Japanese guests' unexpected reaction when enjoying goat blood pudding in Ninh Binh

Kazuki Matsumoto (also known as Kiki) is a famous Japanese blogger who has been living in Vietnam for 6 years. On his Youtube channel with nearly 130,000 followers, Kiki regularly shares videos about travel experiences, cuisine, and culture of people in the regions of the S-shaped land that he has had the opportunity to set foot on.

Most recently, on the occasion of welcoming two friends from Japan to Vietnam for a trip , Miyuki and Fumi, Kiki took them to Ninh Binh, to explore interesting destinations and enjoy many delicious specialties.

Japanese blogger Kiki (in blue shirt) and two fellow countrymen came to Ninh Binh to enjoy specialties (Screenshot)

In Ninh Binh, KiKi and two Japanese guests were taken by a Vietnamese friend to a restaurant specializing in goat meat dishes and specialties. At the suggestion of the owner, they ordered the first dish, goat blood pudding. After only about 10 minutes of waiting, the members were served a bowl of red, plump goat blood pudding, with crushed roasted peanuts and herbs.

In Vietnam, blood pudding is a fresh dish made from fresh animal blood (commonly duck, pig and goat blood), mixed with a little fish sauce or salt water to "keep" it from congealing before mixing with minced meat and animal cartilage.

Blood pudding is often served with herbs and crushed roasted peanuts, squeezed with lemon juice to reduce the fishy smell or to enhance the aroma of the dish. When eating, people use a spoon to cut into small pieces and enjoy.

Goat blood pudding is a famous Ninh Binh specialty, loved by Vietnamese people but makes many foreign tourists wary (Photo: Goat Hotpot 92)

In addition to blood pudding, other goat dishes such as goat chao, goat sausage, goat hotpot,... also attract customers (Photo: Vu Lan, Ngon Quan Yachiyodai)

Blood pudding is quite popular in the North, of which goat blood pudding is the most famous in Ninh Binh. This dish is served in many local eateries and restaurants with prices ranging from 25,000 - 50,000 VND/bowl. Although it is a favorite dish of Vietnamese people, for many foreign tourists, blood pudding makes them feel cautious and a little scared.

Having enjoyed pig blood pudding and duck blood pudding in Vietnam, Kiki did not seem worried about this strange dish. As for the two Japanese guests, Miyuki and Fumi, they were a bit confused after hearing their close friend introduce this dish as a dish made from goat blood, not processed through fire.

The blogger enjoyed the goat blood pudding and kept praising it as delicious (Photo cut from clip)

However, seeing Kiki enjoying the dish with great delight, constantly praising its deliciousness, Fumi also boldly tried the goat blood pudding. He was also carefully instructed by everyone on how to enjoy it in the right Vietnamese way, which is to squeeze lemon juice on the blood pudding, helping to reduce the characteristic smell of goat.

From the first bite, although initially a bit wary, Fumi quickly regained his composure. He admitted that the goat blood pudding was quite delicious, without the goat meat smell as he had imagined.

Kiki also commented that goat blood pudding has a flavor similar to Japanese Tataki (rare grilled dishes made from meat or fish). The young blogger even said that the dish looks a bit scary at first but tastes delicious, with a more impressive flavor than the pig blood pudding and duck blood pudding he has ever enjoyed.

Not only Kiki and Fumi, Miyuki was also excited to taste the famous goat blood pudding in Vietnam and had to exclaim "It's really delicious" (Photo cut from clip)

After tasting goat blood pudding, the group of Japanese tourists continued to enjoy other delicious goat dishes such as steamed goat, grilled goat sausage, goat sausage, goat chao, etc. They also expressed their enjoyment with the flavor of each dish, especially the accompanying soy sauce which was quite rich and had a pleasant smell.

Phan Dau

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