Durian is native to Southeast Asia and is considered by the people of the region as the “King of Fruits”. Durian is characterized by its large size, thorny shell, yellow flesh with a characteristic odor The smell of durian divides the world into two halves, the likes and dislikes. If you are passionate about this fruit, many people will find durian has a sweet, pleasant aroma, the taste when enjoyed is greasy and attractive. In addition to the golden yellow durian flesh, few people know that the skin and seeds of the durian fruit can also be eaten You can refer to how to make a unique pork rib stew with durian shell soup Ingredients to make a bowl of soup for 3-4 people include: 1 durian peel, 2kg pork ribs, 300g lotus seeds, 1 piece of ginger, 300g black fungus, 100g jujube and other spices such as vinegar, sugar , salt…. First, you take a knife to separate the white pulp inside of the durian shell, then cut it into bite-sized pieces, wash and drain. Ginger is smashed Next, you bring 2kg of boiled pork ribs with boiling water. After adding an appropriate amount of water to the pot, then put 1 piece of crushed ginger, 100g of jujube and 1 teaspoon of vinegar into the stew for about 1 hour. Next, add the white pulp of durian and cook for about 30 minutes. Done, you add 300g of mushrooms and 300g of lotus seeds. Bring to a boil over low heat for another 30 minutes. Finally, season with sugar, salt and seasoning (depending on taste) This bone-in stewed durian shell soup looks very eye-catching. When enjoying, you will feel the white intestine with a very special flavor mixed with the sweet broth from pork ribs. In addition, the white pulp of durian can be deep fried The white pulp, after being cut into small pieces, will be briefly blanched with salted boiling water, then taken out and drained. You add flour, eggs, a little salt (or sugar) and filtered water and stir well (not too thin or too thick). Fill the pan with oil, when the oil is hot, dip the durian skin in the flour and fry it very crispy Remove the fried durian skin to a plate and enjoy. The dish is crispy, extremely greasy and has a characteristic durian smell. You can eat it with ketchup or chili sauce It is known that durian peel helps the kidneys remove toxins easily, helps relieve constipation, enhances blood circulation for the body… In addition, if you know how to process, the dried durian seeds can also become delicious and nutritious snacks. Durian seeds provide a lot of good nutrients for the body such as starch, fiber, zinc … Boiled durian seeds are a healthy snack that doesn’t take too long to prepare To get quality seeds, you need to choose durians that are not sprayed, have fresh stems, and have a strong aroma The method is extremely simple, you just need to wash the durian seeds and boil them in boiling water for about 15-20 minutes. Durian seeds when boiled have a characteristic aroma and are eaten with fat In addition to boiling, durian seeds can be baked. Just clean the seeds (you take a knife to make a small cut on the seeds so that the seeds are less likely to explode when baking) and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes. Toasted durian seeds have a fatty, attractive taste Durian seeds after shaving the brown outer shell can be cooked with pork to make a very delicious soup

Rolled rice paper 1 m A restaurant in the alley of Truong Chinh Street, Tan Binh District, serving curious dishes, rice paper rolls 1 m. Different from regular rice paper rolls, this giant version is for 2-3 people to eat, priced at 30,000 VND/piece. The roll is full of traditional toppings such as dried shrimp, mango, laksa leaves, avocado, and eggs. In particular, the accompanying sweet and sour sauce is the highlight of this unique dish. Photo: Ho Nguyen Linh Phuong. Many diners expressed their enjoyment when experiencing this dish. Food blogger Tebefood shared: “You’ll know after you go, it’s even longer than imagined. One part consists of 3 pieces of rice paper put together, can eat about 2 people. The rice paper is a bit dry, those who like to eat sticky can love it. The house sauce is sour and sour, especially the owner gives a lot of butter, so it’s quite fat.” The restaurant has local delivery. In addition to 1 meter long rice paper rolls, you can order shrimp and meat salad rolls, dried papaya salad with black beef, beef… here. Noodle salad with vermicelli A small noodle shop hiding in an alley for 16 years on Nghia Hoa Street, Tan Binh District is the place to serve this attractive salad. The taste of traditional vermicelli noodles is wrapped in compact salad rolls. Different from the hot noodle dish, the vermicelli roll salad is cool and suitable for cooling off in the summer. The layer of rice paper is dipped in the broth to make it soft and flexible, then add the familiar ingredients of the capital noodle dish such as fried tofu, boiled water spinach, spring rolls, crab sauce… Fried onions are sprinkled on top of the spring rolls. , served with tamarind fish sauce. Dipping salad rolls in tamarind sauce, diners will feel the sweet and sour taste, strangely fragrant. In addition to spring rolls costing 5,000 VND, you can buy and take home vermicelli and noodle soup here. Photo: Thuy Van. Black dish from bamboo charcoal The dishes made from bamboo charcoal attract foodies because of its strange black appearance. From desserts to savory dishes, you have a wide selection of black dishes in HCMC. Originated from Quang Ninh mine land, bamboo charcoal bread impress diners with the black crust and filling. From 20,000 to 45,000 VND, you can enjoy “dark bread” with fillings such as squid rolls, broken crab, shrimp shumai, grilled chicken, grilled beef with cheese and roasted pork… Nguyen Thai Binh Street ( District 1) and Pham Ngoc Thach (District 3) are the places to serve this dish. Photo: Ruahaman, lien_lieng. Attractive from appearance to taste, bamboo charcoal sandwich with salted egg sauce is a strange and delicious snack that is loved by young people in Saigon. Crispy sandwiches, strangely filled with bamboo charcoal, combined with fat, fluffy salted egg sauce. The food court in Ho Thi Ky market is the place to sell this dish for 10,000 VND/piece. Combo “dark cuisine” including fish balls, chicken cartilage, pudding attracts diners. The restaurant on Le Van Sy street, Phu Nhuan district, serves this dish for 59,000 VND/meat. With a mysterious black color, bamboo charcoal cake is an upgraded version of Vung Tau street food. Cake flour is mixed with bamboo charcoal to help create color, basic fillings such as crab sticks, eggs, oysters, shrimp. Sweet and sour fish sauce, raw vegetables help diners not get bored. A mixed dish costs 55,000 VND, sold at a restaurant on Tran Dinh Xu Street, District 1. Bamboo Charcoal Pearl Coconut Ice Cream attracts foodies with its impressive fatty taste. Coconut ice cream with bamboo charcoal flavor, greasy taste, served with chewy pearls. The address on Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, is the place to sell this unique dish. Noodle milk tea Vermicelli, a common ingredient in noodle dishes, is found in the novel milk tea drink. The shop on Ta Quang Buu Street, District 8, is where you can enjoy this type of milk tea. Milk tea is mixed with Taiwanese style, combined with black pearls, thread pearls, vermicelli… Vermicelli is made from coconut jelly. When eating, diners will feel the crunchiness and fat. A special feature of this milk tea is that when enjoying, in addition to a straw, diners have to use chopsticks to pick up the vermicelli topping. Photo: Luu Anh Khoa.

