Application to explain and explore Vietnam tourism

Explore the history, culture, people and beautiful landscapes of Vietnam on the Travelviet travel app

Download the Travelviet app

Logo Travelviet

Specialties in Yen Bai must try once when traveling and buying as gifts

Do you know the specialty in Yen Bai to try once when traveling and buying as gifts? Follow this article immediately to experience and enjoy!

Specialties in Yen Bai have to try once when traveling and buying as gifts? If you are preparing for this beautiful Northwestern mountainous area but still wondering whether Yen Bai has something good or should buy anything as a gift, do not worry! Let's take a look at the outstanding specialties, both rich in mountains and forest flavors and imbued with local cultural identity that you definitely should not miss.

Specialties in Yen Bai must try once when traveling and buying as gifts

Once coming to Yen Bai, remember not to enjoy the specialties rich in the flavor of the mountains!

Yen Bai kitchen buffalo meat

Average price: 400,000 VND/500g

Buffalo meat drops in the highlands carefully selected, marinated with typical spices and then guarded on the wood stove for months. Each piece of dark, dry meat outside but when torn back moderately, red pink and fragrant smoke.

Thịt trâu gác bếp Yên Bái

The taste is sweet, rich and the ability to preserve for a long time makes this dish an ideal choice to enjoy and bring as a gift after every trip to Yen Bai. Not only is the dish, the buffalo meat is also the taste of the mountains, the Northwestern love sent through each fiber.

Stir -fried bee pupae

Average price: VND 90,000 - 100,000 VND/200g

Do you know the specialties in Yen Bai have to try once when traveling and buying as gifts? Only from April to August, Yen Bai forest bee is a rare delicious dish of the breeding bee season. The fat, golden nymphs are kept intact, stir -fried with green mosquito net, add a little lemon leaves and typical spices to create a greasy, cool and charming flavor. Each fried bee plate is not only delicious but also bold mountains and forests of the Northwest.

Grilled chicken with molasses

Average price: 200,000 VND/child

Chicken hilly meat, marinated with honey leaves and grilled on charcoal, radiating an undeniable charm. The yellow, chewy chicken mingled with the characteristic sweet and sour leaves, served with blue rice or spicy "cross -chest" dots, then forgot the way back. Walking around Mu Cang Chai market, just a fragrant smoke is enough to stop you immediately enjoy.

Gà nướng lá mắc mật

The fried cricket Nghia Lo

Average price: 100,000 VND - 150,000 VND/part

Crickets, with high nutritional content and quite scary appearance, can make many people hesitate. However, Nghia Lo fried cricket is a prominent specialty of Yen Bai, elaborately processed, from withdrawing of the intestines, cutting down their feet to marinating rich spices such as fish sauce, onions, garlic, chili, pepper.

Fry with a little oil, crickets become crispy, delicious without drying or breaking. In particular, the fried cricket flavor makes anyone who tried it once hard to forget.

Crispy fried bugs

Every April, when the longan blooms, it is also time for the bugs to begin to suck honey and plastic, creating opportunities for the people of Van Chan to catch them to protect the trees. With a little lemon and chopped lemon leaves, local chefs turn this rustic dish into a famous specialty. Crispy, crispy, sour fried bugs, become a delicious dish that is hard to resist, present in the menu of many restaurants in Yen Bai.

Bọ xít chiên giòn

Muong Lo black banh chung

Average price: 80,000 VND - 120,000 VND/cake

Do you know the specialties in Yen Bai have to try once when traveling and buying as gifts? When coming to Muong Lo, do not forget to enjoy Thai specialties, dishes associated with Tet and local culture. The cake has a typical black color thanks to the crushed plants or black sesame flowers, while the famous Tu Le sticky rice brings a fragrant flexible flavor. This cake is not only a delicious specialty but also a gift rich in upland identity.

Iridescent sticky rice 

Average price: 50,000 - 150,000 VND/part

The yen and yen Bai sticky rice is a delicious specialty made with Hong sticky rice, creating delicate colors from natural vegetables: white, yellow, blue, red and purple. Each color is not only beautiful but also profound, symbolizing the five elements and the philosophy of the Vietnamese talent.

Sticky rice

Mu Cang Chai ants sticky rice is a familiar specialty with purple color and attractive scent. Glutinous rice fragrant aroma combined with black ant eggs from the forest, wrapped in dong leaves and spices, then baked. When ripe, the unique flavor of this sticky rice spreads throughout the space, making everyone attach.

Xôi trứng kiến

Roasted

Average price: 100,000 VND - 150,000 VND/part

Muoc mua, relatives with grasshoppers, after harvesting carefully processed, removed wings, legs and intestines, then washed. Before roasting, they are hugged with rice vinegar until the water is dry. This dish has a greasy, crispy taste, with a little soft aroma of lemon leaves, bringing an especially unforgettable culinary experience.

