porridge, coconut rice and roasted coconut shrimp… All of them contain the flavor of coconut that makes diners fall in love and remember forever. Definitely don’t forget to drink a glass of cool coconut water.

Experiencing the feeling of adventure, thrill, heart palpitations, and requiring courage is also something that visitors to Con Phung are particularly impressed with, bringing joy and relaxing moments when participating in water games such as cycling over a plank bridge, a zipline across a lake, a cable-stayed bridge, an areca bridge for balance … or transforming into a farmer in traditional clothes, trying to slap a ditch to catch fish…

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Ben Tre city center:

Route 1:

Route 2:

Route 3:

If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in Ben Tre. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package Ben Tre daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Phung Island

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location… 

6. Visit Phung Island by yourself

Phung Island (Phoenix islet) – What to Do in Ben Tre

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. Those days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from Google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in Ben Tre village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in Ben Tre.

7. Responsible Travel and Advice Phung Island

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Phung Island (4k) 

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more. 

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers 

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. The Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips 

You can stay in a homestay which is near the riverside, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself and I hope you have an amazing Mekong Delta river sunrise.

If you plan to extend your travel to Ben Tre homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Ben Tre or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Ben Tre responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Ben Tre food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Ben Tre cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Cai Mon durian, Phu Le Rice Wine, coconut wine, coconut candy, coconut rice, snail pancake, elephant ear fish, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Ben Tre in the rainy season, as Ben Tre always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Ben Tre tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Ben Tre brick & pottery kiln, Coconut Candy Traditional Village & Small Canals, mighty Mekong river cruise, educational tour and community tour in Ben Tre, Ben Tre homestay 2D1N, cocohome homestay, Ben Tre cycling tours, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village, Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village, Vam Ho bird sanctuary, Cai Mon Ornamental Flower Village in Cho Lach, Ben Tre Museum, An Hiep Nhon Thanh Mat Weaving Villages, Ben Tre Night Market, Phung Island (Phoenix islet), Thoi Son Island, Turtle Islet (Con Quy)…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Khmer-style tube cake – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Soc Trang is the convergence of many specialties such as: noodle soup, banh chung, pineapple cake, ….  In addition, there is a rustic cake of the Khmer ethnic people, which is tube cake.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang

Khmer-style tube cake – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

1. Better to Know as a Food Lover

Find them: Soc Trang city.

Best time: Dusk-Dawn

Don’t miss: Tube Cake

Local’s pick: Restaurant on Nguyen Van Troi Street, around the park as a street food stall.

Tourist’s pick: Restaurant in Soc Trang

Blog: https://vemekong.com/khmer-style-tube-cake-soc-trang/

Facts: Tube cake is one of the few cakes that has spread beyond the Khmer community.  It is not only familiar in the Phum squirrel but also gradually moving to the big cities.

2. Better to Know Khmer-style tube cake

Tube cake is a rustic cake of the Khmer people. Although it is not very popular, this is also a delicious and cheap snack that children love.

The bamboo tube for making the mold is sawn across a length of about 20cm.  In the middle, there are bellows attached to the wind scraping coin to make the bottom of the mold. Today, few people use bamboo tubes, but people only make aluminum for convenience. Place the tube upright on the lid of the pot, in the pot containing the water. Crushed, finely ground rice flour mixed with sugar, coconut milk…

3. Khmer-style tube cake in Soc Trang

Put the powder into a bamboo tube like a water bath. Let it sit for about two minutes and the cake is done. When the cake is cooked, pull the stick and gently put the cake on the banana leaf. The scent of coconut water is sweet, the scent of pandan leaves is faint. Therefore, in some places, it is also called pandan leaf cake because of the smell of pandan leaves. Tube cake is served with a little grated coconut, sprinkled with a little white sesame salt or crushed peanuts.

Long round tube cake, pure white soft and spongy. Some people mix green food into the flour, but it’s not good. Freshly brought out cake must be eaten hot to be delicious and enjoy its full flavor. Those who eat tube cakes for the first time feel like eating beef cakes, maybe because they are all made of rice flour, although the processing methods are different. For the children in the countryside back in the day, it was delicious to eat such simple cakes.

4. How to Make Khmer-style tube cake

Ingredients For Tube Cake

Cakes Section

Rice flour: 500 grams, Sticky rice: 250 grams Pandan leaf powder, Coconut water: 200ml White granulated sugar: 4 tbsp.

Decoration Section

Peanuts Fresh Coconut Roasted Sesame Paper Rice Paper

In addition, you need to prepare some baking tools such as: a dedicated tube cake mold, a steamer, a bowl, a spoon…

How To Make Powder

Put rice flour, glutinous rice flour and granulated sugar in a bowl, mix well.  You can sift the dry flour mixture through once to remove the remaining particles, making the dough smoother.

Dissolve pandan leaf powder with a little hot water so that the mixture becomes a paste, slightly sticky.  Next, add coconut water to the pandan leaf powder, stir well to combine the ingredients.

Filter the pandan leaf powder once and then mix it with the glutinous rice flour mixture, stirring to obtain a smooth, beautiful pandan cake powder.

How To Steam Delicious tube Cake

Put the steamer on the stove, add water and bring to a boil.  Then, wrap a wet towel around the mouth of the pot to prevent steam from escaping.

Put the special tube cake mold with the bottom iron in the pot, skillfully put the screw in the middle of the iron, slowly pour the dough into the mold.

Cover the pot, continue to steam for 3-5 minutes, and the cake will be cooked.  Take the cake out, roll it into a tubular shape.  Continue to repeat the above steps until all the ingredients have been prepared.

Decorate And Enjoy

When the cake is done, arrange it on a plate, sprinkle peanuts, fresh coconut and roasted sesame on top to complete the pandan tube cake recipe.  You enjoy the cake as soon as it’s done. It is the most delicious, when eating, remember to bring a favorite drink to make the taste more complete and attractive.

5. Pro tips:

Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.

Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you’re eating hot street food, it’s always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.

Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.

Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.

If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.

Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Can Tho: Co Ut’s Cong cake, Ut Dzach Fine Rice Vermicelli, Thanh Van Grilled Pork Sausage, Crab Noodle Soup At Floating Market, Scorched Rice with Caramelized Fish Sauce, 7-Toi’s Duck Meat Pancake, Banh Mi Thuy, Banana Blossom Salad, Fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fetal duck egg (balut), Honeycomb Cake, Mini Sticky Rice Cake, Cassava Silkworm Cake, Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice, Khmer-style Bun Goi Da Soup, Egg Coffee, Con Son Grilled Snakehead Fish, Bun Mam – Fermented Fish Noodle Soup, Lau Mam – Fermented Fish Hotpot, Grilled Snails with Pepper, Magenta Sticky Rice Cake, Duck cooked with Fermented Tofu, Rice Noodle Pizza, Vegetarian Noodle Soup, Snails Stuffed With Pork…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc: Chau Doc Fish Noodle Soup, Sugar Palm Fruit, Basa Fish Hot Pot, Mam (Fermented fish), Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Sweet & Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Caramelized & Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang: Pia Cake, Cong Cake (Banh Cong), Bun Nuoc Leo Soc Trang’s Noodle Soup, Soc Trang’s Bun Goi Da Soup, Duck Noodle Soup with black Pepper, Curry Noodle Soup, Grilled Beef on Tile, Khmer-style Tube Cake, Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In), Dried Radish (Xa Bau), Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Mi Sua), Soc Trang’s Green Rice Flakes…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ben Tre: Phu Le Rice Wine, Ben Tre’s Coconut Candy, Flat Banana, Coconut Rice, Snail Pancake, Sea Snail with Coconut Milk, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Cai Be: Puffed Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Vinh Long: Elephant Ear Fish (fried giant gourami)…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in My Tho: Fried Sticky Rice, Snakehead Fish Rice Porridge, Hu Tieu My Tho (Noodle Soup), Coconut Banana Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Tra Vinh: Macapuno Coconut, Bun Nuoc Leo Tra Vinh’s Noodle Soup, Tra Cuon’s Sticky Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Sadec: Sa Dec Noodle Soup, Sadec Crab Hotpot, Lai Vung Spring Rolls, Sa Giang Shrimp Puff Pastry, Lai Vung Tangerine…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Bac Lieu: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Bac Lieu’s Three-striped Crab, White Radish Pies, Bac Lieu Thick Noodles & Creamy Coconut Milk, Bon Bon Pickles…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ca Mau: Banh tam ga cay (Silkworm rice cake with curried chicken), Grilled Vop clams with salt and pepper, Grilled Mudskipper Fish, Stone Crab Roast With Salt, Young Bee Salad, Nam Can’s Crab, U Minh Forest’s Honey, U Minh’s Fermented Fish Hotpot…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Hau Giang: Cau Duc Pineapple, Cai Tac’s Pork Organs Porridge, Hau Giang’s Bronze Featherback Fish Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ha Tien: Herring Fish Salad, Spider crab cake soup, Ken Noodle soup, Xoi Xiem (Siamese sticky rice), Steamed Noodle soup, Ha Tien Oyster porridge…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Rach Gia: Stir Noodle Soup, Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Con Dao: Bang nut jam, Vu Nang Snail, Roasted Pork Bread (Banh Mi), Coconut Ice Cream…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc Sim Wine, Phu Quoc Pepper, Phu Quoc fish sauce…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Curry Noodle Soup – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

A rather strange dish in Soc Trang, Vinh Chau commune, is curry noodle soup, which is quite a famous dish of the locals here.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang

1. Better to Know as a Food Lover

Find them: Soc Trang city.

Best time: Dusk-Dawn

Don’t miss: Curry noodle soup

Local’s pick: Vinh ChauCurry noodle soup restaurant

Tourist’s pick: Curry noodle soup restaurant in Soc Trang

Blog: https://vemekong.com/curry-noodle-soup-vinh-chau-soc-trang/

Facts: Vinh Chau – Soc Trang curry noodle soup with the fatty taste of coconut milk combined with sweet and sour taste makes the love of the land closely intertwined with this dish.

2. Better to Know Curry noodle soup

Some time ago, Vinh Chau curry noodle soup was cooked with pork, not chicken or goat as usual, today it is modified and processed from adult Siamese duck meat, about the broth. Vinh Chau curry has the same yellow color of turmeric as other curries, but when eaten, it has a milder aroma that is not too greasy, making it easy to get bored and the taste is not as strong as the familiar curry.

3. Curry noodle soup in Soc Trang

As for the noodles, noodles here are also famous in an area made from rice flour, small, soft, moderate toughness by the people of Vinh Chau themselves.

As for the dipping sauce, it’s still pepper with a few slices of lemon, the vegetables are mainly fresh bean sprouts, herbs, coriander, add a few thin slices of onion, Vinh Chau curry noodles are seasoned just right. suit the taste of diners

4. How to Make Curry noodle soup

Prepare the ingredients:

Wanting to make this dish juicy, people often choose Siamese duck to cook curry. Mature Siamese duck meat, drain and then cut into bite-sized pieces. Marinate duck meat with curry powder, fish sauce, sugar, MSG…

Potatoes are washed and peeled. Leave the lemongrass whole, grated dry coconut, squeeze out the juice. After that, people fry the potatoes briefly until golden and then pour them out to be ready.

How to cook curry noodle soup:

Put the saucepan on the stove, put the marinated duck meat in to cook for hunting, chop the fresh coconut to get the juice and wrap it with lemongrass leaves. Once the water boils, cook the potatoes until soft.

Finally add the juice. Season to taste, sprinkle with chopped onion slices.

Boil the noodles until soft, put them in a bowl, and add a little green bean sprouts and coriander on top.

Pour in the cooked curry juice. The tender and sweet duck meat is seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon.

5. Pro tips:

Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.

Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you’re eating hot street food, it’s always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.

Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.

Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.

If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.

Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Can Tho: Co Ut’s Cong cake, Ut Dzach Fine Rice Vermicelli, Thanh Van Grilled Pork Sausage, Crab Noodle Soup At Floating Market, Scorched Rice with Caramelized Fish Sauce, 7-Toi’s Duck Meat Pancake, Banh Mi Thuy, Banana Blossom Salad, Fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fetal duck egg (balut), Honeycomb Cake, Mini Sticky Rice Cake, Cassava Silkworm Cake, Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice, Khmer-style Bun Goi Da Soup, Egg Coffee, Con Son Grilled Snakehead Fish, Bun Mam – Fermented Fish Noodle Soup, Lau Mam – Fermented Fish Hotpot, Grilled Snails with Pepper, Magenta Sticky Rice Cake, Duck cooked with Fermented Tofu, Rice Noodle Pizza, Vegetarian Noodle Soup, Snails Stuffed With Pork…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc: Chau Doc Fish Noodle Soup, Sugar Palm Fruit, Basa Fish Hot Pot, Mam (Fermented fish), Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Sweet & Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Caramelized & Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang: Pia Cake, Cong Cake (Banh Cong), Bun Nuoc Leo Soc Trang’s Noodle Soup, Soc Trang’s Bun Goi Da Soup, Duck Noodle Soup with black Pepper, Curry Noodle Soup, Grilled Beef on Tile, Khmer-style Tube Cake, Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In), Dried Radish (Xa Bau), Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Mi Sua), Soc Trang’s Green Rice Flakes…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ben Tre: Phu Le Rice Wine, Ben Tre’s Coconut Candy, Flat Banana, Coconut Rice, Snail Pancake, Sea Snail with Coconut Milk, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Cai Be: Puffed Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Vinh Long: Elephant Ear Fish (fried giant gourami)…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in My Tho: Fried Sticky Rice, Snakehead Fish Rice Porridge, Hu Tieu My Tho (Noodle Soup), Coconut Banana Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Tra Vinh: Macapuno Coconut, Bun Nuoc Leo Tra Vinh’s Noodle Soup, Tra Cuon’s Sticky Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Sadec: Sa Dec Noodle Soup, Sadec Crab Hotpot, Lai Vung Spring Rolls, Sa Giang Shrimp Puff Pastry, Lai Vung Tangerine…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Bac Lieu: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Bac Lieu’s Three-striped Crab, White Radish Pies, Bac Lieu Thick Noodles & Creamy Coconut Milk, Bon Bon Pickles…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ca Mau: Banh tam ga cay (Silkworm rice cake with curried chicken), Grilled Vop clams with salt and pepper, Grilled Mudskipper Fish, Stone Crab Roast With Salt, Young Bee Salad, Nam Can’s Crab, U Minh Forest’s Honey, U Minh’s Fermented Fish Hotpot…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Hau Giang: Cau Duc Pineapple, Cai Tac’s Pork Organs Porridge, Hau Giang’s Bronze Featherback Fish Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ha Tien: Herring Fish Salad, Spider crab cake soup, Ken Noodle soup, Xoi Xiem (Siamese sticky rice), Steamed Noodle soup, Ha Tien Oyster porridge…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Rach Gia: Stir Noodle Soup, Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Con Dao: Bang nut jam, Vu Nang Snail, Roasted Pork Bread (Banh Mi), Coconut Ice Cream…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc Sim Wine, Phu Quoc Pepper, Phu Quoc fish sauce…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Grilled Beef on Tile – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

A piece of sizzling beef on a fragrant tile, rolled into rice paper with accompanying ingredients and then dipped into a bowl of sweet and spicy sweet and spicy fish sauce… just heard of it, but grilled beef on tile in Soc Trang has made many diners flutter.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang

Grilled Beef on Tile – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

1. Better to Know as a Food Lover

Find them: Soc Trang city.

Best time: Dusk-Dawn

Don’t miss: Grilled beef on tile

Local’s pick: Tai Grilled beef on tile restaurant

Tourist’s pick: My Phuong Grilled beef on tile restaurant

Blog: https://vemekong.com/grilled-beef-on-tile-soc-trang/

Facts: The heat from the grilled tiles also spreads the joy and excitement of tourists every time they visit the grilled beef restaurant in Soc Trang. Therefore, when visiting this Mekong Delta land, do not forget to enjoy this special and delicious dish

2. Better to Know Grilled beef on tile

From time immemorial, people are still familiar with dishes baked in microwave ovens, grills or charcoal grills. But in the Mekong Delta and especially Soc Trang, people “invent” a new way of baking that is both simple, easy to make and retains the inherent flavor of the dish, which is grilled with tiles. The tiles are both used as a building material, but now they are turned into a very creative cooking tool.

Grilled beef on tile in Soc Trang is not a new dish, but it always attracts tourists from all over the world every time they visit Soc Trang to visit. What could be more wonderful than when a group of friends gather together, sit around a tray of fragrant grilled beef with a tiled roof, and have fun chatting together. Today, grilled beef with tile has become a specialty dish of Soc Trang in particular and the Western provinces in general. Grilled beef stalls are always crowded with diners, especially those located on the sidewalk. The smell of fragrant beef mixed with the smell of seasoning makes the most fastidious foodies flutter.

3. Grilled beef on tile in Soc Trang

The cooked beef has a rich aroma, mixed with the spicy and sour sauce, there is nothing to compare. Guests should eat grilled beef with raw vegetables to create a cool feeling on the tip of the tongue. Soc Trang tile-roasted beef will definitely be a taste that you can hardly forget every time you visit this place.

4. How to Make Grilled beef on tile

Ingredients for Grilled Beef on Tiles for 3 people

Beef 500g

Fresh vermicelli 500g

Lemongrass 2 plants

2 bananas

2 cucumbers

2 fruit star fruit

Lettuce 300 g

Minced garlic 2 teaspoons

Seasoning sauce 2 tablespoons

Minced chili 1 teaspoon

Forehead Cake 10 g

Eggplant 2

Okra 100 g

Cooking oil 20 ml

White sugar 1/2 teaspoon

Salt 1 teaspoon

Seasoning seeds 1/2 teaspoon

Fish sauce 10 ml

Satay 5 g

How to choose good beef:

Choose to buy small, soft, bright red beef, not smooth (unless it’s heifer), small white veins and bright yellow fat. Do not buy large and hard fibers. Press the beef with your hand and see that it does not stick to your hands and does not have a bad smell, which is good beef.

The beef is usually tastier than the beef. The most delicious is still the type of beef with silk because the meat is soft, white fat, and fine grain.

As for beef that is pale green or has round white spots between the fibers of the meat, it is a slug, a fluke or a rice bug. Beef with the following signs: dark color, dark yellow fat is old cow, meat will be tough, yellow bones, poor meat elasticity, mushy meat, the surface of viscous meat is sick, not tasty. These are the types of meat that should not be purchased to be safe.

How to cook Grilled Beef on Tiles

Step 1. Process materials

Clean okra and eggplant, split okra, cut eggplant to taste.

Marinate okra and eggplant with: 1-2 tablespoons of satay (depending on your spicy taste), 2 teaspoons of sugar, shock or mix well to absorb the spices. Marinate for about 15 minutes.

Lemongrass cleaned, smashed, cut into pieces about 3-4cm long.

Banana peeled, cut into thin slices to eat.

Cucumbers are cleaned, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Wash the star fruit and cut it into thin slices.

Lettuce, perilla pick, wash and dry.

Step 2. Marinated beef

Wash the beef and cut it into thin slices.

Marinate the beef with 1 tablespoon of white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, mix well and marinate the meat for about 15 minutes to absorb the spices. taste.

Pro tip: You can marinate beef with a little colander to enhance the flavor and flavor of the dish.

Step 3. Make dipping sauce

Put 2 tablespoons of fish sauce in a bowl with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of minced chili, and 1 tablespoon of white sugar.

Stir until the mixture dissolves.