Grilled snail with pepper Just add spices, green pepper and then bake directly on a charcoal fire. When the passionate aroma spreads, it is also the time when the snail hunts the meat again, so it makes people feel sick to enjoy it right away. Impressive dishes with a strong, indescribable taste Just put it into your mouth, the spicy taste spreads to evoke each senses, and then the more you chew the meat, the more you will rub it with the delicate crispy sweetness. Grilled snail with pepper is present in the menu of popular snail shops in Saigon, this dish is either eaten or used as a “target”. Photo: Internet For those who have a strong passion for snails, surely it is impossible to miss this popular spicy roasted snail. (Photo: Internet) Bun rieu snail From the ingredients of the countryside such as crab, blood, tofu, pork rolls, snails … people have cleverly combined to create a bowl of vermicelli with a strong and attractive aroma. If the northern vermicelli in favor of the sweetness from bone broth, the southerners will be in harmony with the sour, sweet and salty. In addition to the highlight is the fatty crab pieces, the snail also contributes to the fresh, crispy sweetness, the more you chew it, the more you like it. The scent of the broth, the ingredients, spreads out in a seductive light. Depending on your preference, you can add some fish sauce, squeeze the lemon slices to add full flavor to the dish. Photo: Internet Bun rieu snail has a rustic and simple taste, but anyone who once enjoy it must pamper. (Photo: Internet) Snail stuffed with meat The snails are mixed with minced meat, carpentry, lemongrass, spices …, cleverly stuffed into the shell and then steamed. When ripe, the scent of each ingredient fuses together to arouse all of the diners’ senses. The meat-stuffed snail dish will be more rounded if there is an extra bowl of the numbing ginger fish sauce. A little spicy of lemongrass is mixed in the fatty fat of meat, the more you chew the crispy snail, the sweetness will come, making people crave food forever. On cool nights like this, trying to squeeze a few snails stuffed with meat is nothing more perfect. Photo: Internet Although it sounds popular, but snail stuffed with meat is the dish that makes people “addicted” right from the first time. (Photo: Internet)

Oleander – a fruit with a strange name but is a delicious dish associated with the childhoods of many children. (Photo: Internet) The name does not sound poetic, but the environment is likened to the cherry blossoms of the South. Because during the flowering season, each row of trees will take off all their leaves and begin to bloom in clusters of pollen roses creating a breathtaking sky. At that time, the environment also gradually results in the fruits of the young green, small bunches like cowpea. The lips are considered the southern cherry blossoms. (Photo: Internet) Flowers and olives when they are young. (Photo: Internet) She looks like this when she was still young, but she has “failed puberty”. They turn completely black with a sturdy, coarse shell and with a long, zigzag size. Each of the umbrellas swayed on the branches, causing the children below, waiting for the wind to pass to fall. When ripe, the fruit turns black, the skin is rough. (Photo: Internet) The two sides of the body have ribs running from the head to the stalk, so people often use a knife to pull this edge to separate them. Each piece of rice is arranged into equal layers and outside is a thick black honey layer. They do not look “charming” at all, but enlightenment is that they make people fall in love. Although the appearance is not eye-catching, the lips have a sweet taste that makes people fall in love. (Photo: Internet) The lips have a sweet taste, a little pungency and a strange concentration. Perhaps due to crystallization from several months, the rice layer thickens and gives off a very unique aroma. Adding more salt and chili is rancid, not a delicacy that can be replaced. Chili salt-dipped lips – western dishes. (Photo: Internet) Just looking at it makes people saliva. (Photo: Internet) The scent of the medium is unlike any other fruit. (Photo: Internet) In addition to rice, the seeds are also raw materials for popular tea pots in the southern countryside. They are pale pink in color, finger-sized and usually attached to the inside of the lip. After soaking in water to soften the skin and then peel off, just cook with coconut. This tea dish is very fragrant and has a “already” chewy texture. The seeds are also used to cook tea. (Photo: Internet) With a new discovery, Western cuisine is just as simple and rustic as their very nature. From the gifts of nature that have created a sky of memory and taste, sometimes remembering suddenly makes people feel relieved.