This specialty bitter bamboo shoot is expensive on the street in Vietnam, after Tet, people still rush to buy it

Published 2022년 2월 6일

Tridge summary

Ngan Me bitter bamboo shoots, a specialty of Thai Nguyen province, are in season during spring. These crispy and bitter shoots are used in various dishes and are particularly popular during the Tet holidays. Due to less rainfall, the supply of these shoots is low, leading to a significant price increase this year. The price has risen from 50,000 to 70,000 VND/kg in previous years to 75,000 to 90,000 VND/kg this year, with prices sometimes exceeding 100,000 VND/kg. Despite the high price, the demand remains high among consumers.
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Original content

This specialty bitter bamboo shoot is called Ngan Me bitter bamboo shoot, because they are taken from the forest of Ngan Me in Dong Hy district, Thai Nguyen province. Every spring, when the spring rains fall, it is also the time when Ngan Me bitter bamboo shoots come into season. Ngan Ta bitter bamboo shoots are crispy, have a bitter taste but not he, the more you eat them, the sweeter and richer they become. This specialty of the mountains and forests of Thai Nguyen is often processed into delicious dishes such as boiled, fried with garlic or made chili bamboo shoots... Especially on Tet holidays, this Ngan Me bitter bamboo shoot is an extremely attractive anti-boring dish. Ngan Me bitter bamboo shoots at the beginning of the season are always more delicious than at the end of the season because at this time the bamboo shoots are crisper and sweeter. Therefore, people mainly pick and eat bamboo shoots in the spring, right after the Lunar New Year. On these days of the Lunar New ...
Source: Danviet

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