Step 4. Grilled beef

Tile washed, let dry. Prepare some more red hot coals.

Put the tile on the charcoal stove, drizzle 1 tablespoon of cooking oil evenly on the surface of the red tile, when the oil is rolling, add the beef, sliced ​​lemongrass, eggplant, okra on the grill until cooked and take out to enjoy. So the dish is done.

Step 5. Finished product

Grilled beef with tile is delicious for weekend meals that are richer and more attractive. The beef is delicious, rich in flavor, and the aroma is very attractive. You use beef with a little seasoning sauce, raw vegetables are wonderful, right!

Tips for successful implementation:

Buy tile should choose a thin medium, too thick will be difficult to cook the meat. When purchased, soak in water for many days to absorb, then dry to dry.

When grilling, the beef is hunted and the color is changed to be usable, to avoid long roasting, the beef is easy to be tough. Grilled meat slightly rare will be more delicious and tender than just overcooked or overcooked

5. Pro tips:

Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.

Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you’re eating hot street food, it’s always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.

Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.

Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.

If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.

Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Can Tho: Co Ut’s Cong cake, Ut Dzach Fine Rice Vermicelli, Thanh Van Grilled Pork Sausage, Crab Noodle Soup At Floating Market, Scorched Rice with Caramelized Fish Sauce, 7-Toi’s Duck Meat Pancake, Banh Mi Thuy, Banana Blossom Salad, Fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fetal duck egg (balut), Honeycomb Cake, Mini Sticky Rice Cake, Cassava Silkworm Cake, Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice, Khmer-style Bun Goi Da Soup, Egg Coffee, Con Son Grilled Snakehead Fish, Bun Mam – Fermented Fish Noodle Soup, Lau Mam – Fermented Fish Hotpot, Grilled Snails with Pepper, Magenta Sticky Rice Cake, Duck cooked with Fermented Tofu, Rice Noodle Pizza, Vegetarian Noodle Soup, Snails Stuffed With Pork…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc: Chau Doc Fish Noodle Soup, Sugar Palm Fruit, Basa Fish Hot Pot, Mam (Fermented fish), Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Sweet & Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Caramelized & Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang: Pia Cake, Cong Cake (Banh Cong), Bun Nuoc Leo Soc Trang’s Noodle Soup, Soc Trang’s Bun Goi Da Soup, Duck Noodle Soup with black Pepper, Curry Noodle Soup, Grilled Beef on Tile, Khmer-style Tube Cake, Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In), Dried Radish (Xa Bau), Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Mi Sua), Soc Trang’s Green Rice Flakes…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ben Tre: Phu Le Rice Wine, Ben Tre’s Coconut Candy, Flat Banana, Coconut Rice, Snail Pancake, Sea Snail with Coconut Milk, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Cai Be: Puffed Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Vinh Long: Elephant Ear Fish (fried giant gourami)…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in My Tho: Fried Sticky Rice, Snakehead Fish Rice Porridge, Hu Tieu My Tho (Noodle Soup), Coconut Banana Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Tra Vinh: Macapuno Coconut, Bun Nuoc Leo Tra Vinh’s Noodle Soup, Tra Cuon’s Sticky Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Sadec: Sa Dec Noodle Soup, Sadec Crab Hotpot, Lai Vung Spring Rolls, Sa Giang Shrimp Puff Pastry, Lai Vung Tangerine…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Bac Lieu: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Bac Lieu’s Three-striped Crab, White Radish Pies, Bac Lieu Thick Noodles & Creamy Coconut Milk, Bon Bon Pickles…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ca Mau: Banh tam ga cay (Silkworm rice cake with curried chicken), Grilled Vop clams with salt and pepper, Grilled Mudskipper Fish, Stone Crab Roast With Salt, Young Bee Salad, Nam Can’s Crab, U Minh Forest’s Honey, U Minh’s Fermented Fish Hotpot…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Hau Giang: Cau Duc Pineapple, Cai Tac’s Pork Organs Porridge, Hau Giang’s Bronze Featherback Fish Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ha Tien: Herring Fish Salad, Spider crab cake soup, Ken Noodle soup, Xoi Xiem (Siamese sticky rice), Steamed Noodle soup, Ha Tien Oyster porridge…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Rach Gia: Stir Noodle Soup, Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Con Dao: Bang nut jam, Vu Nang Snail, Roasted Pork Bread (Banh Mi), Coconut Ice Cream…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc Sim Wine, Phu Quoc Pepper, Phu Quoc fish sauce…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (In Cake) – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Soc Trang is not only famous for its pia cakes, sausages, Cong cakes, etc. but also many people know about the delicious taste of Soc Trang mung bean cakes.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang

Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In) – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

1. Better to Know as a Food Lover

Find them: Soc Trang city.

Best time: Dusk-Dawn

Don’t miss: Khmer- style Mung Bean Cake

Local’s pick: Market in Soc Trang

Tourist’s pick: Supermarket in Soc Trang

Blog: https://vemekong.com/khmer-style-mung-bean-cake-soc-trang/

Facts: Traveling to the Mekong Delta river, bringing back a box of mung bean cakes as Soc Trang specialty gifts is luxurious and reasonable. Soc Trang mung bean cakes are sold all year round at cake shops in Soc Trang.

2. Better to Know Khmer- style Mung Bean Cake

In Cake Can Tho – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Traditional mung bean cakes of Soc Trang people are usually round, the surface is engraved with beautiful patterns. Because of its round shape and beautiful white color, this cake is often used by Soc Trang people to offer to their ancestors on the occasion of the full moon and the most beautiful of that year is the full moon. The fullness of the cake is also the dream of a full life, a family that is always reunited and happy.

Mung bean cake also has a very important meaning in the culture of Soc Trang people when used to worship in the Ooc – Om – Boc festivals of the people here. Cakes are offered to give thanks to the moon for bringing good health and good crops to people throughout the region.

3. Khmer- style Mung Bean Cake in Soc Trang

Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In) – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

People enjoy the taste of this cake next to a cup of hot tea, there is nothing like it. Especially on New Year’s Day, the children and grandchildren are crowded, the adults sit together to talk and enjoy the cakes in Soc Trang, it is warm and delicious. The fatty taste of coconut milk mixed with the sweetness of sugar, plus the aroma of ground glutinous rice makes you want to enjoy the mung bean cake forever.

Machine technology is more and more modern, and the needs of people are increasing, so there are many types of mung bean cakes with different flavors such as mung bean cakes with green beans, mung bean cakes with a variety of fillings such as coconut, peanuts, green beans, yellow, white cakes and many different mold designs. Consumers can choose according to their preferences.

