1. Phu Quoc sea urchin

It is a product that Phu Quoc people both love and hate. They hate that when diving into the sea, they easily get stuck on thorns. But in return, sea urchins are a "bragging-worthy" product of the people here.

Oc 343 – 343 Street 30/4, Quarter 1, Duong Dong Town

Nho seafood restaurant - Located in Dinh Cau night market - Vo Thi Sau

Bien Xanh Restaurant - Ham Ninh Bridge, Ham Ninh Town

2. Seafood mushroom soup

Once you set foot on Phu Quoc, you should not miss the opportunity to enjoy this unique Melaleuca mushroom dish, a specialty mushroom of Pearl Island. Melaleuca mushrooms are purple in color. The growth cycle of this mushroom is very short, only about 1 month, so they are less available on the market than other mushrooms.

Location 

Ngan Ha Seafood_on Tran Hung Dao street opposite Ngoc Hien pearl showroom

Bien Hai Quan - Coastal Seafood - Group 1, Ganh Dau Hamlet, Ganh Dau Commune

3.Phu Quoc herring salad

With the richness of the sea's food resources and the uniqueness of its preparation, for a long time, herring salad has become a dish with rich flavors of Phu Quoc island that is loved by many people.

The harmonious blend of fresh fish meat with onions, purple onions, grated coconut... creates a delicious dish rich in the flavor of the sea. Although it is a rustic dish, herring salad is a very elaborate process to prepare. You have to choose meaty, fresh fish to get sweet, fatty meat when eaten..

Location

Apple Garden Restaurant - Cua Lap, Duong To Commune, Phu Quoc District, Kien Giang

Trung Duong Marina Restaurant - 30/4 Street, Duong Dong, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

4. Phu Quoc grilled abalone

In addition to the famous name Phu Quoc abalone, local people here also call it hai ear, maybe because it resembles a human ear.

Fresh abalone can be processed into many rustic dishes such as boiled, grilled, stir-fried, porridge... The most attractive of which is charcoal-grilled abalone.

Location

Clam Oc Hen Restaurant - Street 30/4, Duong Dong, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

Phu Quoc Clam Shop - Street 30/4, Duong Dong, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

Nho seafood restaurant "located in Dinh Cau night market" - Vo Thi Sau, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

5. Phu Quoc grilled mackerel

In the list of Phu Quoc seafood, Phu Quoc mackerel is an extremely delicious fish that not everyone knows well about this type of fish. Phu Quoc grilled mackerel is sweet and very little fishy, ​​the meat is very firm and slightly chewy.

If anyone has ever been to some coastal areas like Phan Thiet or Vung Tau Long Hai, perhaps they have known or tried the delicious grilled or sweet-cooked mackerel, but when trying the grilled mackerel in Phu Quoc, You will clearly recognize the very different taste.

Location

Trung Duong Marina Restaurant - 30/4 Street, Duong Dong, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

Zen Restaurant - 30/4 Street, Duong Dong, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

6. Crab Ham Ninh Phu Quoc

Crabs are quite popular seafood and are abundant in sea areas. Traveling to Phu Quoc, in addition to enjoying grilled sea urchins and sim wine, visitors can also eat fresh Ham Ninh crab.

Ham Ninh crab is quite small but has firm meat, is very fragrant, and has a sweet and fresh taste that cannot be found anywhere else. Ham Ninh crab has an attractive flavor that is not inferior to Ca Mau sea crab, Huynh De crab of Nha Trang or any other specialty in Ha Long.

Bien Xanh Restaurant on Provincial Road 47, Ham Ninh, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang 

Ham Ninh Crab Shop - Salt and Pepper at 112 Bach Dang, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

7. Grilled snails with Phu Quoc onion and grease

Spiny snails are abundant at Khem beach and Sao Phu Quoc beach. Spiny snails are relatively rare, so they are rarely sold in seafood stores like other snails.

There are many different ways to prepare snails such as grilled, boiled, stir-fried with garlic, steamed with ginger, mixed with salad, but this delicious Phu Quoc dish is more popular than grilled or boiled, which is both delicious, convenient and safe. ensure food safety and hygiene.

