What is so delicious about Hue fish sauce that netizens are so excited about?

Every spring-summer transition, people living in the Tam Giang - Cau Hai lagoon area in Thua Thien - Hue province get a big "heavenly blessing", which is the green nuoc. Hue nuoc is a specialty of the ancient capital, also known as "Hue sashimi".

Coming to Hue this season, you can visit the fishing villages along Tam Giang lagoon, or go to markets such as Ben Ngu, An Cuu, Cong market... in the city center to buy nuoc. If you want, you can stop by the popular roadside pubs or seafood restaurants such as Tuan Muc Seafoods on Le Quang Dao street to enjoy Hue nuoc.

Nuốc Huế có gì ngon mà cư dân mạng — Hue's Nuoc is blue in color, eaten raw with a little fig, cucumber, and vegetables to cool down.

The green nuoc is a creature related to jellyfish. However, the nuoc is smaller in size, the whole body turns a transparent blue color, very rare in nature. Nuoc is very benign, the meat is crispy and sweet without needing elaborate processing. Just wash it, cut it into small pieces and soak it in ice water until firm, then you can enjoy it right away. Nuoc has a natural, slightly salty taste of Tam Giang water, eaten with a few sprigs of herbs (lemon basil), a few slices of fig, a few slices of cucumber, dipped in a little shrimp paste is enough for a delicious meal. The nuoc meat is crispy, chewy, with astringent fig and sweet cucumber, it cools down the heat of early summer in a strangely pleasant way.

In the past, nuoc was a rustic dish, a cooling and anti-nausea dish for people living along the lagoon. Every year, nuoc only appears once in the second and third lunar months. People in Tam Giang-Cau Hai never thought that today, nuoc would become a "hot trend" dish, not only in Hue, but also spread to all regions of the country.

In recent years, with the development of social networking platforms, the image of a jellyfish-like animal with a beautiful blue color has spread rapidly. People in urban areas have sought to buy and try it, and families living along the lagoon have put aside their main jobs to go together to exploit the jellyfish to sell, bringing in high economic value. Whole jellyfish used to cost around 30,000 VND/kg, but now they have increased to 70,000 VND.

The price of the feet of the water snail is even double, but it is still not enough to meet the needs of the people. People living along the lagoon also have a large source of income thanks to this. Even the people of Hue themselves complain that now that it is the water snail season, they do not have the opportunity to enjoy the specialty of their hometown if they do not quickly "hunt for goods".

Mr. Le Thanh Quy, a large seafood trader at An Cuu market (Hue city), said that for more than a week now, due to the slow business situation, his family decided to sell more seafood to ship to other provinces, earning more income.

In recent days, social networks have been buzzing with clips reviewing and feeling about Hue's con nuoc by Youtubers and Tiktokers from all regions. Praise and criticism are each person's personal opinion, because taste and evaluation depend on each individual. However, some people prepare it the wrong way, some people because they don't like the taste go online to criticize, showing excessive actions such as grimacing and vomiting in front of the typical regional dish, causing the Hue online community to "boil".

Being a unique product, eaten raw without being cooked, is a "tough" challenge for most diners. "It is inevitable that the dish does not suit the taste. So, if you cannot praise it, then do not use unpleasant words and actions to criticize the specialties of other regions" - a netizen expressed his opinion.

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