4. How to Make Khmer- style Mung Bean Cake

In Cake Can Tho – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

How to make Soc Trang mung bean cake

Making the crust:

– Mung bean cake powder.

– Water.

– Sugar.

– Grapefruit juice.

– Fresh broth.

Making the cake filling:

– Green beans (with peeled).

– Sugar.

– Durian or pandan leaves

– Pumpkin jam.

– Mung bean cake mold.

Methods of implementation:

– Method of cooking sugar water: We put granulated sugar and filtered water into a pot to boil until the sugar dissolves, let it simmer for about 10 minutes, when the sugar is like pulling a thread, turn off the stove and let it cool. Continue, then add fresh lemon juice, stir well until the sugar thickens, then add grapefruit juice and mix to create fragrance for the cake.

How to make the filling: Soak green beans in water for about four hours. Then take out the beans and put them in the pot, add water and cook until cooked. When the green beans are cooked, we take them out and grind them finely, then add the sugar and stir-fry (to make the cake sweet) until the beans are no longer sticking to the pan, then mix the squash together.

– In the bowl, both the cake powder and the sugar water have just been made, mix well, then roll until the sugar and flour blend together.

– Pour the flour mixed with sugar into the prepared mold, then put a layer of filling in the middle, and finally spread a layer of powdered sugar to fill the mold. For a better and firmer cake, press the mixture firmly in the mold with your hands, let it sit for half an hour, then cut it into pieces.

5. Pro tips:

Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.

Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you’re eating hot street food, it’s always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.

Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.

Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.

If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.

Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Can Tho: Co Ut’s Cong cake, Ut Dzach Fine Rice Vermicelli, Thanh Van Grilled Pork Sausage, Crab Noodle Soup At Floating Market, Scorched Rice with Caramelized Fish Sauce, 7-Toi’s Duck Meat Pancake, Banh Mi Thuy, Banana Blossom Salad, Fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fetal duck egg (balut), Honeycomb Cake, Mini Sticky Rice Cake, Cassava Silkworm Cake, Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice, Khmer-style Bun Goi Da Soup, Egg Coffee, Con Son Grilled Snakehead Fish, Bun Mam – Fermented Fish Noodle Soup, Lau Mam – Fermented Fish Hotpot, Grilled Snails with Pepper, Magenta Sticky Rice Cake, Duck cooked with Fermented Tofu, Rice Noodle Pizza, Vegetarian Noodle Soup, Snails Stuffed With Pork…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc: Chau Doc Fish Noodle Soup, Sugar Palm Fruit, Basa Fish Hot Pot, Mam (Fermented fish), Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Sweet & Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Caramelized & Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang: Pia Cake, Cong Cake (Banh Cong), Bun Nuoc Leo Soc Trang’s Noodle Soup, Soc Trang’s Bun Goi Da Soup, Duck Noodle Soup with black Pepper, Curry Noodle Soup, Grilled Beef on Tile, Khmer-style Tube Cake, Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In), Dried Radish (Xa Bau), Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Mi Sua), Soc Trang’s Green Rice Flakes…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ben Tre: Phu Le Rice Wine, Ben Tre’s Coconut Candy, Flat Banana, Coconut Rice, Snail Pancake, Sea Snail with Coconut Milk, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Cai Be: Puffed Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Vinh Long: Elephant Ear Fish (fried giant gourami)…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in My Tho: Fried Sticky Rice, Snakehead Fish Rice Porridge, Hu Tieu My Tho (Noodle Soup), Coconut Banana Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Tra Vinh: Macapuno Coconut, Bun Nuoc Leo Tra Vinh’s Noodle Soup, Tra Cuon’s Sticky Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Sadec: Sa Dec Noodle Soup, Sadec Crab Hotpot, Lai Vung Spring Rolls, Sa Giang Shrimp Puff Pastry, Lai Vung Tangerine…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Bac Lieu: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Bac Lieu’s Three-striped Crab, White Radish Pies, Bac Lieu Thick Noodles & Creamy Coconut Milk, Bon Bon Pickles…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ca Mau: Banh tam ga cay (Silkworm rice cake with curried chicken), Grilled Vop clams with salt and pepper, Grilled Mudskipper Fish, Stone Crab Roast With Salt, Young Bee Salad, Nam Can’s Crab, U Minh Forest’s Honey, U Minh’s Fermented Fish Hotpot…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Hau Giang: Cau Duc Pineapple, Cai Tac’s Pork Organs Porridge, Hau Giang’s Bronze Featherback Fish Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ha Tien: Herring Fish Salad, Spider crab cake soup, Ken Noodle soup, Xoi Xiem (Siamese sticky rice), Steamed Noodle soup, Ha Tien Oyster porridge…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Rach Gia: Stir Noodle Soup, Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Con Dao: Bang nut jam, Vu Nang Snail, Roasted Pork Bread (Banh Mi), Coconut Ice Cream…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc Sim Wine, Phu Quoc Pepper, Phu Quoc fish sauce…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Duck Noodle Soup with Black Pepper – Eat Best Food in Soc Trang

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Visiting Soc Trang, you will enjoy many dishes that are specialties of the province, there are dishes that have gone into people’s hearts with its characteristic flavor, which when eaten and then made us remember forever such as: pia cake, Dai Tam Cong cake, pancakes… and duck noodle soup with pepper have become favorite dishes of many diners.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | All Best Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang

1. Better to Know as a Food Lover

Find them: Soc Trang city.

Best time: Dusk-Dawn

Don’t miss: Duck noodle soup with pepper

Local’s pick: 62 Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, Soc Trang city

Tourist’s pick: Restaurant in Soc Trang

Blog: https://vemekong.com/duck-noodle-soup-with-black-pepper-soc-trang/

Facts: Duck noodle soup with pepper is also known as duck pepper noodle soup, the reason it has this name is that the main ingredients are ducks cooked with pepper to form this nutritious dish.

2. Better to Know Duck noodle soup with Black pepper

It is a dish brought to Vietnam by the Chinese.  Soc Trang people have reconciled the spices in duck noodle soup to better suit the Vietnamese taste while still retaining the typical flavor of the dish.  Therefore, duck pepper noodle soup has a very distinct and unmistakable taste.

The main spice that makes duck pepper noodle soup is pepper.  The bones are stewed and cooked with fresh coconut water to create a sweet taste for the broth.  The duck to choose to cook this dish is usually copper duck, the meat is firm but still greasy and delicious.  Other ingredients cooked with are cashew nuts, ginger, white wine, garlic, red onion…

3. Duck noodle soup with black pepper in Soc Trang

After the finished product, Soc Trang duck pepper noodle soup is eaten with fresh noodle soup and raw vegetables such as split water spinach, grated banana, cinnamon, lemon, raw bean sprouts…  Duck meat but also duck blood and duck intestines.  Therefore, the dish is very nutritious and delicious.  A successful cook of duck pepper noodle soup is that the dish must not have a fishy smell, the spicy taste of the broth must be light and not too strong like dried chili, the broth has a sweet taste, and the duck meat is rich in spices.

