(Baonghean.vn) - The seafood market in Thu Thuy ward, Cua Lo has a large area of about 6000m2. The market has more than 200 stalls selling a variety of seafood such as: crab, shrimp, squid, snails... During the Cua Lo tourist season, the seafood market operates continuously during the day to serve the needs of cuisine and shopping.
The market has long been famous to tourists from near and far for the fresh and dried seafood sold here; also famous for its reasonable prices and the cheerfulness, enthusiasm and service of the sellers. The market is crowded but not noisy, jostling, only gentle invitations, welcoming smiles. Whoever comes here can buy, if they like it, they can look, it's okay to look. Strolling around the coastal market, looking and buying some fresh seafood to process, some dried seafood as gifts is also a pleasure that is not easy to come by...
Nghe An Newspaper reporters recorded some images of buying, selling and processing "gifts of the sea" at the market:
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| The market is divided into fresh seafood and dried seafood areas. The dried seafood area is located in the east, while the fresh seafood area is located in the west of the market. |
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| Processing shrimp into specialty shrimp. |
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| Processing the rough, thorny clams, keeping the soft meat to sell to customers to cook with scallion porridge or vegetable soup. |
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| Tourists coming here can choose to buy the biggest and most delicious mackerel, then have them cleaned and processed. |
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| Mackerel is sold whole or cut into small pieces and rings. |
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| There are households in the market that specialize in grilling shrimp, fish, and squid. Buyers can buy mackerel grilled at the market or buy fresh fish elsewhere and have it processed. |
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| The squid are fresh and white. |
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| Snails are sold at the end of the market. Snails are a rare delicacy of Cua Lo beach. |
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| Buyers test the firmness of mantis shrimp eggs. |
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| Businesses in the market have invested in building aeration tanks to make seafood live as if they were in the sea. |
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| Outside the market there are also wholesale and retail establishments selling fresh and frozen seafood. |
Canh Nam - Thanh Chung
