(Baonghean.vn) -Coming to Nghi Thuy seafood processing village (Cua Lo town), tourists can freely choose delicious seafood at very reasonable prices.
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Arriving at Nghi Thuy craft village at 7am, we could smell the salty aroma of grilled fish. This is the most important time of the craft village, both grilling fish to serve tourists and supplying the market inside and outside the province. |
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Coming to Nghi Thuy seafood processing village, visitors can freely choose fish that suits their taste and budget. From high-class seafood such as mackerel, dried squid... to popular but equally attractive fish such as herring, mackerel, mullet, anchovy, red snapper... In the photo: Fresh anchovies are thoroughly washed and cleaned before being grilled on charcoal for 40,000 VND/kg. |
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Silver pomfret has a sweet, fatty taste and no small bones. Silver pomfret is very good for the health of children and the elderly. This type of fish is delicious when eaten fresh and even more delicious when grilled. Fresh silver pomfret can be fried and dipped in Cua Hoi fish sauce or tomato sauce, which is also great. Grilled silver pomfret braised in a salty and sweet sauce with a little chili pepper and eaten with white rice is incomparable. |
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There are two types of snapper, one is big and round and the other is long and straight (as in the photo). After grilling, the fish meat is very fragrant and white but not as greasy as silver pomfret. Dieters should choose this type of fish. The price is also very reasonable, if bought in the craft village, it is about 25,000 VND/dozen. |
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Grilled yellowstripe scad is also chosen by many tourists because it is easy to eat, has few bones, and is fragrant and rich. In particular, yellowstripe scad can be processed into dried fish that can be stored for quite a long time. |
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Taking advantage of the sunny weather, many families in Nghi Thuy craft village have processed dried squid. Dried squid is processed by splitting the body lengthwise, removing all the organs, then drying it in the sun for one day, then storing it in the freezer. With this processing method, dried squid is sweeter and softer than traditional dried squid. Dried squid is a dish loved by many people because of its delicious and attractive flavor and especially because it can be preserved for a long time. Dried squid can be processed into many different dishes such as grilled with salt and chili, grilled with satay, fried with fish sauce, fried crispy... |
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Dried shrimp from Nghi Thuy village has long established its brand with fresh shrimp, processed in the traditional way. There are two types of dried shrimp: type 1 costs 550,000 VND/kg; type 2 costs 450,000 VND/kg. Dried shrimp cooked in pumpkin soup or stir-fried with salty and sweet pork belly is also great. |
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One of the products that cannot be ignored when coming to Nghi Thuy craft village is mackerel fish sauce. In addition to anchovy fish sauce, in recent years, villagers have processed fish sauce from fresh mackerel with high protein content, sweeter, more fragrant than anchovies and also higher price. If anchovies cost 80,000 VND/liter, mackerel fish sauce costs 120,000 VND/liter. |
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Mackerel fish sauce is chosen by many tourists to bring back as gifts and use gradually. |
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Nghi Thuy sour shrimp is also chosen by many customers because of its characteristic sweet and fragrant flavor. A liter of sour shrimp costs 50,000 VND. Boiled pork and rice cakes dipped in sour shrimp are favorite dishes of many families. |
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Along with other types of tourism such as sea bathing, resort, spiritual cultural tourism... during the tourist season, every day there are thousands of tourists visiting Nghi Thuy seafood processing village to choose and buy seafood. This is one of the directions that Cua Lo is investing and exploiting very effectively. |
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