Clam Oc Hen Restaurant - 30/4 Street, Duong Dong Town

Oc 343 – 343 Street 30/4, Quarter 1, Duong Dong Town, Cau Gai Phu Quoc

8. Grilled bien mai siren

Biên mai là loại sò biển hình tam giác, to cỡ mu bàn tay người lớn, ẩn sâu dưới đáy biển. Còi biên mai là một trong những món ăn đặc sản nổi tiếng nhất tại Phú Quốc.

Coi bien mai is processed into many dishes by Phu Quoc islanders, all of which are delicious and strange such as sweet and sour stir-fry, steaming, soup, hot pot... For gourmets who want to enjoy the pristine flavor of In the sea, nothing can beat the grilled siren bien mai dish with salt and chili.

Song Xanh Restaurant - Street 30/4, Quarter 1, Duong Dong Town

 Oc 343 - 343 Street 30/4, Quarter 1, Duong Dong Town.

9. Phu Quoc Sea Cucumber

In the waters of Phu Quoc there are many sea cucumbers that people call "Don Dot" or "Dot Ngau". Sea Cucumber is a popular seafood dish because of its high nutrition, a high-class food.

Sea cucumbers in Phu Quoc are quite rare, but at Ham Ninh market they are still present. It is known that sea cucumbers have long been classified as one of the "four great names", i.e. 4 types of precious foods: sea cucumbers, monkey brains, bear paws, bird's nests, and it is true that nowadays sea cucumbers are becoming more and more rare. Prices also increased many times.

Xã Dương Tơ, Phú Quốc

10. Bun Ken Phu Quoc

In addition to familiar specialties such as fish sauce, sim wine, pepper, herring salad,... there is also a dish you cannot find elsewhere: bun trumpet.

Bun trumpet is rarely mentioned in Vietnamese cuisine. This vermicelli noodle dish in Phu Quoc is also rarely sold on a large scale by processors. Mostly only local people actually buy fish to prepare and cook at home.

Ut Luom- 87 April 30 Street, City. Phu Quoc, Kien Giang

11. Phu Quoc crab blood pudding

The name "crab blood pudding" sounds very strange, but this is a specialty dish of coastal people. The crabs used to make blood pudding must be sea crabs. You should choose crabs with lots of bricks so that your crab blood pudding will be juicy and nutritious when eaten.

People will cut the crab's legs, let the white blood flow out and have to wait patiently until it flows out completely. Usually, a small plate of crab blood pudding also requires several large crabs. People will take a separate crab, boil it, then take the crab meat, marinate it with spices and put it on a plate. The remaining crabs are drained, then the crab bricks are poured into that plate of crab meat, waiting until it freezes into blood pudding.

Ra Khoi Restaurant - 131 30/4 Street, Duong Dong Town

13. Phu Quoc kidney honey tet cake

Phu Quoc kidney and molasses banh tet is one of Phu Quoc's specialties, but not mentioning it would be a big mistake, because it has a very unique feature of Phu Quoc cuisine that banh tet from other regions does not have. Okay.

Ham Ninh Phu Quoc

14. Phu Quoc myrtle wine

Sim wine is a type of wine that is considered a specialty in Phu Quoc. Sim wine is made from Sim fruit. Sim trees live almost everywhere in the world. In Vietnam, Sim trees are found in Northern Vietnam and Phu Quoc island is the most. The roots, leaves and fruits of myrtle are used as medicinal herbs in Vietnamese and Chinese traditional medicine, with blood-boosting and pregnancy-boosting effects.

There are 2 types of Sim fruit, one is Hong Sim and Tieu Sim, these two types are the same except in the color of the Sim fruit, Hong Sim is purple pink, and Tieu Sim is blacker. Phu Quoc Sim wine is made from Hong Sim because Hong Sim has a more fragrant smell, is sweeter, has more anthocyanide pigment, tannin, and sugar than Tieu Sim.

Bay Gao myrtle wine – 124 Street 30/4, Quarter 1, Duong Dong Town, Phu Quoc District

Sim Son Wine - Cua Lap Hamlet, Duong To Commune, Phu Quoc District, Kien Giang Province