Muồm muỗm rang

Yen Bai sausage

Average price: 120,000 - 130,000 VND/kg

Yen Bai sausage stands out with special processing: cleverly stuffed, rounded and red from charcoal, rice husk and fresh cinnamon leaves. When enjoying, you can boil, baked or fried, each brings greasy, rich and unforgettable taste.

Yen Bai bamboo shoots

Average price: 150,000 VND/kg of fresh bamboo shoots

If you are looking for a special gift for Yen Bai for relatives, bamboo shoots are a great choice. With the size of the thumb and the high nutritional value, the bamboo shoots are collected when the newly started out of the ground, then peeled and subtly processed. Bamboo shoots can be processed into grilled, stir -fried or boiled dishes, bringing light and nutritious taste.

Măng sặt Yên Bái

Northwestern cat apples 

Average price: 25,000 VND/kg

Do you know the specialties in Yen Bai have to try once when traveling and buying as gifts? Cat apples are a popular specialty in Yen Bai, easily found along the road or even in the garden. In addition to enjoying fresh cat apples, you can be processed into cat cider, oysters, or cat apples to shake salt and chili, each dish brings a unique, attractive and unforgettable flavor.

Plum 

Average price: 15,000 VND/kg

Tam Hoa Plum is a prominent specialty of Yen Bai, attracting visitors by its large size and typical acrid taste. Red plum shell, plump, covering the red pink flesh inside. When coming to Mu Cang Chai, do not forget to enjoy these fresh plums and bring back as gifts for relatives.

Mận Tam Hoa 

Biscuit

Average price: VND 15,000/piece

The bird cake is a unique Yen Bai specialty, skillfully wrapped in pineapple leaves, with natural ingredients and green beans to create eye -catching colors. The bird -shaped cakes are not only a dish, but also a symbol of the deep affection that the Dao ethnic people have for each other, reflected in giving cakes as a meaningful gift.

Muong Lo shrimp shrimp

Average price: 300,000 VND/150 grams

Muong Lo shrimp shrimp is a specialty that visitors love, stand out with a rich and easy -to -eat taste. This dish can be easily found at any street corner in Nghia Lo, giving you an unforgettable culinary experience when traveling to Yen Bai.

Ruốc tôm Mường Lò

Tram Tau chili bamboo shoots

Average price: 100,000 - 150,000 VND/kg

When you arrive at Tram Tau, you cannot ignore the H’Mong specialty chili bamboo shoots. The piece of white bamboo shoots, crispy, combined with the spicy taste of chili will conquer every taste buds, making each piece of food full of stimulation and interesting.

Purple potato (taro) Luc Yen

Average price: 40,000 VND/kg

Yen Bai purple potato stands out with the flavor of fat, delicious and nutritious. Whether processed into tea, cakes or fries, purple potatoes retain the characteristic sweetness, making everyone taste must remember forever. With high starch content, purple potatoes become an ideal gift that many tourists choose to bring when visiting Yen Bai.

Khoai tím (khoai môn) Lục Yên

Hopefully, the specialties in Yen Bai must try once when traveling and buying as this gift will be interesting suggestions for your journey. Do not forget to follow TravelViet to not miss attractive destinations and great experiences in this land!

Yen Bai 41 view

Travelviet

Source :

Affiliate links

Tour See all

THE TRANS - VIETNAM TOUR 2025

11 DAY 10 NIGHT

Contact đ

See details

Dalat gong cultural exchange

Lam Dong

18:00 - 21:00

300,000 đ

See details

Dalat gong cultural exchange

Lam Dong

18:00 - 21:00

300,000 đ

See details

DA LAT SUBURBAN TOUR

Lam Dong

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

600,000 đ

See details

CONQUER LANGBIANG – CRAZY HOUSE – DATANLA FALLS

Lam Dong

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

500,000 đ

See details

Check in to HOT places in Da Lat

Lam Dong

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

600,000 đ

See details

Tour to Explore New Destinations 2024 in Da Lat

Lam Dong

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

600,000 đ

See details

Hunting clouds to welcome the dawn in Da Lat

Lam Dong

4:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m

400,000 đ

See details

3 DELUXE ISLAND

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

550,000 đ

See details

MINI BEACH - CORAL BAY

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

650,000 đ

See details

SeaWalking scuba diving

Khanh Hoa

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

1,250,000 đ

See details

Diep Son - Doc Let

Khanh Hoa

8am - 4:30pm

680,000 đ

See details

Da Lat Thousand Flowers

Lam Dong

7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m

790,000 đ

See details

MINI BEACH - HON TAM RESORT

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

780,000 đ

See details

Binh Hung Island

Khanh Hoa

7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

670,000 đ

See details

CITY NHA TRANG

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

550,000 đ

See details

4 NHA TRANG ISLAND

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

650,000 đ

See details

Hon Tam Resort

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

790,000 đ

See details

3 VIP ISLANDS HON TAM

Khanh Hoa

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

680,000 đ

See details

DIVING IN NHA TRANG

Khanh Hoa

8:00 - 15:00

900,000 đ

See details

Tourist destination at Yen Bai

Relics at Yen Bai