If you want to try rustic dishes and special flavour of Quang Nam rural areas right in the heart of Da Nang, the Ro Restaurant is an ideal place for you.

The 'Ca ro kho la nghe' (Braised perch with turmeric leaves) - a specialty of the Quang Nam people - is being offered at the Ro Restaurant. Photo: H.L

Located on Bui Ta Han Street, Khue My Ward, Ngu Hanh Son District, the restaurant is offering quite a lot of familiar dishes of Vietnamese countryside, including ‘ca ro chien gion’ (crispy fried perch), ‘ca loc um chuoi’ (braised snakehead fish with green unripe bananas), ‘mit tron tom thit’ (young jackfruit salad with shrimps and meats), ‘nu bi xao toi’ (stir fried pumpkin buds with garlic), ‘luon xao muop huong’ (Stir-fried eel with fiber melon), ‘oc buu um chuoi dau’ (braised snails with green unripe bananas and peanuts), ‘ca loc nuong muoi’ (grilled snakehead fish with salt), ‘oc nuong tieu xanh’ (grilled snail with green pepper), ‘canh ca diec rau ram’ (soup with crucian carps and laska leaves), and ‘ghe dong rang muoi’ (fried small crabs with salt).

Additionally, there are some rustic, simple but flavourful dishes that are prepared in a new and quite strange manner, such as ‘luon dot qua dua’ (eels burnt in coconut), ‘ga dot la ngai cuu’ (chicken burnt with wormwood leaves), ‘ca tra dau nuong phien da’ (catfish grilled on a stone slate), ‘ba ba rang muoi’ (baba roasted with salt), and ‘ky tom ham sa’ (braised physignathus cocincinus with lemongrass).

Almost most of the dishes offered in Ro are so well seasoned and prepared in accordance with the Quang Nam people’s recipe with many spices like salt, pepper, chilli, cu nen (a kind of small onion, locally known as Hanh Tam), peanut oil, garlic, ginger, etc., along with many kinds of vegetables such as basil, chives, onions, coriander, and laksa leaves.

Aside from main rustic dishes, there are hot and spicy salted chili pots on tables, which makes the meal more interesting. It can be said that the combination of a diverse menu with a spacious and familiar space helps Ro become a hangout place for many diners inside and outside the city.

Reporting by HUYNH LE - Translating by M.DUNG