In the past few days, Le Tuan Khang (born 2002, from Soc Trang) - the young man who was just honored in the category "Entertainment Content Creator of the Year" has caused a stir on social networks. On November 23, at the time of winning the award, Le Tuan Khang's TikTok channel had about 4 million followers. By the morning of December 2, the Soc Trang young man's TikTok channel had reached 10.6 million followers and this number is constantly increasing.

During the livestream (live broadcast) on the evening of November 30, Le Tuan Khang reached more than 600,000 viewers, which is said to set a record for the number of livestream views on the TikTok platform. The young man appeared quite shy and nervous. He said he could not believe that he had 9 million followers and sent his thanks to the loving and supportive audience.

One detail that caught the attention of the online community was that Khang shyly "invited 9 million followers" to his hometown for dinner.

"If I have the chance, I will ask my mother to cook a meal to treat 9 million followers to dinner with my family. I will probably cook sour soup and braised catfish," Le Tuan Khang shared.

Tuan Khang's simple, intimate videos are loved by many people. Photo: Character's Facebook

After the live broadcast, netizens left many "concerned" comments for Khang: "Is Khang's house big enough to accommodate 9 million people?", "If Khang's mother knew about cooking for 9 million people, she would lose sleep", "Even the catfish is afraid of extinction, Khang"...

Also after the video, many netizens searched for "what is braised catfish". Many of Tuan Khang's followers said they are from the North so they have never heard of the name "catfish".

According to research, catfish is a freshwater fish, belongs to the catfish family, has a long body, round in the front and gradually flattens towards the back, popular in the West. There are 3 popular catfish species: flag catfish, black catfish and dog catfish.

The swordfish is considered the strongest freshwater fish in the world, can grow up to 3m long and weigh 300kg, very aggressive, however the number of swordfish is increasingly scarce. In Vietnam, the swordfish is listed in the Red Book as one of the 100 most endangered animals in the world.

River gourami is a typical product of many localities in the Mekong Delta. In the past, this fish species reproduced abundantly but they were cunning and very difficult to catch. People mainly ate fish weighing 5-10kg, because the fish meat was very tough, delicious, and rich. Later, river gourami became rare due to overexploitation by electric shock.

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People fishing for catfish on the Tien River. Source: Smoke Kitchen TV

River catfish costs from 120,000-200,000 VND/kg, depending on the time, and is considered much tastier than farmed catfish. It can be processed into many delicious dishes such as fish sauce hotpot, grilled, braised with pepper, braised with soy sauce, fried, filleted in sour hotpot...

Dog catfish, also known as sea catfish, lives along the river mouths leading to the sea, and is most common in Ca Mau. This type of catfish has soft, sweet, and fragrant meat, and is often processed by locals into rice hotpot or braised with soy sauce. This is considered a specialty of Thi Tuong lagoon - a famous tourist destination in Ca Mau.

Catfish is often braised with familiar spices such as garlic, chili, green onion, fish sauce, pepper, salt, etc. Photo: Noon Chicken

On social networks, many people speculate that the braised fish mentioned by Le Tuan Khang is braised fish. Westerners often braise fish with fresh coconut water, adding familiar spices such as garlic, chili, green onions, fish sauce, pepper, salt, etc.

The fish is washed to remove the slime with hot water or rice vinegar, then processed: remove the intestines and fins, and cut into bite-sized pieces. The fish is fried and then marinated with spices before being braised. Braised fish is usually eaten with hot white rice, with some raw vegetables or cucumber.

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Who is TikToker Le Tuan Khang that social networks are racing to find? TikToker Le Tuan Khang is a name that is being searched a lot these days with videos reaching tens to hundreds of millions of views.