When you come to Dong Thap, don't forget to enjoy the famous Nem Lai Vung dish

Nem Lai Vung satisfies diners in both sight, smell and taste with bright pink-red meat, dotted with black pepper, white garlic slices, and lined with green coriander leaves.

Post date: 11-12-2023

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At first, Mrs. Tu only made spring rolls for family meals and local parties. When people found it delicious, they immediately learned the craft and then brought it to the market to sell. Unexpectedly, the long-rumored reputation of "play food" would develop and become as famous as it is today. And this spring roll dish from the Land of Pink Lotus has entered people's hearts with familiar verses:

Lai Vung is a strange land

The spring rolls are sour yet sweet, fragrant yet intoxicating!

The way to make Nem Lai Vung looks simple but requires the meticulousness of the worker to get the right taste. And each family will have their own secret to preparing spring rolls.

The ingredients used to prepare Nem Lai Vung include pork, pork skin, bamboo leaves, banana leaves, and banana strings. These are familiar ingredients available locally combined with some popular spices in daily food preparation to create the specialty Nem Lai Vung Dong Thap.

A delicious spring roll must meet the requirements for quality ingredients. The pork must be fresh and delicious pork thigh meat, and the skin must be from a newly slaughtered pig.

The meat will be put into a mortar and pounded, while the skin will be sliced thinly. After that, people will mix the meat, skin, chili pepper and line the top with coriander leaves and wrap it with fresh banana leaves for about 3 days to ferment. The secret to making this spring roll famous is the harmonious combination of sour, spicy, salty, sweet and eye-catching colors.

The difference of Nem Lai Vung compared to other types of spring rolls on the market is that it is wrapped with coriander leaves or gooseberry leaves inside, not with guava leaves like some other provinces. Gooseberry leaves help the spring rolls ferment quickly and have a characteristic sour taste, making the flavor of the spring rolls more harmonious.

Nem Lai Vung satisfies diners in both sight, smell and taste. The spring roll meat is bright pink red, dotted with black pepper, white garlic slices, and lined with green coriander leaves. The taste of spring rolls is sour yet sweet, salty yet spicy... all blend together to create an attractive delicacy that will capture the hearts of diners from all over.

Nem Lai Vung can be enjoyed individually or combined with noodles, rice rolls, mixed rice or rice. One of the most delicious dishes when combined with spring rolls that people often tell each other is eating spring rolls with bread. Alternatively, you can grill it over charcoal and enjoy it with chili sauce.

Operating at a spring roll production facility in Lai Vung town, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province. (Source: Dong Thap Newspaper)

Existing and developing for more than 60 years, the profession of making Nem Lai Vung, despite facing many difficulties, is still standing strong and gradually developing.

From the beginning there were only a few households making spring rolls, up to now, the entire Lai Vung district has more than 20 spring rolls production establishments, with many famous brands such as Giao Tho, Ut Straight, Hoang Khanh, Thanh Xuan, Thanh Son, Co. Hiep... attracted more than 300 workers to participate. The total output of spring rolls is hundreds of thousands of pieces per day, with an estimated revenue of over 60 billion VND/year.

In 2012, Nem Lai Vung was recognized by the Vietnam Book of Records as being in the top 10 famous spring rolls and spring rolls specialties in Vietnam.

In particular, in 2013, Nem Lai Vung was in the top 50 Vietnamese Gift Specialties for the first time announced by the Vietnam Record Book Center. Some Nem Lai Vung production facilities have been granted 3-star and 4-star OCOP product certificates to be among the top local specialty gift items.

To maintain the Nem Lai Vung brand, spring roll making establishments build a reputable brand, always ensuring quality, food safety and hygiene and environmental hygiene criteria, constantly improving quality. , improving product designs to meet the needs and tastes of the market and tourists.

Currently, Nem Lai Vung has registered for trademark protection and been granted a certificate by the Department of Industrial Property.