Those who are lucky enough can also enjoy nutritious fish such as red snapper, mackerel, grouper, etc. Grouper has white, sweet, chewy meat, no fishy taste, is mild and very nutritious.
They can cool down and increase resistance, so they are always a specialized remedy for "bitter mouth" when having a cold, fever, or changing weather. Grouper has many "branches" such as black grouper, flower grouper, turmeric grouper, green star grouper... all of which are excellent.
Precious gift from the sea
When I pointed to the grouper fish wriggling gently in the basin, the restaurant owner exclaimed: “These days, fishermen have caught a lot of grouper fish, so the price is cheaper. Choosing this dish is the only way to get delicious “toothache”!”
People of coastal origin only need to smell the shellfish, snails, shrimps... and especially look at the grouper with bright, clear eyes, strong swimming, shiny scales, plump, smooth body to know what it tastes like.
And the most interesting thing today is that the whole family "won" a delicious grouper feast, especially in this hot weather, only grouper dishes can cool the heart and stomach.
According to the experience of the "casual" community, people often choose a few live groupers right on the beach and ask the restaurant owner to transform them into many favorite dishes.
There are few fish like grouper, each part can be processed into many dishes. Every dish has a strong taste of the sea, the most popular are fried grouper skin, raw grouper with lemon and grouper porridge.
Fastidious people are a bit hesitant to enjoy raw grouper with lemon because the fish meat is still raw and somewhat wild, but once eaten, they "forget the way home".
The way to prepare this dish is quite simple but requires experience. When enjoying, each slice of fish is put into a bowl of lemon juice until half-cooked, then picked up and placed on a rice paper roll with vegetables, dipped in a bowl of pre-mixed dipping sauce. The fatty, sweet taste of the fish meat blends with the sour taste of lemon juice, star fruit, the spicy taste of chili sauce, the mild pungency of green cabbage mixed with the aroma of vegetables, especially because the pungent smell of mustard rushes up to the nose, making diners ecstatic while eating.
Variety of dishes
Compared to other dishes, crispy fried grouper skin is popular thanks to its fragrant flavor. Shake the crispy fried grouper skin with a mixture of lemongrass, lemongrass, and chili, also dipped in oil, and then place on a plate. This dish is very popular with children, and can be eaten as a snack or with rice.
If visitors come to Cu Lao Cham at noon, the hottest time of the day compared to other times of the day, they will fully feel the wonderfulness of a bowl of cool porridge.
Marinate the fish head with ginger, salt, sugar, pepper... and let it soak for a while. Choosing rice to cook porridge also requires sophistication, the rice should be a combination of both regular and sticky rice.
While waiting for the fish head to absorb the spices, roast the rice until it is slightly golden brown before adding water to cook the porridge. This will help prevent the porridge from becoming too thick. Once the porridge is cooked, add the fish head and turn off the stove after five or seven minutes. Many diners also like to add a little fatty fish intestines to the porridge pot.
A bowl of hot fish porridge, topped with a few chopped green onions and cilantro, looks really "sexy".
But the joy is doubled when diners eat and blow on each spoonful of porridge, occasionally stopping to "enjoy" the white, firm fish meat dipped in pure anchovy fish sauce, reaching the "peak" of delicious coastal taste.
If anyone has accidentally “stuck” with the taste of Cu Lao Cham grouper, they cannot bear to miss it, they have to enjoy three or four dishes to satisfy their taste buds. Even a Hoi An native like me is not unfamiliar with grouper dishes but still cannot stop exclaiming. Therefore, many tourists visiting this coastal area, their feet have left but their hearts are still “stirred” forever with the taste of grouper – a gift from the sea.
Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/xieu-long-ca-mu-cu-lao-cham-3140749.html
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