Goats here are raised on limestone
mountains with leaves as their foods. Hence, their meat is much better
than hill-raised goat meat. Goat meat here is made to become a featured
speciality, strongly charming in countryside taste, inherited with
unique know-how that make it become well-known speciality like beef
noodle (phở bò) in Nam Dinh (Nam Định), green bean cake (bánh đậu xanh)
in Hai Duong (Hải Dương) or fermented pork roll (nem chua) in Thanh Hoa
(Thanh Hóa).
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Grilled goat meat |
Once
enjoyed mountain-raised goat meat in Ninh Binh, you will find it hard
to forget rare goat meat in Me town (Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh
province). There are three kinds of rare goat meat with three ways of
preparation. Soaked rare "tái nhúng" is the preparation of which goat
meat is thinly sliced and then dipped in boiling water. Having this
kind of goat meat will give a better taste with tougher meat.
Stir-fried goat meat (tái lăn) is another way of preparation in which
sliced goat meat is stir-fried on a span with vegetable oil at very
high temperature. This kind of preparation alternatively gives meaty
and delicious taste. Last but by no mean least is rare goat meat mixed
with sesame in which sliced goat meat stir-fried on with vegetable oil
at high temperature, then thoroughly mixed with roasted and pounded
sesame or peanut in combination of some other spices. Once having this
kind of goat meat, you will experience full delicious tastes of
ingredients from tip of your tongue to oesophagus.
These three
dishes have one thing in common since they all need sauce. The most
popular sauce is Ban (Bần) soya-bean sauce in Pho Noi (Nối street),
Hung Yen province (Hưng Yên). It is widely thought that only that sauce
is best served with these three dishes.
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It is a true connoisseur if having goat meat served with soya-bean sauce. |
You may enjoy rare goat meat accompanied with some spices such as: capsicum, garlic, citronella, herbal vegetables, etc up to taste of each individual. Rare goat meat is normally wrapped with either fig leaves or thin rice paper dipped in sweet sauce to give buttery, acrid but sweet and scented taste.
Apart from a very popular rare goat meat, people in Gia Vien (Gia Viễn) have their varieties of preparing dishes from goat meat such as: steamed, stewed, grilled, "sốt vang", etc. Local people even make goat glue from its bone as the restoratives
Passing Ninh Binh, you are strongly advised to enjoy
rare goat meat had with famous Kim Son rice alcohol though you are in a
hurry, do not miss any chances to enjoy these specialities.
Source: simplevietnam.com
Ha Noi – Ha Long – Ninh Binh – Cuc Phuong National Park
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