4.7Breakfast Food·Budget Food
Corn Meal
Ha Giang's traditional steamed corn meal
- Best time
- Breakfast · Lunch
- Cost
- 20,000-50,000 VND
Experience
What to eat in Ha Giang
5 dishes worth knowing about, with what they cost and what to expect.
5 dishes
- 4.7
- 4.4Comfort Food·Ethnic Minority Cuisine
Thang Co
A traditional Hmong mountain stew from Ha Giang
- Best time
- Breakfast · Lunch
- Cost
- 40,000-120,000 VND
Must try4.5Baked Good·Highland FoodBuckwheat Flower Cake
A delicate purple-hued cake made from buckwheat flour — a beloved Ha Giang snack tied to the spectacular buckwheat flower season (October–November) on the Dong Van Karst Plateau.
- Best time
- Snack · Anytime
- Cost
- ₫10k–30k
Must try4.5Highland Food·Medicinal FoodAu Tau Porridge
A warming, medicinal black rice porridge made from the toxic au tau root — a Ha Giang specialty that locals swear keeps them warm through bitter highland winters.
- Best time
- Breakfast · Dinner
- Cost
- ₫30k–60k
Must try4.6Comfort Food·Local SpecialtyThang Den
Ha Giang's chewy sweet rice dumpling dessert
- Best time
- Afternoon · Evening
- Cost
- ₫15k–30k