In Dien Bien, bamboo shoots are very popular food.

Bamboo shoot

In Dien Bien, bamboo shoots are very popular food. There are 2 kinds: sweet and bitter

Bamboo shoots can be cooked in different ways such as boiling, baking, frying, and also making into soup or salad.

The bitter bamboo shoots could be hard for those who try for the first time but their bittersweet taste is unforgetable, even addictive. During spring and summer, you can see bamboo shoots sold almost everywhere in Dien Bien. They can be cooked in different ways such as boiling, baking, frying, and also making into soup or  salad. In particular, it will be perfect to have the boiled bamboo shoot with a traditional black Thai sauce called "Cham cheo". 

Ban leaves and flowers

Dien Bien is called a city of Ban flowers. There are 3 kinds of Ban: white, violet, and red, while the white Ban is most popular.

Ban flowers and leaves are considered the specialty of Dien Bien (dulichvietnam.com.vn).

Some traditional dishes are made from Ban flowers and leaves such as salad, soup, or fried (dulichvietnam.com.vn).

Ban flowers and leaves are considered the specialty of Dien Bien. Some traditional dishes made from Ban flowers and leaves such as salad, soup, or fried, are becoming famous on international stage, attract even the most fastidious diners with sweetness and excellent flavour. 

Von ven vegetable

Von ven vegetable.

Von ven leaves taste a bit tart and sour. It is used to do the ingredient for sour soup ent flavour.(tuhaoviet.vn).

Von ven leaves taste a bit tart and sour, usually used as the ingredient for sour soup. ent flavour. They can be cooked with buffalo meat or fish. Local Thai people hardly have a party without rice wine, and it always comes with Von Ven soup, because its tart and sour taste can help them stay unintoxicated.

Don vegetable

Don vegetable looks like ferns (trumnaunuong.com).

Don vegetable tastes a bit tart, but crispy and local Thai people are used to make salad or fry with garlic.

Don vegetable looks like ferns, it tastes a bit tart, but crispy and local Thai people are used to make salad or fry with garlic. Like other forest vegetables, Don vegetable is really good for digestion.

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