Squid cake is made from fresh cuttlefish, usually caught in the waters of Ha Long or Van Don. The cuttlefish here has firm, sweet meat, a characteristic milky white color and is not fishy. The special feature of Ha Long cuttlefish cake is the manual processing, especially the hand pounding stage . The cuttlefish is pounded with a stone mortar, helping to retain the characteristic crispiness and chewiness that machine-made cakes cannot match.
Ha Long squid cake is not only a delicious dish but also a culinary symbol of the heritage land, imbued with the flavor of the ocean and the quintessence of the traditional cooking methods of the local people.
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