Try 10 famous delicious dishes in Nha Trang

The coastal city of Nha Trang not only has fresh seafood but also countless irresistible delicacies that attract domestic and international guests. Join Ama Journey to find the top 10 delicious dishes in Nha Trang for your upcoming vacation!

During your time exploring Nha Trang, regional cuisine is a highlight you cannot miss. It can be used on the spot and is also an extremely meaningful gift. Here are 10 delicious dishes in Nha Trang that everyone who comes here must try. Ama Journey also suggests places to enjoy these specialties like a local!

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1. Nem Ninh Hoa

Nem Ninh Hoa has long been a delicious dish in Nha Trang that anyone who comes here must try once and also bring back as gifts for relatives and friends. This grilled fermented pork is famous and has become a brand for the land of Ninh Hoa - Nha Trang, thanks to the unique recipe of the people here and the one-of-a-kind flavor that is hard to find anywhere. There are two types of Ninh Hoa fermented pork that you can try: fermented pork roll and grilled fermented pork.

Nem chua - fermented pork roll - is already very famous. This dish with a sour taste often appears on the trays of Central people and is eaten with pork paste. As for grilled fermented pork, it's not too strange, but since it carries the Ninh Hoa brand, the way of preparation will be different, according to the region's unique recipe, so you definitely have to try it.

Address:
Dang Van Quyen grilled fermented pork: 16A Lan Ong (branch no 1) / No. 02 - 04 Phan Boi Chau (branch no 2).
Delicious fermented pork roll from Ninh Hoa: Cay Bang fish noodle shop, No. 6 Han Thuyen.

2. Jellyfish noodle soup

Jellyfish noodle soup is the second dish on the menu of delicious Nha Trang dishes that you cannot leave Nha Trang without eating it. When eaten, jellyfish noodle soup will make you immediately exclaim, "This is the taste of the sea!" Thanks to the sweet broth from the fish, the accompanying seafood ingredients are also extremely rich.

Jellyfish must be caught off the island. It is not the itchy, stinging jellyfish you often see near the shore. The broth is not made from pork or beef bones, but from ponyfishes, a type of boneless fish that makes the broth very sweet. In addition to jellyfish being the main ingredient, you will also enjoy the famous fish cakes of the coastal city of Nha Trang.

In Nha Trang, you can refer to famous places to eat jellyfish noodle soup, such as:
- Ba Thua noodle soup - 55 Yersin, Van Thang
- Nguyen Loan Restaurant - No. 123 Ngo Gia Tu
- Lech Slope jellyfish noodle soup - Yersin - Ba Trieu Crossroads
- Nam Beo Restaurant – Lot B2 Dam Market Apartment, Phan Boi Chau, Xuong Huan (near Dam Market).

3. Fish cake noodle soup

If we mention jellyfish noodle soup, how can we ignore fish cake noodle soup? This is a popular specialty dish with Nha Trang people. Different from the fish cake noodle soups you have seen or tried, Nha Trang fish cake served with noodle soup is fried fish cake, not boiled one. This fish cake dish is made from fish caught on the same day. When you eat it, you will immediately feel the irresistible fresh taste.

This is a popular dish, so it is not difficult to find on the streets of Nha Trang. To enjoy this delicious Nha Trang dish like the locals, you should go to the sidewalk fish cake noodle shop on Tran Van On Street. The restaurant also has fish eggs and fish intestines that are very delicious, not fishy or bitter like you imagined. But they run out very quickly, so if you want to try it, you should go early.

Reference address:
- Sidewalk fish cake noodle soup - 9 Tran Van On, Loc Tho
- Duc fish cake noodle soup – B8 Phan Boi Chau

4. Banh Can

Banh Can (Vietnamese mini pancake) is one of the famous specialties of "little Paris" Da Lat, but Nha Trang's Banh Can has a different way of making that bears the mark of this coastal city, and will definitely make you remember its taste. Normally, Banh Can will only be filled with quail eggs, pork, and minced beef, but people in Nha Trang coastal city will, of course, add the seafood they are most proud of, such as squid, shrimp, baby octopus, or mussels.

When eaten, the fatty taste of the dough blends with the fresh sweetness of the seafood, and in addition to the crunchy feeling of fried bread, this is the beauty of the culinary world. Banh Can restaurants in Nha Trang often serve three types of dipping sauce: sweet fish sauce, mam nem, and only fish sauce.

Famous Banh Can shops in Nha Trang by time of day:
- Morning: Banh Can 151 Hoang Van Thu.
- Noon to evening: Tu Quan Banh Can is located on Thap Ba Street (7A) - opposite Thap Ba.
- Banh Can 165 Nguyen Trai (The restaurant is located near the intersection of Nguyen Trai - Cao Ba Quat).
- Banh Can 51 To Hien Thanh.
- Late night: Banh Can 109, no 18 April 2 Street.

5. Squid simmered in tamarind sauce

If you mention delicious dishes in Nha Trang, you cannot forget the squid simmered in tamarind sauce. Just like fermented pork rolls, simmered squid is also one of the Nha Trang specialties that is often bought as a gift after each trip. Simmered squid in Nha Trang often uses dried squid in the sun for 7 days, has a sweet taste, and fragrant sunlight, and is not too tough.

