Signature dish from Mekong Delta!

I'm not a fan of bizarre food! But I'm always curious to see how people eat it!
As a habit, I always stop for at least few minutes next to any street vendor of all kinds of edible insects in Bangkok! Just to look!
It happened that we even made a bet with friends, who can eat scorpion, grasshopper, cockroach...will get some prizes! I did try a deep fried scorpion.

The feeling of a tasteless, disgusting thing in mouth, and especially, when the scorpion's legs stuck between the teeth and I could feel it with my tongue! I never forget!

Last week on the way back from Sóc Trăng, we decided to stop by in Cần Thơ for a quick dinner.
But it was not quick at all when we ordered a roasted vole (chuột đồng)!
Exactly, a vole roasted in clay container (chuột đồng quay lu) and it took almost one hour to roast it!

I've heard about this speciality long ago. It's a traditional and signature dish from Mekong Delta, but not many people have a chance to taste it in Sài gòn! I hope "vole" is a right word to describe the creature that we are going to have for dinner! Otherwise "mouse" or "rat" can spoil any great appetite!

Hope you will join us, like it or not.

Bizarre food - Salad with duck's raw blood (tiết canh vịt)

I don't like bizarre food, I remember my experience with fried scorpion in Singapore, real coconut worm here ...It was bad! But I love to watch people eating that! That's why I love Andrew Zimmern on TV program "Bizarre foods". I love the way he shares what he eats, how he reacts to some really bizarre delicacies! Wonder Andrew already tried our bizarre salad, or exactly duck's raw blood salad!

Tiết canh vịt (duck's raw blood salad)

I'm talking about "tiết canh vịt", favorite dish for drinkers! Last Saturday, four of us, we went to Binh Duong, a city very close to Saigon, about 30-40' by car! We have been recommended to try famous duck dishes at "Quán Vịt Cu Chì".
They don't have menu because they serve only ducks!  Cooked duck (vịt luộc), grilled duck (vit nướng), roasted duck (vịt quay), duck porridge (cháo vịt), grilled duck's hearts, tongues (tim và lưỡi vịt nướng) and glorious, for drinkers, speciality - salad with duck's raw blood (tiết canh vịt)!

Tim, luỡi vịt nướng (grilled duck's heart & tongues)