The dipping sauce to eat with duck pepper noodle soup is also very important because it will make the flavors in the dish more intense.  Usually, purple onions will be sliced ​​thin, put in sweet and sour fish sauce and minced fresh chili to make a dipping sauce.  Due to the delicious and attractive taste, duck pepper noodle soup is very popular in Soc Trang.  Visitors can see many eateries and restaurants selling this dish, and many Soc Trang people can also cook delicious duck pepper noodle soup at home.

4. How to Make Duck noodle soup with black pepper

Ingredient

1.5 kg duck

50g pepper

1kg noodle

700ml fresh coconut water

Purple onion, garlic, ginger, grated banana, split water spinach, raw bean sprouts

Other seasonings: fish sauce, salt, seasoning seeds, white wine, vinegar water

How to cook duck pepper noodle soup

Step 1: Prepare ingredients

First, you wash all kinds of plantains, split water spinach, raw sprouts and drain.  Duck meat rubs salt around and then uses white wine to rub the outside of the duck and rinse with water to remove the odor.  After cleaning and draining the duck meat, cut it into large pieces.

Note: remember to cut off the oil gland in the duck float to ensure that the duck dish does not stink

Step 2: Marinate duck meat

Next, you put the prepared duck meat into a large bowl and then add 2 tablespoons of crushed pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, tablespoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper and 1 teaspoon of ground pepper.  teaspoon of garlic and mix the ingredients together.  Marinate the duck for about 1 hour so that the spices can infuse into the duck.

Step 3: Cook duck meat

After marinating the duck for 1 hour, put the pot on the stove, add a little oil, then put the marinated duck meat in the pot, stir well and stir-fry until the duck meat is hunted again.  Next, pour all the fresh coconut water into the pot and continue to simmer for about 1 hour until the duck meat is tender.

Step 4: Make pickled onions

Next, you mix the vinegar and sugar with a ratio of 1:1, add a little salt, stir well, and add the sliced ​​purple onion to soak for about 1 hour.  After the soaking time, scoop the onions into a small bowl and add fish sauce and you will have a cup of dipping sauce to eat with the duck pepper noodle soup.

Step 5: Finished Product

After the duck meat is cooked, you just need to put the noodle soup in a bowl, add the broth and cooked duck meat with vegetables, and you’ll have finished the delicious and strange duck noodle soup.

The soft cooked duck meat accompanied by the spicy taste of pepper and the sweetness of coconut water will surely bring you a new and attractive taste that you cannot refuse.  What are you waiting for, go to the kitchen and make this dish right away to enrich your family’s weekend menu.

5. Pro tips:

Here are our tips for easing your mind (and stomach) around food-handling environments that you may not be used to.

Make sure the food is freshly cooked. If you’re eating hot street food, it’s always safest (not to mention more delicious) to eat food you can see being cooked to order.

Look for lines and busy stalls. Busy street food stalls are an indicator of popularity, and their high turnover rate means the food is never sitting out for hours and developing dreaded bacteria. Yes, long lines can be discouraging when you’re hungry after a full day of exploring, but it’s not worth the risk of grabbing precooked food from the empty spot next door.

Eat when the locals are eating. The last and most important element here is when to eat. You’re likely already on a weird eating schedule while you’re traveling, but it’s important to try and adjust to the eating times of where you are. A bowl of pho might be lunch for Americans, but it’s breakfast for the Vietnamese. This ensures that you’re eating freshly cooked food and that you can find the best and most popular places to eat.

If you can’t drink the water, then you can’t eat the salad. Most people get so hung up on not drinking the water or skipping ice in drinks that they don’t think about all of the other ways in which water is used in food service. Fruits and vegetables tend to be washed with tap water in most places, rather than the filtered water that locals drink—or sometimes it’s not washed at all. If you’re really craving some produce, try fruits you can peel or cooked veggies.

Trust your gut. If you’re unsure about the food or the way that it’s being prepared, then keep moving. Eating street food all over the world doesn’t make you an expert. Every stall and every country are different, and sometimes the rules can be harder to follow. When something doesn’t look, smell, or feel right, don’t eat it! Trust your judgment. Chances are that there’s another spot close by that’s making something more delicious.

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Can Tho: Co Ut’s Cong cake, Ut Dzach Fine Rice Vermicelli, Thanh Van Grilled Pork Sausage, Crab Noodle Soup At Floating Market, Scorched Rice with Caramelized Fish Sauce, 7-Toi’s Duck Meat Pancake, Banh Mi Thuy, Banana Blossom Salad, Fried Spring Rolls, Fresh Spring Rolls, Fetal duck egg (balut), Honeycomb Cake, Mini Sticky Rice Cake, Cassava Silkworm Cake, Grilled Banana Wrapped in Sticky Rice, Khmer-style Bun Goi Da Soup, Egg Coffee, Con Son Grilled Snakehead Fish, Bun Mam – Fermented Fish Noodle Soup, Lau Mam – Fermented Fish Hotpot, Grilled Snails with Pepper, Magenta Sticky Rice Cake, Duck cooked with Fermented Tofu, Rice Noodle Pizza, Vegetarian Noodle Soup, Snails Stuffed With Pork…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Chau Doc: Chau Doc Fish Noodle Soup, Sugar Palm Fruit, Basa Fish Hot Pot, Mam (Fermented fish), Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Broken Rice with Pork Chop, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Sweet & Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Caramelized & Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Soc Trang: Pia Cake, Cong Cake (Banh Cong), Bun Nuoc Leo Soc Trang’s Noodle Soup, Soc Trang’s Bun Goi Da Soup, Duck Noodle Soup with black Pepper, Curry Noodle Soup, Grilled Beef on Tile, Khmer-style Tube Cake, Khmer-style Mung Bean Cake (Banh In), Dried Radish (Xa Bau), Stir-Fried Noodles with Seafood (Mi Sua), Soc Trang’s Green Rice Flakes…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ben Tre: Phu Le Rice Wine, Ben Tre’s Coconut Candy, Flat Banana, Coconut Rice, Snail Pancake, Sea Snail with Coconut Milk, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Cai Be: Puffed Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Vinh Long: Elephant Ear Fish (fried giant gourami)…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in My Tho: Fried Sticky Rice, Snakehead Fish Rice Porridge, Hu Tieu My Tho (Noodle Soup), Coconut Banana Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Tra Vinh: Macapuno Coconut, Bun Nuoc Leo Tra Vinh’s Noodle Soup, Tra Cuon’s Sticky Rice Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Sadec: Sa Dec Noodle Soup, Sadec Crab Hotpot, Lai Vung Spring Rolls, Sa Giang Shrimp Puff Pastry, Lai Vung Tangerine…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Bac Lieu: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Bac Lieu’s Three-striped Crab, White Radish Pies, Bac Lieu Thick Noodles & Creamy Coconut Milk, Bon Bon Pickles…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ca Mau: Banh tam ga cay (Silkworm rice cake with curried chicken), Grilled Vop clams with salt and pepper, Grilled Mudskipper Fish, Stone Crab Roast With Salt, Young Bee Salad, Nam Can’s Crab, U Minh Forest’s Honey, U Minh’s Fermented Fish Hotpot…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Hau Giang: Cau Duc Pineapple, Cai Tac’s Pork Organs Porridge, Hau Giang’s Bronze Featherback Fish Cake…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Ha Tien: Herring Fish Salad, Spider crab cake soup, Ken Noodle soup, Xoi Xiem (Siamese sticky rice), Steamed Noodle soup, Ha Tien Oyster porridge…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Rach Gia: Stir Noodle Soup, Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Con Dao: Bang nut jam, Vu Nang Snail, Roasted Pork Bread (Banh Mi), Coconut Ice Cream…

