If you want to enjoy the legendary blood cockle dish of Vietnam, you must definitely come to this place!

Traveling to Tuy Hoa (Phu Yen), you will definitely be suggested by locals to visit O Loan lagoon. Not only because of the wonderful natural scenery, but also because there are many kinds of fresh seafood here at affordable prices. Among them is the famous blood cockle dish, rumored to be the best blood cockle in Vietnam.

O Loan lagoon is located right on National Highway 1A, about 20km north of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province. This place is known for its rustic, peaceful beauty of nature and the daily life of fishermen in fishing villages. O Loan lagoon is most beautiful at dawn or dusk, tourists often visit this place to fully enjoy the beautiful and poetic natural moments, and especially to enjoy the famous specialty, which is blood cockle. .

If you think that blood cockles are the same everywhere, coming to O Loan lagoon you will have to think differently. Unlike other places, O Loan lagoon blood cockle has a large size, sweet, fatty and rich taste along with a thick layer of fresh and delicious meat. Also because blood cockles in O Loan lagoon are caught regularly to serve diners, not preserved for a long time like many other places. Thanks to that, the oyster dish is extremely sweet, fresh, not fishy, ​​so it has a very different taste when eaten.

O Loan lagoon blood cockles in Phu Yen have a thick layer of meat, eating a piece can feel all the quintessence in it, extremely stimulating the taste. The scallops here have a grayish-white outer shell, not black like ordinary clams. Because it grows in the estuary with the interference of two freshwater areas, this blood cockle dish has a very unique flavor and excellent nutritional quality.

Blood cockles are caught by the fishermen by wading on thick mud, just stepping on a hard shell is known. Shellfish catchers are so professional that they can use their feet to catch oysters.

Blood cockles are the specialty that attracts visitors to O Loan lagoon, everyone here must order some blood cockles to enjoy. Blood cockles are processed into many delicious dishes that visitors can choose from. The most popular is the steamed blood cockles because this way retains the most original flavor of the ingredients. Fresh blood cockles are scrubbed and then put in a steamer with lemongrass, crushed chili, and a little cinnamon (depending on taste). Add filtered water below for steaming. Cover the pot for about 10 minutes, when all the cockles in the pot are open.

In addition, you can also try roasted blood cockles with salt and pepper, grilled blood cockles with onion fat or roasted blood cockles with tamarind or blood cockle porridge. All of them are cooked extremely deliciously, to the taste of the majority of diners.

In addition to blood cockles, coming to O Loan lagoon, you also do not forget to enjoy other diverse seafood such as crabs, shrimps, oysters, fish, jellyfish, etc. Especially, the price here is relatively affordable, much cheaper compared to other seafood. with dining in the center of Tuy Hoa city. Therefore, if you are a seafood fanatic, you must definitely go to O Loan lagoon to taste the fresh and freshly caught seafood at the most “soft” prices.