The West of Vietnam is beautiful, romantic but also full of bustle, it's not wrong, coming to Cai Rang floating market once, you will like to experience one. something new from people to communication and unique cuisine.
Floating market is the busy trading and trading place typical of the Mekong Delta provinces. In Cai Rang floating market, Ninh Kieu district, city . Can Tho is a busy market, typical of that particular culture.
Cai Rang Floating Market is full of bustling and bustling view from above. Photo: bo365.nguoiduatin.vn
This market is also a tourist destination not to be missed when coming to Can Tho, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. Many times, the scenes of trade and trade on the market in the early morning are kept by famous photographers. The pictures taken from above are not only true and vivid.
Two boats stopped by each other on the immense river to trade. Photo: bo365.nguoiduatin.vn
In 2020, photographer Sebastian Hanke with two German and Mexican bloodlines visited the West and visited the floating market, he had interesting shares about the trip that life on the river was extremely exciting and bustling, especially in the early morning.
He was very interested, and thought about how the river could become a bustling market with small merchants coming from all over.
Cai Rang Floating Market is also an attractive tourist destination for domestic and foreign tourists. Photo: Instagram
Cai Rang Floating Market is about 5km from the center of Can Tho city, trading activities here usually take place from early morning, you can rent boats, or boats to experience shopping on the market. floating.
What do you think when you eat breakfast on the boat, or drink coffee, coconut water in the morning? Around the four-sided river, the sound of boats and boats running and the laughs and bustle of traders ...
Dawn market scene at Cai Rang floating market. Photo: Instagram
On the river, each boat is like a mobile store, small and beautiful. In addition to selling take-out food, you can also experience delicious dishes such as noodles, banh canh… on the boat. Here, each boat and boat are full of goods, but mainly fruits such as mangosteen, durian, watermelon, dragon fruit ...
Tourists visit small canoes to buy things. Photo: Instagram
By 2016, Cai Rang floating market was officially recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national intangible cultural heritage. In 2019, the British Rough Guide magazine voted Vietnam's Cai Rang floating market among the top 10 most impressive markets in the world. A bustling market with many vibrant colors.
Coming to the floating market, you will be spoiled for a place for you to check - in virtual live: Photo: Instagram
Are you curious about the offering form of the small trader on the floating market or not? They often hang goods on the "crooked tree", about 3 to 5 meters high so that customers can easily identify from a distance and stop by boats to buy goods. For people in the river, they are all too familiar with these messages on the floating market and are implicitly understood by each other.
There are also many delicious dishes for you to enjoy on the boat. Photo: Instagram
Floating market usually starts meeting from 5am, the busiest is also around 5:30 am to 6am. After that, the market gradually served customers as well as small traders. If you want to experience the crowded scene, breathing the life of Western people, remember to set an alarm to wake up early.
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Cai Rang Floating Market is a place with many typical Western dishes, extremely delicious and attractive. Keep in mind some of thefloating market delicacies followingto enjoy on yourtrip Can Tho !
soup is one of the popular dishes that visitors can enjoy on the water-filled canoes of the floating market.
Each piece of meat is delicious, bean sprouts and green onions add to the sweetness of the early morning broth, what's more wonderful. The feeling of gently swaying when each boat goes through will definitely give you a memorable experience.
On the floating market, there are many traditional dishes of the people of the river. Photo: Instagram
vermicelli Boxes of hastily grilled meat vermicelli on Cai Rang river, fresh and delicious vermicelli strands, fragrant pieces of grilled meat and some raw vegetables leaves. The hot barbecue stove is also placed on the boat, the seller must be careful and skillful to keep balance on the boat.
Early in the morning and enjoy the delicious hot noodle bowls right on the boat. Photo: bo365.nguoiduatin.vn
It is difficult for tourists to see it, but people here have been attached to this livelihood, so they are very professional. Each bowl of hot and delicious vermicelli is made and passed on to the guests.
This is considered a special type of noodle in Sa Dec region, many tourists coming to Can Tho come to enjoy this dish. Large, ivory-white noodles, a bit of heart, liver and sliced pork, and scallions ...
Check - print on boats floating on the water to ensure you have a beautiful image. Photo: Instagram
Looking at the attractive bowl of noodles, rich rich sauce with fresh lettuce, is it called "delicious armpits"?
Go to the floating market, definitely don't miss the grilled sticky banana cake. If the grilled sticky bananas in Saigon are elongated, Can Tho is a small, beautiful banana with a delicious grill. The golden outer layer is crispy, the white inner layer is pliable, and the middle gold layer is just over ripe. Although it is not a delicacy, eating once will probably be addicted to this folk dish.
Have you ever tried the cake, this is a familiar snack of the people of the river, sticking from the childhood of each child here. In the past, the drain used to pour the cake was trimmed from the bamboo trunk, later to make it easier, people made the aluminum drain for the cake longer and with good durability.
The main ingredients for making sewer cakes include flour, green beans and shrimp. The dough is elaborately prepared through many stages, mixed with non-glutinous rice flour, glutinous rice, flour again ... Eat rice dumplings with chili sauce, lemon and papaya pickles ... for you to feel the aroma. delicious with a little spicy, unique taste.
You must not miss Cai Rang floating market when coming to Can Tho. Photo: Instagram
When traveling to the West of the river, you must definitely come to explore the floating market and the typical dishes of this place!
