Quang Tri Specialities: Local Flavours to Try and Take Home

Quang Tri is not only famous for Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park but also for its rich cuisine, rich in Central flavors. This article summarizes 15 of the most delicious Quang Tri specialties that visitors must try.

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1. Quang Tri bun cha gio

Famous dish of Quang Tri. Fresh vermicelli served with crispy meat and shrimp spring rolls, sweet broth, and fresh raw vegetables. Unlike Hanoi bun cha, Quang Tri spring rolls are smaller, longer, and crispier.

Delicious address:

• Ba Lien bun cha gio - 14 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi
• Huong Lien bun cha gio - 35 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Dong Hoi
• Oanh bun cha gio - 17 Truong Phap, Dong Hoi

Price: 30,000 VND-40,000 VND/bowl Opening hours: 06:00-10:00 (morning), 16:00-20:00 (evening)

2. Quang Tri bone soup

Bone soup (bone soup) is a specialty breakfast dish of Quang Tri. Soup has broth stewed from pork bones, added pork sausage, quail eggs, green onions, and coriander. The taste is sweet, rich, and great to eat hot.

Delicious address:

• Hien Bone Soup - 12 Ngo Quyen, Dong Hoi
• Loan bone soup - 8 Tran Phu, Dong Hoi
• Mai Bone Soup - 56 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi

Price: 25,000 VND-35,000 VND/bowl Opening hours: 05:30-09:30 (mornings only)

3. Quang Tri pancake

Quang Tri pancakes are different from Southern pancakes - small, thin, crispy pancakes, rolled with rice paper, raw vegetables, dipped in sweet and sour chili garlic fish sauce. The filling includes shrimp, meat, and wood ear mushrooms.

Delicious address:

• Nam Phuong Banh Xeo - 35 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi
• Hong Banh Xeo - 22 Hai Ba Trung, Dong Hoi
• Ba Dung rolled pancake - 16 Phan Dinh Phung, Dong Hoi

Price: 25,000 VND-35,000 VND/piece (5-7 pieces)

4. Quang Tri banh bot loc

Shrimp and meat banh bot loc - thinly coated banh bot loc, filled with rich shrimp and meat, served with chili fish sauce. Quang Tri loc cake is chewy, transparent, with lots of filling.

Delicious address:

• Ba Phuong banh bot loc - 38 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi
• Hong banh bot loc - 24 Phan Dinh Phung, Dong Hoi
• Dong Hoi banh bot loc - Dong Hoi night market

Price: 10,000 VND-15,000 VND/piece

5. Quang Tri banh beo

Small bowl of banh beo, filled with dried shrimp, scallion oil, pork rind, dipped in sugar fish sauce. A familiar snack of Quang Tri people.

Price: 5,000 VND-8,000 VND/cup

6. Nhat Le Seafood

Nhat Le Beach (Dong Hoi) is famous for fresh seafood: lobsters, mud crabs, fresh squid, crabs, snails, and oysters. Visitors can buy fresh food at the seafood market and have it processed by the restaurant, or eat at seafood restaurants along the beach.

Delicious address:

• Storm Sea Seafood - Nhat Le beach, Dong Hoi
• My Le Seafood - 18 Ha Huy Tap, Dong Hoi
• Huong Binh Seafood - 30 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi

Price: 200,000 VND-500,000 VND/person (depending on type of seafood)

• Lobster: 1,500,000 VND-2,500,000 VND/kg
• Mud crab: 400,000 VND-600,000 VND/kg
• Fresh squid: 250,000 VND-350,000 VND/kg

7. Khoai deo Quang Tri

Khoai deo (dried sweet potato) is a famous gift specialty of Quang Tri. There are two types of sweet potato: white (white sweet potato) and yellow (yellow sweet potato). Sweet, flexible, fragrant, made without artificial additives. Great gift.

Where to buy:

• Dong Hoi Market
• Coopmart Dong Hoi Supermarket
• Bao Chau specialty store - 25 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dong Hoi

Price: 50,000 VND-80,000 VND/box of 500g

8. Dakrug wine

Dakrug wine - the only Vietnamese wine brand produced in Quang Tri from grapes grown in Thanh Thuy commune, Bo Trach. Dakrug wine has 3 types: red, white, rosé.

Price: 200,000 VND-400,000 VND/bottle

9. Quang Tri durian

Quang Tri durian is famous for its delicious flavor, golden flesh, and small seeds. Durian season is from May to August.

Price: 50,000 VND-100,000 VND/kg (depending on season)

10. Quang Tri tea

There are many types of Quang Tri sweet soup: lotus seed sweet soup, sweet potato sweet soup, green bean sweet soup, and grapefruit sweet soup. Specialties as gifts.

11. Mussel rice

Quang Tri mussel rice - sticky rice, fresh mussels stir-fried with onions, fat, chili, peanuts. Serve hot with grilled rice paper.

Price: 25,000 VND-35,000 VND/portion

12. Seafood soup cake

Tapioca flour soup with seafood broth (shrimp, crab, squid), rich and hot. Ideal breakfast or dinner dish.

Price: 30,000 VND-45,000 VND/bowl

13. Grilled rice paper

Quang Tri grilled rice paper - crispy, filled with onions, pork fat, sesame, delicious snack.

Price: 5,000 VND-10,000 VND/piece

14. Hue shrimp paste (Quang Tri)

Fish sauce - a specialty used to dip banh beo, banh nam, banh loc, or season beef noodle soup. Quang Tri fish sauce is thick, rich, and fragrant.

Price: 30,000 VND-50,000 VND/jar of 200g

15. Quang Tri melaleuca mushroom

Melaleuca mushrooms - a Quang Tri specialty, grow naturally in the forest. Melaleuca mushrooms are delicious in soup, stir-fry, and hotpot. You can buy dried mushrooms as gifts.

Price: 200,000 VND-300,000 VND/kg fresh, 500,000 VND-800,000 VND/kg dry

Summary

Quang Tri has a varied food culture shaped by Central Vietnam. When travelling here, leave room to try a few local dishes and use the contact options on this page if you would like Moterra to include food experiences in your journey.