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Tan Trieu grapefruit village in Dong Nai Province

Thursday, January 24th, 2013 - 4:30 AM

Located in Tan Binh commune, Vinh Cuu district, Tan Trieu grapefruit village lies along the Dong Nai River. Tan Trieu is a small island surrounded by Dong Nai River. In order to visit grapefruit village, tourists can travel by boat, motorbike or car. Local people will guide you to go sightseeing around the village.

Tan Trieu grapefruit village has been famous for hundreds of years for its special flavor of grapefruits. The special taste is thanks to rich alluvium constituted by Dong Nai river. Once you visit this village you might be amazed by a variety of grapefruits such as Thanh Long, Thanh Tra, Duong, Xiem, Oi, and so on. Thanh Long grapefruit is ranked the first, then Thanh Tra, Thanh Day and Oi grapefruit. There are many different scents and tastes of the Tan Trieu grapefruits. The Thanh Long has small seeds, juicy and light sweet taste and ivory-colored skin. The Thanh Tra and Thanh Day are as sweet as candy. Especially, the Oi has soft scent. Ordinarily, to taste the flavor of Oi grapefruit, people enjoy it when it is withered since it will be more delicious and tasty. The Oi becomes a special gift in parties, death anniversaries, Tet holidays….

The local people also create many special dishes from grapefruits like grapefruit salad (goi buoi), grapefruit juice, and grapefruit wine, grapefruit sweet soup, grapefruit roll… to serve travelers with budget price. Particularly, grapefruit salad (goi buoi) is famously delicious because all ingredients are home-grown, simple and easy to find. People can enjoy grapefruit salad (goi buoi) with young grapefruit leaves, baked girdle cakes, bringing them appetite due to light sour, sweet, spicy, and buttery tastes of all ingredients.

 

Under the green and cool shade of grapefruit garden, visitors feel free, relaxed and comfortable after busy days. It can be a mistake if visitors come here without enjoying delicious specialties. Let’s go around the village to enjoy flavorful kinds of grapefruits and beautiful natural landscapes.