Dog meat is often cooked by Vietnamese chefs: boiled meat (steamed or milled); baked potatoes; steaming; barbecue (variation is spinning, roasting); plum plum (variant is fried roll); bamboo shoot (variation is hot pot). Main ingredients for dog meat are lemon grass, galangal, shrimp paste. Ingredients and herbs: banana, basil, onion, tamarind, lemongrass, chilli, etc. Although the concept of "seven dog meat", "seven-carat meat", but that is only a hypothetical figure, the actual number of dog meat may be less depending on the chef. Although dog meat often go together with dogs, galangal, lemongrass ... but the most special is shrimp sauce because many people judge if lack of shrimp paste meat is half lost meat.
At Nhat Tan Street, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, alongside the Yen Phu dyke, there are a number of dog food restaurants that are often referred to as the "Union of Meat Dog Enterprises", including the ones that have become The brand is Anh Tu, Tran Section. The restaurants here are built in the form of stilt houses, window panes to the outside of the dyke. In the restaurant, people sit round on the slides arranged next to each other. This type of enjoyment is the way of the gourmet.
Many dog meat addicts in Saigon commented: It was a dog meat shop must bring new "dirty style, dirty" delicious. But according to the BBC: Recently, in the market area Mr. Ong Saigon, appeared a civet restaurant named Cu Rieng quite chic.
Drink often used with dog meat is alcohol; Beer is also used but less than just seen in Hanoi to have beer buns.
Brewers especially appreciate this kind of bait, which they think is the most catchy. Dog meat is the only type of meat that can cause "addiction", if you know to eat dog meat if a month not eaten once, it is difficult, eat before bored the next day again feel craving.
However, according to people, especially people doing business, eating dog meat is considered to be "bad luck", so people usually eat only at the end of the month, from around 22nd lunar month onwards to " black ". The end of the lunar year is very expensive dog meat. Because dog meat is "eaten" with hot spicy accompaniment so in Hanoi, if it is the end of the month that it rains, dog meat sells very expensive, sometimes not enough supply for buyers.
Westerners in Hanoi are curious and often want to try it. Although there are people like, some people do not, but for those who really love and learn about the culture and culture of Hanoi will not forget this dish.
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