Many local specialties are sold at tourist attractions.

Specialties such as goat meat, burnt rice, Non Khe rice cake, Gia Vien shrimp paste, hill chicken, upland sticky rice, Muong pig... have long been associated with the working life of local people. Through the skillful preparation of the local people, these attractive dishes have become familiar to tourists from near and far. In particular, these rustic dishes have now been included in the menus of many high-class hotels and restaurants.

Mountain goat meat - a famous delicious and nutritious dish, is often the top culinary choice of tourists when coming to Ninh Binh. Meanwhile, Crispy rice is also an indispensable part of the culinary culture of the ancient capital. Nowadays, this dish is also processed and packaged conveniently for tourists to take with them, not just a specialty on the banquet table as before. Tourists can easily buy these specialties in many localities of Ninh Binh, but most of them are in Hoa Lu city, Trang An eco-tourism area or specialty supermarkets with the price of only about 300 thousand VND/box of crispy rice (including 10 bags) or 400-500 thousand VND/kg of goat meat...

Coming to Ninh Binh, tourists cannot miss Gia Vien Shrimp Paste. It is no coincidence that this dish is associated with a place name. Behind it are stories of hard work of many generations of people in the lowland areas since ancient times, a little taste of the land and sky, of the gentle rivers... Those stories can make your trip much more interesting. To buy this specialty, in addition to stalls at tourist attractions, visitors from afar can experience the bustling atmosphere of the countryside market, traditional local markets with the price of each kilogram of shrimp paste ranging from 150,000 VND to 250,000 VND.

One special thing about Ninh Binh is that even during the peak tourist season, not only goat meat, burnt rice or Gia Vien shrimp paste, but other specialties also maintain stable prices compared to other times of the year. Ms. Phuong, a restaurant owner in Hoa Lu city, shared: Only when the prices of raw materials increase or decrease, we will adjust the selling price and always try to keep the price as stable as possible with the desire to create more and more sympathy for tourists.

Identifying local culinary specialties as an important factor in developing tourism, especially community tourism, many small traders and restaurant owners in Ninh Binh are increasingly aware of improving quality, maintaining stable prices to attract tourists and contributing to making the rich culinary culture of the ancient capital more widely known.
Dao Duy

Source: https://baoninhbinh.org.vn/dac-san-ninh-binh-hut-khach-mua-du-lich-710271.htm