(Baonghean.vn) - Traditional fish sauce production has become a "brand" of the people of Cua Lo Town's coastal village for generations. This traditional profession is being persistently preserved by the people.
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Although it is not the main tourist season, at this time, Nghi Thuy craft village still serves hundreds of visitors every day to visit and buy seafood. |
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The seafood that tourists choose to buy is mainly dried anchovies, dried squid, and dried shrimp. However, the most popular item today is still fish sauce, produced by the villagers using traditional methods for generations. |
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The image of fish sauce that has been carefully fermented for over 2 years, drying in the yard, the main ingredients are only fresh fish and sea salt, has been associated with the people of the coastal village for hundreds of years and has become a unique beauty that delights tourists. |
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With many years of experience, the villagers have produced fish sauce with a distinctive, rich aroma. |
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Mr. Phung Ba Huynh - owner of a fish sauce facility in Block 3, Nghi Thuy said: he is the third generation to continue his family's fish sauce making tradition. After the environmental incident in the central coastal region caused by Formosa, and the fish sauce suspected of being contaminated with arsenic, people in coastal villages like him have been in a lot of trouble this year. He thanked the Government for taking timely action to clear the name of traditional fish sauce. |
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Not only Nghi Thuy craft village, in Cua Lo there is also Hai Giang 1 craft village (Nghi Hai) - one of the traditional fish sauce craft villages that has registered product designs. |
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This is not the main season yet, but every day the Vo Kim fish sauce production facility - one of the largest facilities in Hai Giang 1 craft village - supplies the market with hundreds of liters of fish sauce. On average, each year, 30 - 40 thousand liters of fish sauce from the facility are distributed throughout the country. |
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The owner of Vo Kim fish sauce facility said: The fish sauce making profession has been in the family for generations, passed down from father to son, now their son is also following the fish sauce production profession. Because they always have faith that the traditional brand combined with their experience in the profession will produce fish sauce products that ensure food safety and hygiene for consumers. |
Thanh Thuy - Nhat Minh