Phu Yen has a rural market named Giai Son, located about 15km north of Tuy Hoa City. The rural market located in Tuy An district has surprisingly cheap stalls, attracting tourists from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City... to come.
Many travel vloggers have shared their journey to enjoy Giai Son market cuisine in Phu Yen for just... less than 50,000 VND. Here, visitors can easily enjoy local cuisine at an "unimaginable" price of 500-1,000 VND.
Each dish at the market is not only surprisingly cheap but also commented by diners as "so delicious". A series of TikTokers and bloggers participated in the challenge of "eating the cheapest market in Vietnam", personally coming to verify the price.
Prices at Giai Son market have not changed much over time, still only a few thousand dong per dish. A bowl of hot congee costs only 5,000 - 10,000 VND but is full and fragrant. The banh chung stall sells for 5,000 VND/set, the banh them for 3,000 VND/set, and the banh them for 10,000 VND/set.
If you want to eat seafood, visitors can buy squid at the squid shop next to it for only a few thousand dong/basket, then bring it to the bakery for the restaurant owner to prepare without having to pay an additional fee. A bunch of jumping shrimp carts, fresh squid costs only 2,000 VND.
In addition, other dishes also have "unbelievable" prices such as duck cake 1,000 VND/piece, fish cake ball for 10,000 VND, sticky rice 5,000 VND, bean tea 3,000 VND and a cakes of 1,000 VND/piece. All are hot, decent and full.
"The total damage is less than 50,000 VND but I am full. Unbelievable!", many TikTokers were excited after finishing their journey to explore the cuisine of Giai Son market.
Notably, besides Vietnamese TikToker, foreign tourists also directly come to experience Giai Son market cuisine.
Russian TikToker Iryna Yang also went to Giai Son market, taking a culinary discovery challenge for 50,000 VND and enjoying almost all of the typical dishes such as banh canh, banh da luong (1,000 VND/piece), mixed sweet soup, beef cake, vegetable jelly, congee...
Some tourists compare the cuisine here with Hue - a locality famous for cheap cuisine - but still admit that the market in Phu Yen is cheaper in Hue. The difference is that Giai Son market is only open in the morning, while shops and markets in Hue sell all day and have more abundant food.
Not only an ideal destination for food enthusiasts, Giai Son market is also a unique local cultural cut of Phu Yen.
Tourists should visit the market early in the morning, combined with a tour schedule of famous tourist destinations such as Ghenh Da Dia, Hon Yen, Bai Xep...
In addition, local people share that the best time to visit Phu Yen is around after Tet until August. Tourists should rent a motorbike for convenient travel because the entertainment locations in Phu Yen are relatively far apart, and are not used to bringing sunscreen because the summer in Phu Yen is quite hot.
