A favorite dish during the subsidized period, now a famous specialty, only lucky people can taste it

In the list of Western specialties, there are countless delicious and rustic dishes, especially those related to fish: goby braised with pepper, fish stewed with sugar cane, fish stewed with onion fat… However, the most impressive thing is still the goby boiled with pepper.

The rivers and seas of this region have many varieties of goby, but the goby is the best because it has few bones, the flesh is tender and the taste is excellent. They have the following characteristics: a long and round body, a large head like a dolphin; Its skin has blue spots and white spots like constellations, so it is called a star.

The body is round and long, the head the size of a dolphin; Its skin has blue spots and white spots like constellations, so it is called a star.

Star goby often lives in mud where alluvial soil along estuaries drains into the sea, most commonly in Dat Mui (Ca Mau) and cork forests in Cu Lao Dung (Soc Trang) district. Ms. Nga Ngoc (38 years old, Soc Trang) said: “Star goby is the hallmark of his hometown. Because the fish stock is not much, when caught, people only sell it to local residents, so only a few urban people can enjoy this type of fish.”

To catch the tall gobies, the villagers of Nga Ngoc swim in canoes to shore and then use their bottoms to surf the mud to find nooks and crannies or track tracks in the mud to detect them. Because every time a fish moves, it will leave a long trail in the mud that is easy to track.

The fish cave was very back, there was a meter-deep row, so the catcher had to use one hand to dig deep into the mud, the other hand to block the cracks and crevices to catch it. But not every catch is to catch them, a skilled person can only get a few after each water.

From star goby, Cu Lao Dung people can process it into lemongrass and chili broth.

“Because catching it is difficult, people regard starfish as Cu Lao Dung’s specialty, a delicacy that even once anyone who comes here wants to enjoy. In the past, goby was food for poor families, food during the subsidized period, but now it has become a special food that not everyone can eat,” proudly Mrs. Nga Ngoc.

From the star goby, the Cu Lao Dung people can process it into lemongrass and chili broth or cook sour soup with cork. “The best is still the star goby braised with lemongrass and chili. After the fish is marinated with fish sauce, sugar, garlic, lemon grass and chili, it will be placed on the stove and then boiled until cooked, then add the onion fat. At that time, the fragrant aroma of cooking will radiate out, making everyone want to quickly enjoy it with a cup of warm rice.

This dish has a sweet taste of fish with spicy nose of chili, lemongrass aroma… You just need to take the fish and add the broth to the rice bowl, served with sauerkraut, you can eat a few cups. rice but not satisfied.

As for the star goby dish cooked with sour sauce, it will have a sour, spicy, and aromatic taste. This dish is suitable to be combined with rice,” said Bu Nga Ngoc.

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