When the sweltering heat of March comes, Northwestern men go to the forest to collect ant eggs. From these ingredients, they together create countless attractive dishes. The dish with the seemingly difficult name at first became popular and became a specialty of Yen Bai .
The big ant nests like mortar hats are gently knocked to dislodge the ants and then split in half to get eggs. People usually do not remove all the eggs, but leave some for the ants to reproduce. The ant eggs are soft, milky white just looking at them, but they already stir the fragrance in the throat.
The eggs brought back are processed into many different dishes.
However, the most special thing is the five-color sticky rice with ant eggs . The delicious sticky rice seeds are brought to sticky rice dishes and then marinated with forest leaves to create eye-catching colors. Ant eggs are marinated in spices wrapped in grilled black tangy leaves. Bring a plate of five-colored sticky rice sprinkled on it with fragrant ant eggs that no one can hold back.
Picking up a handful of sticky rice with a handful of broken ant eggs in the mouth is really catchy. This dish is served with dried stream fish and chili salt mixed with lemon, the taste is unmatched.
Missing a party with ant eggs makes people sad as if they just missed a feast. The love market seems to be less fun, the flower dance is less exciting and the dresses are less bright when people visit Yen Bai but miss a special cuisine in this middle of the world.
Source: Collected internet.
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