Ca Mau specialty, many names but extremely loyal, rich people and tycoons are hunting to eat

When it comes to delicious dishes and specialties of Ca Mau, people often think of shrimp and crab, which is not surprising, because Ca Mau is the largest shrimp farm in the Mekong Delta.

Ca Mau shrimp has many types of tiger shrimp, freshwater shrimp, whiteleg shrimp and mantis shrimp. As for mantis shrimp, it is also a quite unique creature, the body is like a shrimp but the claws are like a praying mantis, the meat has a delicious and special taste.

Mantis shrimp has the English name Mantis shrimp because they resemble both, their body is like a shrimp but their pair of claws are like a mantis, the pair of mantis claws are powerful weapons for mantis shrimp to hunt and fight.

In Vietnam, mantis shrimp is also known by names such as: mantis shrimp, boat shrimp, mantis shrimp, hammer shrimp, brush shrimp. Mantis shrimp lives in coastal areas, in sea bays adjacent to river mouths, where there is a source of fertile, clean, cool alluvial humus, moderate salinity.

Although mantis shrimp are known by many names, they are monogamous, with a relationship that can last up to 20 years!

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The coastal area of Ca Mau with its specialty mantis shrimp - a specialty of Ca Mau.

Ca Mau is bordered by the sea on three sides, so mantis shrimp are caught in large estuaries by trawlers and push-pull boats. Although you can find mantis shrimp in the market or seafood restaurants in Ca Mau, to fully enjoy mantis shrimp, you can go to places such as Song Doc, Da Bac, Khai Long, Dat Mui, Nam Can...

In these lands of Ca Mau, in addition to eating fresh mantis shrimp caught from the sea, you can also admire the vast forest and sea!

Mantis shrimp meat has the sweetness of shrimp and the saltiness of the sea, so it is very popular.

The simplest way to prepare mantis shrimp is to boil it, dip it in salt, pepper and lemon, and eat it with raw vegetables. If you want to spend a little more time, you can steam it with beer, coconut water, lemongrass, grill it, or burn it with garlic.

In Ca Mau alone, mantis shrimp is also dried. Along with dried shrimp, dried snakehead fish, dried goby fish, dried goby fish, dried mantis shrimp is one of the famous delicious dried foods in Ca Mau.

Grilled mantis shrimp with salt and pepper - delicious dish - unforgettable specialty of Ca Mau when coming to the coastal areas of Ca Mau.

Ca Mau specialty: Dried mantis shrimp, many mantis shrimp are pressed into round pieces.

Dried mantis shrimp can be dried whole or many small shrimp pressed together and dried. When eating, just grill it briefly, the aroma of dried mantis shrimp is so fragrant that it is hard to resist. The shrimp meat is chewy, sweet and mixed with a little salty taste of the sea will make you addicted after just one bite!

If you have the opportunity to travel to Ca Mau, visit Hon Da Bac, Khai Long beach, Ca Mau cape, you should enjoy mantis shrimp once, buy some dried shrimp as gifts, how interesting it would be.

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