Taro Soup (Canh Khoai Mon) Recipe

Taro soup with succulent flavor of taro in combination with ribs is really an irresistible delicacies during summer days. It is easy to make this delicious meal!

Ingredients:

400g pork spare ribs
400g taro
1tsp minced garlic
2 stalk spring onion: white part minced, green part chopped
1 tbsp cooking oil 
salt, pepper, seasoning powder, fish sauce to taste
1.5 liter water

Directions:
 

Chop ribs into 1.5-inch (4cm) pieces. Soak ribs in water for 15 minutes. Rinse and drain.  Marinade with 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp minced spring onion (white part only), 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp seasoning powder. Mix well and set aside for 15 minutes. 

Cut taro into 1.5-inch cubes (3-4cm).

Heat the sauce pan on high heat, add in 1 tbsp cooking oil, then add the ribs and stir-fry until the color outside changes.
Add 1.5 liter water (6 cups) and bring to boil. Occasionally skim off the foam. When it boils, add taro and cook on medium low heat until the taro is soft (can easily pierce through with a chopstick).
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Ancient Hoi An - peaceful and tranquil emotion

If you want to explore and enjoy a space of the golden past of Vietnam, let visit Hoi An Ancient Town. May be the most attractive feature of this tourist destination is its “thinking of the past” beauty and peaceful moments which bring you unforgettable deeply emotions.

Ancient Hoi An - peaceful and tranquil emotion

In the 16 th century, Hoi An was one of the most crowded trading ports of the South East Asia. It was also an ideal market to exchange goods for the businesspersons of Japan, China, Thailand, India as well as a destination of the traders in remote countries such as Holland, Portugal, England… Hoi An, nowadays, is an ancient town of peaceful and tranquil life style beside the Hoai river. 

Here and there sounded up the voice of a hawker...

There are only small, quiet streets linking the ancient houses standing side by side and old pagodas which deeply imprinted the Japanese  and Chinese architectural style. The early morning with fresh air and tranquil space. Here and there sounded up the voice of a hawker, from the bicycles were slowly running and of people walking in the streets to do morning exercises. When the first sunrays showed down, the city became noisy a bit.

Clay souvenirs created by the young girls of Thanh Ha 
pottery craft village, Hoi An city.

Visiting Hoi An, you can sight-seeing the famous and beautiful heritages of the city on foot, by bicycle or xich lo. You can explore the peaceful life of the friendly and hospitable local residents. You will meet the lovely sellers at the souvenir shops with their bright smiles, warm and polite invitations. 

The hand-made bowls under the light sunsight of ancient Hoi An

Kind-hearted smile of a boat rower on Hoai river.

A peaceful bright corner in the night of Hoi An

It is worth paying a visit to stunning 100-egg resort

About 8km away from Nha Trang city, 100-egg resort with an area of 17 ha is really an ideal place for domestic and foreign tourists when having opportunity to pay a visit to Nha Trang.

Coming to 100-egg resort, you will be impressive with mud bath area and a system of 115 soaking pools in the shape of large eggs.

Looking down from the top, 100-egg resort becomes more striking when egg’s white shells and hearts of yellow mixed the blue color of trees on the hillside. Each is about 2 m in height and 1.8 m in diameter. Soaking yourself in pool and looking around, visitors will seem to be in the 100-egg forest.

In the egg forest, sometimes visitors will encounter some larger eggs, which are places for tourist take a drink. All the mud and herbal baths can accommodate 400 guests at the same time. In addition, there are also 49 herbal baths and 61 mineral mud baths. Each tub is for 3 people with 2m in height and 1.8 m in diameter.

Artificial waterfall near the pool is an outstanding point for the general perspective of the whole resort. It is a combination of the beauty of Da Dia rapids (Phu Yen) to appear strong and magnificent of forests and mountains of Central Highlands.

100-egg mud bath is a complex with the architecture of Champa culture. This resort has unique exciting services such as mud baths, herbal baths mineral mud baths…

ATTRACTIVE AND ADVENTUROUS NHA TRANG SEA SPORTS

In the summer, Nha Trang beach is very charming. According to international sports experts, Nha Trang is the only destination in Vietnam being able to develop all types of sea sports. 

Sea sports festival is considered as “a green message” of Nha Trang sea festival, took place every two years. Waking up before the sun rises, thousands of people flock to the sea to cheer athletes on.  There are many sports here such as swimming, shaking basket boats, diving, windsurfing, jet skiing, kayaking etc. The festival has a special attraction to everybody. Many tourists in the Northern or in the Southern of Vietnam pay a visit Nha Trang just in order to try playing water sports. They can experience interesting sports like parasailing or surfing. Even if  visting Nha Trang one time, most people enjoy playing sea sports in Nha Trang. Basket boats racing Parasailing Parachuting Jet skiing