Must-Eat Foods & Restaurants in Phu Quoc: Phu Quoc Sim Wine, Phu Quoc Pepper, Phu Quoc fish sauce…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Ben Tre Museum – Where to Learn About Ben Tre History

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

Ben Tre has a rich treasure of intangible cultural heritage and tangible cultural heritage, marking historical and cultural values and reflecting the life and spirit of Ben Tre people throughout the process of formation and development. So, if you have the opportunity to come to Ben Tre, do not miss the opportunity to visit the Ben Tre museum.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Ben Tre Visitor Guide

Ben Tre museum – thing to see in Ben Tre

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket: Free

Spend-time: One hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – Dusk

Food: Yes

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

Blog: https://vemekong.com/ben-tre-museum/

Address: Located at 146 Hung Vuong Street, Ward 3, Ben Tre City, Ben Tre.

Added values: Coming to Ben Tre Museum, visitors can not only admire wartime artifacts and images, but also learn about the heroic history of Ben Tre.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from Ben Tre Museum? Or maybe you found it too long a drive here? We’ve got some ideas! Check out our list: Ben Tre City Center (2 km), Son Doc Rice Paper Village (6 km), Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village (4 minutes), Ben Tre Brick Factory (1o minutes), Thoi Son Island (15 km), Cho Lach Flower Village (22 km), Ben Tre Coconut Candy (9 minutes),…

2. Travel Guide to Ben Tre Museum    

Ben Tre museum

With an area of ​​474m2, the house on the ground floor and a floor was built in French architecture with tiled roofs, brick walls, and many arched windows, carved with patterns of animals and fruits. The house is located on a campus of more than 13,000m2 and has entrance gates in four directions with three sides bordering three major streets of the Ben Tre city: Hung Vuong, Cach Mang Thang Tam, Le Dai Hanh, and the main face facing the Ben Tre River, is considered the most beautiful, convenient, and charming location in Ben Tre. That is why when invading Ben Tre, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the French colonialists built this house. After the Geneva Agreement (July 20, 1954), the US also chose this house as the Governor’s Palace. When the country was unified, the house was taken over by the Provincial Party Committee of Ben Tre and in 1976 handed over to the Department of Culture and Information (now the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism) to serve as the Museum’s Preservation Room and then Officially Ben Tre Museum, from October 26, 1981.

Ben Tre museum

It is not enough to look at this house as evidence of the invasion of the French colonialists on Ben Tre land. Because this place used to take place in important historical events related to the two resistance wars against the French and the Americans of the Ben Tre army and people. Although it was the headquarters of the enemy’s headquarters, this house used to be a secret inline facility for printing documents in 1938, under the direction of the Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee Pham Thai Buong, where the ceremony took place and signed the decision to establish the Military Corps of the leaders of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee in October 1945.

3. What to Do – See – Eat at Ben Tre Museum

Ben Tre museum

This museum with ancient architecture is currently used to display images and traditional revolutionary artifacts of the people of Ben Tre during the two resistance wars against foreign invaders. All rooms and corridors are used to display more than 3,000 artifacts, images, and documents such as an overview of the history of Ben Tre from the early years of the twentieth century to the end of the anti-war resistance war.

In 2002, Ben Tre Museum built a new facility according to Decision No. 2234/2002 of the Provincial People’s Committee at a location about 20m from the old house (located behind Hung Vuong Guest House). With a scale of 1 ground floor and 2 floors, the house displays economic, cultural – social achievements, and security – defense of the province. Ms. Pham Thi Lan – Deputy Director of Ben Tre Museum said, “This is the pride of Ben Tre because very few provinces currently have a large-scale and methodical gallery like this. This place currently keeps more than 14,000 artifacts, which according to Ms. Lan, there are antiques priced at tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dong, but they are also priceless because of their history. Many collections have been kept by the Museum for more than 30 years, such as the collection of artifacts about the love of the local people towards Uncle Ho and historical figures of the province. Collecting folk artifacts with many materials and origins such as collecting Vietnamese ceramics, Chinese ceramics, and Thai ceramics, ceramic lamps, lime pots, Vietnamese cedarwood, bronze artifacts, agricultural tools, handicrafts; Collection of coins…

Ben Tre museum

On the other hand, book printing is also a new approach used by museums to bring artifacts to families and schools. The publication “Letters in the Rain of Bombs and Bullets” introduces revolutionary soldiers’ love letters to their homeland, comrades, family, and loved ones, which has just been released by Ben Tre Museum. The book has received special attention from readers.

The museum is a place to preserve and display collections of natural and social history to serve the people’s needs for research, education, sightseeing, and cultural enjoyment.

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

Ben Tre museum

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Ben Tre city center:

Route 1:

Route 2:

Route 3:

If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in Ben Tre. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package Ben Tre daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Ben Tre Museum

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location…

6. Visit Ben Tre Museum by yourself

Ben Tre museum

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. These days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in Ben Tre village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in Ben Tre.

7. Responsible Travel and Advice to Visit Ben Tre Museum

Ben Tre museum

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Ben Tre Museum (4k)

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more.

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers

Ben Tre museum

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips

You can stay in a homestay which is near the riverside, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself and I hope you have an amazing Mekong Delta river sunrise.

