Bamboo shoots
In Kon Tum, bamboo shoots grow quite a lot in the mountainous areas. Local people believe that bamboo shoots are the most delicious type, which is the tip of the bamboo shoot. They often use bamboo shoots to prepare everyday dishes without ever getting tired of them. After being boiled, the bamboo shoots will be stir-fried with a little seasoning such as peanut oil, fish sauce, pepper, garlic, chili to bring out the aroma and then eaten with hot rice. If you have the opportunity to travel to Kon Tum, you will have the opportunity to be shown by the locals how to pick bamboo shoots and enjoy delicious dishes made from bamboo shoots such as sour bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots braised with meat. After picking too many bamboo shoots to eat, the locals dry them for later use. The lush green bamboo shoots are delicious for stir-frying or making soup.
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Mang Den Blackberry Wine
Made from large, juicy, sweet sim berries, the famous sim wine in Mang Den is extremely popular with visitors. This type of wine with a strong mountain flavor is not only suitable as an appetizer for meals but also has medicinal properties, helps strengthen muscles and bones, prevents aches and pains, helps you eat well and sleep well, and is especially good for treating kidney stones and gallstones. Visitors often buy some sim wine to take home to drink gradually or as a gift, which is also reasonable. The wild sim berries are used by locals to make wine. Address to buy quality products: Sim Thien Son Company in Mang Den Village, Dak Long Commune, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province.
Ngoc Linh ginseng
If a family member is sick, has poor health or has trouble sleeping, you should definitely buy Kon Tum ginseng as a gift. Here, people call ginseng "hong dang sam", a rare type of ginseng known as a panacea for health. A valuable specialty from Ngoc Linh mountain. Where to buy gifts: As a valuable specialty, it is best to buy at reputable stores to avoid buying industrial ginseng or Chinese ginseng. Regarding price, if it is fresh ginseng, it is 120-140 thousand/kg, and for dried ginseng, it is around 500-700 thousand/kg. If you buy at the store, the price will be higher, but in return you will be assured that it is "genuine" ginseng.
Sun-dried beef
Kon Tum's specialties also include sun-dried beef because this dish is perfect to bring home for a drink. Previously, this dish was famous in Cung Son (Phu Yen), now it is also popular in the provinces of the Central Highlands. Fresh beef, after being sliced very thinly, will be marinated with spices and then dried in the sun for 1 day to dry the meat. When you take it out to eat, just grill it over charcoal and eat it with yellow ant salt, if you have a little wine, it will be even better.
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