In addition to simmering in tamarind sauce, Nha Trang people also like to grill dried squid or sweeten it with chili. Simmered squid can be eaten with white rice, white porridge, as a salad, or eaten plain as a snack. Because this is an extremely popular delicious dish in Nha Trang and is very easy to find, you can go to the markets to find and buy it.

Reference dddress:
- Nha Trang Dam Market: 09 Apartment B, Dam Market
- Xom Moi Market: 49 Ngo Gia Tu

6. Mango rice paper

Mango rice paper is a delicious Nha Trang dish that you can only find the right taste in Nha Trang. Mango rice paper is not rice paper mixed with shredded mango like the famous rice paper salad of Saigon people. Instead, mango is used as the main ingredient, along with the usual rice paper flour.

This famous Nha Trang delicious dish first appeared in the Cam Ranh region, Khanh Hoa - which is known as the land of mangoes. Because people planted too many mangoes, the mangoes were ripe, but could not be sold in time, so they came up with a way to use mangoes to make rice paper, which could preserve the mango for a long time while preserving the delicious, sweet and sour flavor of the mango.

The average price of a kilogram of mango rice paper will be from 70,000 to 100,000 VND. You can buy it at any grocery store or market in Nha Trang.

You can go to the following suggested addresses to order:
- Xom Moi Market and restaurants at Dam Market
- 11E Thai Nguyen Store
- 127 Yersin Store

7. White sardine salad

One of the delicious dishes in Nha Trang that you can easily find at any restaurant is white sardine salad. White sardine is a small fish with clear meat and especially no blood, so it is not fishy like other fish salad dishes. White sardine can only be used to make salad, not to prepare any other dishes.

A white sardine salad must be sweet from the fish, slightly sour from the lemon, and spicy from the chili. The accompanying dipping sauce, usually made from fish bones, is also carefully prepared to enhance the taste of the salad as much as possible.

Reference address:
Ha Ra fish salad: 166 April 2 Street, Vinh Phuoc Ward

8. Dien Khanh Steamed Flat Cake

Trying steamed flat cake at Dien Khanh is one of the must-try experiences when you come to Nha Trang. This neighborhood is actually a street in Dien Khanh Town because there are many wet cake shops open from 4 a.m. until late at night to serve the sudden dining needs of diners. That's why it's called Dien Khanh steamed flat cake.

So, what is so attractive about this steamed flat cake? Dien Khanh steamed flat cake is actually prepared without too much fuss. The cake is delicious when it's hot, so when a customer orders it, the cake maker starts preheating the oven and coating it right on the spot. Each Dien Khanh steamed flat cake has a little onion grease and shrimp paste added on the surface to look extremely eye-catching, served with bean sprouts and pork rolls. More specifically, each plate of steamed flat cake is only about 2,000 VND, extremely cheap.

Reference address:
Dien Khanh Town - Go straight on National Highway 1A, 10 km west of Nha Trang City center.

9. Nha Trang squid pancakes

Similar to Banh Can, Nha Trang people like to eat Banh Xeo with seafood filling instead of pork filling like in other regions. The most famous filling at Banh Xeo stalls is also fresh squid, rich in coastal flavors.

The unique highlight of this dish is the baby squid, which is still fresh when caught from the sea, only washed, left whole, and not cut open to get the ink like usual processing. When you bite into the squid, the gallbladder bursts, giving it a slightly salty taste, lighter than salt, extremely rich, and making the dish even more delicious. This bile is very good for your health, so don't worry.

You can refer to the following addresses to enjoy this unique dish:
- Shrimp and squid pancakes – 97 Hoang Dieu
- Pork roll shop 52 - 29 - 31 Le Loi
- Miss Tam's Banh Xeo - 6 Thap Ba

10. Lac Canh grilled beef

You will probably be very surprised why Ama Journey suggests you go to eat grilled beef in a coastal city. That notion is completely wrong because this is not a normal beef dish, but Lac Canh grilled beef with a great reputation. This dish has been around for more than 40 years. Lac Canh is not a place name like Ninh Hoa fermented pork roll or Dien Khanh steamed flat cake, but is the name of a popular restaurant specializing in beef, and their most famous dish is grilled beef.

This grilled beef is served with bread. You can eat it like a sandwich or as the locals often do, which is to take out the insides of the bread, tear the bread crust into pieces, soak it in the remaining beef marinade on the plate, and grill it. There's nothing better than eating it with grilled beef.

Reference address:
Lac Canh Restaurant - 44 Nguyen Binh Khiem, Xuong Huan.

In an average trip of 3 days and 2 nights in Nha Trang, you can come across 10 delicious dishes in Nha Trang at extremely cheap prices that are guaranteed to be difficult to find anywhere else.

Coming to Nha Trang, you have to eat until your stomach is full before you can conquer all the super beautiful photo spots in Nha Trang. Therefore, you should definitely not miss them the next time you come to Nha Trang!

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