If you plan to extend your travel to Ben Tre homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Ben Tre or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Ben Tre responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Ben Tre food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Ben Tre cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Cai Mon durian, Phu Le Rice Wine, coconut wine, coconut candy, coconut rice, snail pancake, elephant ear fish, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Ben Tre in the rainy season, as Ben Tre always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Ben Tre tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Ben Tre brick & pottery kiln, Coconut Candy Traditional Village & Small Canals, mighty Mekong river cruise, educational tour and community tour in Ben Tre, Ben Tre homestay 2D1N, cocohome homestay, Ben Tre cycling tours, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village, Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village, Vam Ho bird sanctuary, Cai Mon Ornamental Flower Village in Cho Lach, Ben Tre Museum, An Hiep Nhon Thanh Mat Weaving Villages, Ben Tre Night Market, Phung Island (Phoenix islet), Thoi Son Island, Turtle Islet (Con Quy)…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village – Thing to See in Ben Tre

Posted on by Thomas Vietnam

The famous My Long and Son Doc rice paper craft villages in Ben Tre province have existed for hundreds of years. But the taste of Son Doc Puff Rice Paper still maintains its style, which is a famous specialty of the Mekong Delta. Although they are nearly thirty kilometers apart, the two craft villages are always mentioned together.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Ben Tre Visitor Guide

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket: 

Spend-time: One and a half hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – dusk 

Food: Yes       

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

Blog: https://vemekong.com/son-doc-puff-rice-paper-village-ben-tre/

Address: Located in Giong Trom District, Ben Tre province

Added values: My Long rice paper with Son Doc puff pastry is a dish that crystallizes the ingenuity and creativity of Ben Tre people, and the many products that nature has bestowed on coconut land. My Long rice paper and Son Doc puff pastry are becoming more and more famous, well-received, and recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of the nation.  That is the pride worthy of the people of My Long Son Doc.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from My Long – Son Doc Rice Paper Village? Ben Tre City (7 km), Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village (25 minutes), Ben Tre Brick Factory (21 km), Thoi Son Island (35 km), Cho Lach Flower Village (46 km), Ben Tre Coconut Candy (35 km),…

2. Travel Guide to Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village

Son Doc puff pastry is more than 100 years old, and is the destination of many tourists to feel the traditional culture here.

Son Doc puff pastry is characterized by the taste of dense coconut milk mixed with water, that delicious flavor is complete on a cake.  Glutinous rice cakes in Son Doc must be waxy, flexible, and fragrant.  This rice is brought to the sticky rice until cooked, then mixed with sugar, vanilla powder and then spread.  When sweeping, it is necessary to choose an experienced person so that they can brush it thoroughly and return it evenly, otherwise the dough will be boggy, the rolled cake will not be of good quality and very bad.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, most households in Son Doc puff pastry village are equipped with sweeping machines and rolling machines, making the baking process somewhat less strenuous.  Thanks to that, the production of cakes is also increasing day by day.

Son Doc puff pastry village currently has more than 30 puff pastry production establishments.  In addition to puff pastry, people here also produce a number of other types of cakes such as banana puff pastry, bread puff pastry, jackfruit puff pastry, onion puff pastry to meet the increasingly diverse needs of the market.

3. What to Do –See – Eat at Son Doc Rice Paper Village

Son Doc puff pastry is made with waxy glutinous rice, a famous glutinous rice variety of Ben Tre, glutinous rice is made into sticky rice and then pounded into a mortar along with other ingredients such as sugar, coconut milk… Arrive at the craft village in the morning. We easily know whose house will make puff pastry by hearing the pounding noise.  This is also the most tiring stage when making puff pastry.

To make the cake bigger, you can add a little pureed soybean flour. When the dough is spread evenly, the spices will be molded into balls and rolled. The rolling person must ensure that the cake rolls quickly and skillfully. After rolling the cake, it is immediately dried on a new mat spread in the crisp sun. The drying process seems to be simple, but it is quite laborious. The sun should not be too weak or too harsh.  When the cake has just dried, remove the cake, it must be shaken and fanned to cool before arranging the cake.

Each Son Doc puff pastry has a diameter of 18cm. After baking, the cake is 2-3 times bigger than the original. To be delicious, Son Doc puff pastry must be baked on a fiery red charcoal stove.  The baked goods are fragrant, spongy, and delicious.  The taste of the cake is fatty, sweet, and salty.

Initially, Son Doc puff pastry appeared only on traditional holidays and Tet.  But it is the delicious, sweet and crispy taste, the puff pastry has become the hometown gift that generations of Son Doc children have been waiting for.  Over time, from generation to generation, puff pastry is still loved by many people and has since become a traditional specialty of the people here.  Every visitor coming to Ben Tre must find his way to Son Doc to enjoy the puff pastry or witness first-hand how the cake is made, and then buy it as a gift for relatives.

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Ben Tre city center:

Route 1:

Route 2:

Route 3:

If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in Ben Tre. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package Ben Tre daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location… 

6. Visit Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village by yourself

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. Those days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from Google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in Ben Tre village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in Ben Tre.

7. Responsible Travel and Advice Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village (4k) 

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more. 

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers 

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. The Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips 

You can stay in a homestay which is near the riverside, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself and I hope you have an amazing Mekong Delta river sunrise.

If you plan to extend your travel to Ben Tre homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Ben Tre or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Ben Tre responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Ben Tre food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Ben Tre cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Cai Mon durian, Phu Le Rice Wine, coconut wine, coconut candy, coconut rice, snail pancake, elephant ear fish, Coconut Worm, Young Coconut Salad with Shrimp & Pork…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Ben Tre in the rainy season, as Ben Tre always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Ben Tre tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Ben Tre brick & pottery kiln, Coconut Candy Traditional Village & Small Canals, mighty Mekong river cruise, educational tour and community tour in Ben Tre, Ben Tre homestay 2D1N, cocohome homestay, Ben Tre cycling tours, Son Doc Puff Rice Paper Village, Dong Khoi Guerrilla Village, Vam Ho bird sanctuary, Cai Mon Ornamental Flower Village in Cho Lach, Ben Tre Museum, An Hiep Nhon Thanh Mat Weaving Villages, Ben Tre Night Market, Phung Island (Phoenix islet), Thoi Son Island, Turtle Islet (Con Quy)…

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Ben Tre province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you

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Can Tho Rice Noodle Factory & Villages

Nowadays, there are more and more green and responsible tours which are meaningful and educational as well. This is why Can Tho noodle factory is getting popular for both Vietnamese and foreigners to come and explore the cuisine culture and the typical local life in Can Tho, Mekong Delta.